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  • Ghastly News: Tuesday 11/18/2025

    Ghastly News for Tuesday 11/18/2025: “Isaac Samuels’ Resurrection” (Source: The New York Times (New York, NY), November 18, 1877, Newspapers.com) Return to Ghastly News

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  • Ghastly News: Thursday 7/17/2025

    Ghastly News for Thursday 7/17/2025: “A Remarkable Funeral” (Source: St. Louis Globe-Democrat (St. Louis, MO), July 17, 1876, Newspapers.com) Return to Ghastly News

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  • Ghastly News: Friday 8/30/2024

    Ghastly News for Friday 8/30/2024: “Burned to Death Alone” (Source: The Weekly Courier (Connellsville, PA), March 15, 1895, Newspapers.com)

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  • Ghastly News: Thursday 8/29/2024

    Ghastly News for Thursday 8/29/2024: “Young Girl Dies After Eating Grapes” (Source: The Fresno Morning Republican (Fresno, CA), September 15, 1907, Newspapers.com)

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  • Weekly Ghastly Image: 5/4/2024

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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: Tuesday 2/6/2024

    Ghastly News for Tuesday 2/6/2024: “‘Young Farmer Dies in Buggy” (Source: The Windsor Star (Windsor, Ontario, CAN), June 7, 1932, Newspapers.com)

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  • Ghastly News: Friday 12/8/2023

    Ghastly News for Friday 12/8/2023: “Sister Screams; Niece Faints; Brother Shakes as ‘Dead’ Woman Visits” (Source: Oakland Tribune (Oakland, CA), June 7, 1910, Newspapers.com)

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  • Ghastly News: Friday 11/17/2023

    Ghastly News for Friday 11/17/2023: “Corpse Spoils Wake; Refuses to Stay Dead” (Source: Modesto Morning Herald (Modesto, CA), June 17, 1922 Newspapers.com)

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