Showing posts with label casket. Show all posts
Showing posts with label casket. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

The oldtimer and the tree

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The tree lived for 217 years and the man who kept it alive has now died at a little less than half that. Frank Knight ( pictured above...
Thursday, November 3, 2011

New acquisition

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A couple of weeks ago, I went with my Mom and Sue to the Lake Eustis Museum of Art , drawn by a death-themed exhibit that included an homag...
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Friday, February 4, 2011

2 morbid mysteries

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Fisherman and photographer Scott Owens came upon an empty casket a few weeks ago in the woods near Slidell, Lousiana. “ At first I thought...
Sunday, January 9, 2011

Compare and contrast

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These two weird news stories surfaced a week apart last month: Medical students at Rende Medical College in Taiwan undergo a lesson intende...
Saturday, October 23, 2010

Fisk funeral

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There is a funeral being conducted today - and everyone at the local Historical Society is very excited about it. " You don't get t...
Monday, May 31, 2010

Ulysses S. Grant, postmortem

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The 1st photograph shows American Civil War general and 18th president Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) in the prime of life and the 2nd photogr...
Saturday, August 8, 2009

Festival of the Shrouds

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A curious festival takes place every year on July 29th in Las Nieves, Spain. In the "Festival of the Shrouds," those who have esca...
Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Sarah Bernhardt

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French actress Sarah Bernhardt (1944-1923) was mentioned yesterday as an early example of celebrity eccentricity . The "Divine Sarah...
Friday, January 16, 2009

Plague coffin

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Steve and I were talking about common graves the other night (yes, such a topic is not atypical at my house!). He was curious when I told hi...
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