Posts tagged
‘death omens’

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.

Tick-Tock – A Medium Clock A mediumistic clock communicated accurate information by ticks and tocks.

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.

The Devonshire Death Fire A fire set as a prank by a Devonshire farmer is seen as an omen of death.

Sad Stories of the Deaths of Kings Sad stories of the death omens of King Charles I.

Phantom Coaches at the Door Phantom coaches pull up to the door, bringing death or mystery.

Cholera Curiosities Fortean curiosities of cholera including blue fog, sulfurous stenches, vanishing birds. and Women in Black.

The Goblin Jacket A strange, but pointless manifestation of a murdered fisherman: his jacket floating in a pond in Barbados.

The Funeral Men A woman and her maid see a pair of funeral mutes standing silently on the balcony outside her husband’s dressing room as a token of his death.