Costume History

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.

“They wrapp’d his corpse in the tarry-sheet:” Burials at Sea In this excerpt from The Lost Story of the William & Mary: The Cowardice of Captain Stinson, guest author Gill Hoffs shares sad and evocative stories of burial at sea.

Dead Man Cycling An Australian cyclist named James Somerville was said to have won his last race, crossing the finish line–dead.

The Broom Corn Seed Funeral Swindle Who among us has not fantasized wistfully about faking their own death and disappearing? Some amusing and instructive stories of vintage insurance fraud from my files.

A Stiff Drink Some vintage fizz about stiff drinks with plenty of ice.