Death by Owl A young wife is scared to death by an owl that had been following her.
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Chris Woodyard
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March 3, 2018
in Animal Tales , Death , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged death by owl , frightened to death , Josetta Coonan O’Neill , owl festival , owls , owls as omens of death , scared to death , strange deaths
Death by Owl For “Owl Appreciation Day,” a story of a taloned Angel of Death.
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Chris Woodyard
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August 4, 2015
in Animal Tales , Death , Folklore , medical oddities , News , Strange Deaths
and tagged death by owl , frightened to death , Josetta Coonan O’Neill , owl appreciation day , owls , scared to death , strange deaths
The Devil in a Diving Suit -Scared to Death in Toledo The story of the unfortunate Mrs Joseph Smolinski of Toledo, Ohio, scared to death by–a Public Health Official?
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Chris Woodyard
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September 20, 2014
in Death , Folklore , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , Scientific Oddities , Social History , Strange Deaths
and tagged ebola , Joseph Smolinski , plague doctor , public health officials , scared to death , smallpox , The Devil in a Diving Suit -Scared to Death in Toledo , Toledo
COW’S MOO KILLS CHILD – Stories of Being Scared to Death “Scared to death” is not just a phrase.. A look at the things scared these victims so badly that they dropped dead: There’s cats, and rats, and elephants….
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Chris Woodyard
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October 8, 2013
in Animal Tales , Fortean Mysteries , Ghosts , Grim and Grewsome , medical oddities , News , Scientific Oddities , Strange Deaths , Victorian
and tagged COW’S MOO KILLS CHILD - Stories of Being Scared to Death , death by fear , fear , frightened to death , ghosts , scared to death , terror , things that scare us