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  • Ghastly News: Wednesday 3/26/2025

    Ghastly News for Wednesday 3/26/2025: “Nelson’s Coffin” (Source: Weekly Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), March 26, 1835, Newspapers.com) Return to Ghastly News

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  • Weekly Ghastly Image: 5/4/2024

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  • Ghastly News: Tuesday 4/2/2024

    Ghastly News for Tuesday 4/2/2024: “A Cut Rate Undertaker” (Source: Daily Independent (Elko, NV), September 3, 1909, Newspapers.com)

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  • Ghastly News: Friday 3/8/2024

    Ghastly News for Friday 3/8/2024: “Officers Probe Grave Robbery” (Source: Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat (Muskogee, OK), June 4, 1955, Newspapers.com) DISCLAIMER: Some of the text within this article comes from historical documents which use words and express views which may be racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise offensive. The Ghastly Historian does not endorse or…

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  • Ghastly News: Wednesday 2/21/2024

    Ghastly News for Wednesday 2/21/2024: “Woman’s Mummy Kept in Home for 33 Years” (Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA), April 20, 1945, Newspapers.com)

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  • Ghastly News: Wednesday 2/7/2024

    Ghastly News for Wednesday 2/7/2024: “To Prevent Premature Burial” (Source: Stockton Evening and Sunday Record (Stockton, CA), April 26, 1901, Newspapers.com)

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  • Ghastly News: Wednesday 1/31/2024

    Ghastly News for Wednesday 1/31/2024: “The Dead Come To Life In Wayne County” (Source: Nashville Union and American (Nashville, TN), April 19, 1871, Newspapers.com)

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  • Ghastly News: Tuesday 1/16/2024

    Ghastly News for Tuesday 1/16/2024: “A Ghoul in Real Life.” (Source: The Liberator (Boston, MA), November 5, 1831, Newspapers.com)

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  • Ghastly News: Tuesday 12/12/2023

    Ghastly News for Tuesday 12/12/2023: “The Vampire of Roumania” (Source: The Tennessean (Nashville, TN), May 6, 1888, Newspapers.com)

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