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Title	Death of spouse causes insanity
Alternative Title	Spouse's death causes insanity; Death of spouse; Spouse's death;
Genre	Legend -- People
Description	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.
Informant	Decker, Jim
Collector	Decker, Pam
Date of Original	1970-11-12
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Knox County -- Vincennes -- 1970
Subject	Legends People Spouses Death Death & burial Mentally ill persons
WV3 Subject	Folklore
Type	text
Material Type	Interviews
Date Digital	2011-06-17
Technical Metadata	image/tiff 300 dpi; Epson GT-20000; Epson Scan
Copyright	Digital image copyright c 2011 Indiana Folklore Collection.
Item ID	isuf-DeathOfSpouseCausesInsanity012

Death of spouse causes insanity

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