The Dead Doll A strange tale of a childless couple, their doll child, and the tragedy that befell them.
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Chris Woodyard
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March 26, 2015
in Death , Grim and Grewsome , Mourning Customs and History , News , Social History , Strange Deaths , Strange Lives , Victorian
and tagged bereavement , child doll , haunted doll , reborn doll , The Dead Doll , therapy dolls , Victorian mourning , Victorian mourning rituals
Introducing The Victorian Book of the Dead A shamelessly commercial post today: Kestrel Publications is draping itself in black in celebration–The Victorian Book of the Dead has arrived!
Posted by
Chris Woodyard
on
October 21, 2014
in Death , Folklore , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , Mourning Customs and History , News , religion , Scientific Oddities , Social History , Spiritualism , Strange Deaths , Victorian , Wonders and Curiosities
and tagged Chris Woodyard , crape , Death , ghosts , Introducing The Victorian Book of the Dead , The Victorian Book of the Dead , Victorian death , Victorian mourning rituals , widows