Strange Deaths

Taking Pen in Hand

The Twelve Deaths of Christmas Twelve Christmas-themed deaths because it’s the hap-hapless-est time of the year!

The Groaning Thanksgiving Board. There is much to groan about in this collection of toxic Thanksgiving foodstuffs.

The Death of the Queen of Bohemia Writer Zoe Anderson Norris, the Queen of Bohemia, is warned by the ghost of her mother that she is next to follow her in death.

The Haunted Cab The London cab haunted by the bloody, cut-throat ghost of a suicide.

A Cabinet of Cursed Curiosities A Cabinet of Cursed Curiosities such as Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s death-car, a deadly opal ring, and a drunkard’s chair.

The Wild Cat’s Portrait The eyes of a life-sized wild cat portrait brought destruction to the drawing’s owners. A tale of a haunted drawing.

Damned Desks Damned desks, in the Fortean sense, that are haunted or hoodooed.

The Image on the Retina A fictional treatment of the theory of optography in which a young man photographs an image on the retina of his murdered sweetheart, which leads him to the killer.