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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: 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: 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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  • Ghastly News: Monday 11/13/2023

    Ghastly News for Monday 11/13/2023: “Mrs. Martha Smith of Chatham, reports a remarkable case of suspended animation […].” (Source: The Indiana Herald (Huntington, IN), May 26, 1880, Newspapers.com) DISCLAIMER: Some of the text within this article comes from historical documents which use words and express views which may be racist, sexist, homophobic or otherwise offensive.…

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