Legends; People; Automobiles; Death of spouse; Newspapers;
Cheryl Ashworth's transcribed interview of David Raleigh's account of the Newspaper Man of Evansville, Indiana. According to Raleigh, the man's wife died in a car, so the Newspaper Man sits in his car nightly to keep her company. When cars pass...
Legends; People; Automobiles; Death of spouse; Newspapers;
Darlene Beckman's transcribed interview of an anonymous female about the Newspaper Man of Evansville, Indiana. According to this account, the man sits in an old car that is parked in front of his house every night at 10:00. It is said that his wife...
Legends; People; Automobiles; Death of spouse; Newspapers;
Jacque Burbank's transcribed interview of Harry W. Burbank's account of the Newspaper Man of Evansville, Indiana. According to Burbank, the Newspaper Man's wife died in an accident in his car, so he sits in it nightly to keep her company. If cars...
Legends; People; Spouses; Death; Death & burial; Mentally ill persons;
Lee Stewart's transcribed interview of Kirk Stewart about a man who went insane after the death of his wife. According to Stewart, the man hanged himself after his wife died.
Legends; People; Spouses; Death; Death & burial; Mentally ill persons;
Ted Parker's transcribed interview of Mary Parker about a woman who went insane after the death of her spouse. According to Parker, the woman's fiance was killed the night before their wedding and the woman went crazy after finding out.
Legends; People; Spouses; Death; Death & burial; Mentally ill persons;
Kenneth Hass' transcribed personal account of a woman who went insane after the death of her husband. According to Hass, the woman never bathed and only ate to stay alive after the death of her husband.
Legends; People; Spouses; Death; Death & burial; Mentally ill persons;
Norbert Blaski's transcribed interview of Barry Zinski about a woman who went insane after the death of her husband. According to Zinski, this woman goes to the cemetery and plays her violin to her husband's grave and then walks home playing the...
Legends; People; Spouses; Death; Death & burial; Mentally ill persons;
Richard Rardin's transcribed interview of Gaar Rardin about a woman who went insane after the death of her husband. According to Rardin, the woman wrote letters to her dead husband and put them under rocks for him to read when his spirit came to...
Legends; People; Spouses; Death; Death & burial; Mentally ill persons;
Barbara Parker's transcribed interview of Mary Parker about a woman who went insane after the death of her spouse. According to Parker, the woman's fiance was killed the night before their wedding and the woman went crazy after finding out.
Legends; People; Spouses; Death; Death & burial; Mentally ill persons;
Eric Nance's transcribed interview of Bob Scott about a woman who went insane after her husband's death. According to Scott, the woman was found sleeping with her husband's corpse several weeks after his death.
Legends; People; Spouses; Death; Death & burial; Mentally ill persons;
Eric Nance's transcribed interview of Brian Schoppel about a woman who went insane after the death of her husband. According to Schoppel, the woman slept with her husband's corpse for several years.
Legends; People; Spouses; Death; Death & burial; Mentally ill persons;
Michael Mulligan's transcribed personal account of a man who went insane after his wife's death. According to Mulligan, the man went insane after hearing of his wife's death and passed the insane behavior on to his son.
Legends; People; Spouses; Death; Death & burial; Mentally ill persons;
Pam Decker's transcribed interview of Jim Decker about a man who went insane after the death of his wife. According to Decker, the man started cutting off the hair of random women because he loved his wife's hair so much.
Legends; People; Spouses; Death; Death & burial; Mentally ill persons;
Myra Schilling's transcribed interview of Trish O'Hare about a woman who went insane after her husband's death. According to O'Hare, the woman refuses to do anything because she is waiting for her husband to come back to life and do everything.
Legends; People; Spouses; Death; Death & burial; Mentally ill persons;
Art Robertson's transcribed interview of Russell Robertson about a woman who went insane after the death of her husband. According to Robertson, the woman built an exact replica of her house after her husband's death. She wanted to move but still...
