Dead as a Doornail – The Carpenter of Doom
Dead as a Doornail -The Carpenter of Doom Over the space of a lifetime, a man was haunted by recurring visits from a mysterious carpenter, whose presence meant death.
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Death Angel in Lancashire
Death Angel in Lancashire The Death Angel visits medium Ellen Green to warn of her other’s impending death.
Dead as a Doornail: The Carpenter of Doom
Dead as a Doornail: The Carpenter of Doom Over the space of a lifetime, a man was haunted by a mysterious carpenter, whose presence meant death.
“I am the Death Angel”
The Victorian Book of the Dead’s first chapter is on personifications of Death. Here we meet a Reaper-like Death Angel, who discusses, in a weirdly bureaucratic way, the persons who are to be taken.
Hark! The Herald Angels Help: 3 Angelic Visitations
The holidays (or perhaps more accurately, holiday films) are a time for heartwarming depictions of helpful angels: Clarence, the Angel Second Class of It’s a Wonderful Life and Cary Grant’s debonair Dudley of The Bishop’s Wife spring to mind. Here are stories of three angelic visitations, two of dubious helpfulness.
Tokens of Death: Owls, Cats, and Phantom Funerals
Tokens of Death: Owls, Cats, and Phantom Funerals As I said in a recent post on an Indiana Banshee, “tokens of death” were a frequent theme in the ghost stories of the past. These death-omens could be anything from a prophetic dream, a vision of a phantom funeral, headless apparitions or women in white ghosts, a familiar disembodied voice calling one’s name, a crown of feathers in a pillow or mattress, dogs howling, or mysterious lights.