Posts tagged
‘murder’

Wizard Richardson “Wizard Richardson,” as Dr Elisha Richardson was called, a healer and perhaps “cunning man” of New Hampshire, locates the body of a missing man.

Willett’s Bewitched Cat The spirit of executed murdered Louis WIllett was said to possess his beloved cat.

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

A Walking Dead Man in Rotuma. The ghost of a murdered man returns to walk the small Pacific island where he lived and was hacked to death.

When the state of Colorado decided to reinstitute capital punishment in 1901, a new and improved self-hanging gallows was their execution method of choice.

A strange death, possibly by decapitation, and a walking corpse.

A Visceral Haunting An unusual haunting: the ghost of a murdered man haunts a suitcase filled with his viscera, used as evidence at his doctor’s trial.

When an Irish magistrate was shot, he clearly saw his attacker: a man named Molony, who had a grudge against him. Despite the positive ID by the victim, Molony provided an unbreakable alibi and, released, went on with his life without a qualm. Until the anniversary of the cleverly planned murder rolled around….

Touching the Corpse: Late Examples of Cruentation It was long believed that a corpse would bleed at its murderer’s touch. The idea survived for a surprisingly long time in the 19th century. Here are some gruesome examples.