Death
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Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 19, 2021 -
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Category: Business, Death, 1930s, Courage, Bravery, Heroism and Valor
C. W. Leadbeater, Theosophist
Anyone with even a passing interest in the weird has heard of that famous eccentric Madame Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society.But less attention is paid to her interesting comrade, C. W. Leadbeater.
Read his pretty short book THE LIFE AFTER DEATH here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 17, 2021 -
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Category: Death, Eccentrics, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Books, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century
Death By Cactus
Feb 1982: David Grundman of Phoeniz, Arizona decided to go cactus hunting with a shotgun, but a cactus fought back.He only had enough time to say "Tim —" before a 23-foot section of the cactus fell and crushed him.
Grundman's death was the inspiration for the song "Saguaro" by the Austin Lounge Lizards.
Arizona Republic - Feb 5, 1982
Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 10, 2021 -
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Category: Death, 1980s, Arizona
The Deadly Tombstone of John Rogers Vinton
From his Find-a-Grave site:
After some time spent at Monterey and Saltillo, He was then ordered to join Gen. Scott in the attack on Vera Cruz. In the evening of 22 Mar 1847, he had just returned to his post when a large shell, hit the top of a parapet, glanced and struck his head, fracturing his skull, and killing him instantly. The shell did not burst, and it is supposedly that very cannon ball, that now adorns his grave.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 05, 2021 -
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Category: Death, Regionalism, War, Cemeteries, Graveyards, Crypts, Mortuaries and Other Funereal Pursuits, Nineteenth Century
Unauthorized Dwellings 20
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 28, 2021 -
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Category: Death, Unauthorized Dwellings, Europe
Alfred Schmitz’s Casket with Internal Body Supports
A casket designed for upright burial. From Schmitz's 1975 patent:In the past, caskets and vaults have been buried in a substantially horizontal position. Burial space, especially in urban areas, is becoming more scarce. A solution to such a problem may be found in burying caskets in a substantially vertical position. With such burial techniques, the amount of space required for each burial is substantially reduced.
While previously known caskets could be buried vertically, rather than horizontally, it should be realized that their use might be found distasteful by those who have been close to the party to be buried. An objection to the use of prior caskets may be found in the fact that in prior caskets generally there is nothing to support the body against shifting toward the foot end of the casket when buried in an upright position. Thus, if a conventional casket is tipped upright the body would slump to the foot end of the casket.
Related post: Upright Burial
Posted By: Alex - Thu Oct 21, 2021 -
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Category: Death, Inventions, Patents, 1970s
Japanese Encoffiner Contest 2016
I had no more luck than Alex in searching for "Miss Metallic Casket." But I did find a Japanese competition for "encoffiners."
Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 23, 2021 -
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Category: Body, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Conventions, Death, Asia
Yes, It’s True!
Really! It's true! It wasn't just a fantastical rumor! Metallic caskets are available again!
Springfield Daily News - Apr 14, 1946
Incidentally, I came across this ad after reading a 1948 article by columnist Doris Lockerman in which she wrote that, "It was reported, but not confirmed, that a convention of morticians once crowned a Miss Metallic Casket."
This led me to a long, and ultimately fruitless, search for any evidence of a 'Miss Metallic Casket'. The above ad was the only minor curiosity related to metallic caskets that I came across.
I'm wondering if the rumor of a 'Miss Metallic Casket' may somehow have been inspired by the pin-up girl calendar that a mortuary released in 1948, which caused a bit of a scandal.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Sep 22, 2021 -
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Category: Death, Advertising, 1940s
Unlikely Reasons for Murder No. 6
From the ST. JOSEPH NEWS-PRESS, August 4, 1924
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 19, 2021 -
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Category: Crime, Death, 1920s, Russia
Isaac Parker, the Hanging Judge
His Wikipedia page tells us:Parker became known as the "Hanging Judge" of the American Old West, because he sentenced numerous convicts to death.[1] In 21 years on the federal bench, Judge Parker tried 13,490 cases. In more than 8,500 of these cases, the defendant either pleaded guilty or was convicted at trial.[2] Parker sentenced 160 people to death; 79 were executed.
Read a memoir that appeared two years after his death at this link.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Sep 17, 2021 -
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Category: Death, History, Wild West and US Frontier, Law, Books, Nineteenth Century
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