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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	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 wanted her husband to know his way around if he ever came back.
Informant	Robertson, Russell
Collector	Robertson, Art
Date of Original	1973-11-17
Repository	Indiana State University Folklore Archives, Special Collections, Cunningham Memorial Library, Terre Haute, Indiana 47809
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Jackson County -- Seymour -- 1973
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-DeathOfSpouseCausesInsanity014

Death of spouse causes insanity

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