Death
Gorey by Grimes
There are other tracks from this album on YouTube, but this cut should give you the general idea.Tammy Grimes on Wikipedia.
Edward Gorey on Wikipedia.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Dec 03, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Literature, Music, Vinyl Albums and Other Media Recordings, Children
A year of chocolate
When he died in 1976, John Bostock left money in his will so that every child under five in the village of Westgate-in-Weardale would be given a bar of chocolate once a week for a year.The children in Eastgate-in-Weardale must have felt like they drew the short end of the straw.
Burton Daily Mail - Mar 5, 1976
Posted By: Alex - Mon Nov 27, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Inheritance and Wills, Chocolate, 1970s
Dutch Courage From Car Radiator
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 24, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Poisons and Other Injurious Substances, 1950s, Alcohol
She sold her body for gingerbread
Requesting "all the ginger-bread she could eat" in exchange for her body after death initially struck me as a bizarre detail. But the more I think about it, the more reasonable it seems given that condemned prisoners often request cookies, candy, junk food, etc. as their last meal.
Whiting Weekly News - Jan 25, 1890
Posted By: Alex - Sat Nov 18, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Food, Prisons, Experiments, Nineteenth Century
The Scythe Tree
Atlas Obscura article.Roadside America article.
Local newspaper article.
James Wyman Johnson attended a Union army recruitment meeting at the Vail country schoolhouse in October 1861, about five months after the start of the Civil War. As he was mowing with his scythe the next morning, he decided to enlist. When he returned to the house, he hung his scythe in the small tree, about 8 inches in diameter and just a few feet tall, near the kitchen door. He told his parents he was going to enlist and remarked that the scythe was to stay hanging on the tree until he returned from war.... He died on May 22, 1864, from his wounds and was buried in an unknown grave.... Years passed and the handle fell away, the tree grew and gradually surrounded the blade. The long scythe blade only protruded a few inches outside the mammoth tree trunk.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 03, 2023 -
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Category: Agriculture, Death, Family, War, Fables, Myths, Urban Legends, Rumors, Water-Cooler Lore, Nineteenth Century
Unlikely Reasons for Murder No. 17
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 22, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Family, Children, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, 1930s, Mental Health and Insanity
Man insists he’s in perfect health, then drops dead
Nov 1939: John H. Mills, 70, appeared before the city board of education to plead for his old job back. Insisted he was in perfect health. Then dropped dead.Sounds like a heart attack, probably triggered by the stress of the situation.
Roanoke World News - Nov 14, 1939
Los Angeles Daily News - Nov 16, 1939
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 08, 2023 -
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Category: Death, 1930s
The Hobo Jungle Murder
You might or might not be surprised at the number of hits one gets when searching for "hobo murder." I guess that milieu was a really violent one. In any case, I highlight this instance for the great hobo names. I assume "Knubbs" meant "nubs," referring to the dead man's lack of hands.What would your own hobo name be, by the way?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 26, 2023 -
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Category: Bums, Hobos, Tramps, Beggars, Panhandlers and Other Streetpeople, Death, Odd Names, Police and Other Law Enforcement, 1940s
Dirt Danger Days
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 18, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Hygiene, Advertising, Children, 1950s
Follies of the Madmen #575
Who knew a simple cough could prove fatal?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 16, 2023 -
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Category: Death, Advertising, 1960s, Diseases
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