Posts tagged
‘tokens of death’

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 Rocking Chair Stories of haunted rocking chairs in our October series of “Objects of the Damned.”

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.

Predicting Lincoln’s Death by Horoscope, Trance, and Manual Alphabet Lincoln’s death predicted by a variety of seers including an astrologer who cast a horoscope, a trance medium, and a student using the manual alphabet

White Dogs of Death Celebrating the Chinese Year of the Dog with white dogs of death.

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

Ghosts in Grave-clothes Ghosts who appear in Grave-clothes, usually archaic in style.

When the Flame Leans Over When the flame leans over, it points to the next to die.