Mourning Customs and History

The Jealous Mother’s Ghost The jealous ghost of a dead mother returns to warn her successor to treat her children kindly.

The Woman in Black – Victorian Mourning as Criminal Disguise A look at the rogues’ gallery of crimes committed in the United States from about 1860 to 1929 under the cover of crape by The Women in Black.

Charles Dickens is Summoned to an Inquest Charles Dickens gives us an insider’s “slice-of-death” look at a Victorian coroner’s inquest on a dead infant.

Queen Victoria’s Funeral Foreseen Queen Victoria’s funeral procession, seen in a vision by a medium four months before her death.

Death Angel in Lancashire The Death Angel visits medium Ellen Green to warn of her other’s impending death.

Like a Mournful Gust of Wind Watchers over the corpse of a young woman are haunted by a mysterious moaning noise.

Killed by a Corpse Throttled, shot, and crushed by a corpse.

Hell-wain Spotting A look at the funeral trolley tradition of Mexico.

Hung by a Corpse – Occupational Hazards for the Resurrectionist Life for the body-snatcher was nasty and brutish–and may have been gravely shortened by the job.