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This Just In – Man in Morgue Not Quite Dead
"...not quite dead..." Continue reading → The post This Just In – Man in Morgue Not Quite Dead appeared first on . Related posts: Nightmare #301 – Dear Dead Dad (Male, 50’s) I dreamt about my dad last...
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Nightmare #314 – Fires for the Dead
(Male, 30’s) This wasn’t really a nightmare that is it wasn’t a scary dream, that is, I wasn’t scared so much when I was actually IN the dream but once I woke up and started to think about it, it …...
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This Just In — (Dead) Vampires on Display
Remains — apparently human — were recently discovered with a metal stake through the chest suggesting a burial ritual to prevent vampires. Evidently, the practice wasn’t uncommon in Bulgaria some 700...
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Your First Vampire, The Count, Dead at 78
If ever there was a vampire whose death we should mourn, it is The Count from Sesame Street. Jerry Nelson, the talented muppeteer who portrayed numerous characters over the years, including the Count,...
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Video –“Ask a Mortician”
A few years ago I was researching a piece about funeral parlors that I finally abandoned because, I am embarrassed to admit, I was too afraid to actually ask a mortician about specific details of the...
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“Darkness and Dawn”– a vintage “Hell House”
It’s October and officially the time for Haunted House attractions and their evangelical knock-offs known as Hell Houses. A Hell House takes the thrills and chills of a traditional haunted house but...
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“Rot”– Stop Motion Decomposition Short
This little video gem popped up around the web (io9.com, boingboing.net, etc) but I loved it so much I just had to share it here too. Double plus good, eh? It’s the proper length, not too long, not too...
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Nightmare #323 – Kill the Cop-Baby
(Female, 30’s) My friend Mike was in trouble with the cops. I didn’t know what he’d done, but Mike told me they were going to arrest him and kill him. The cops came to get him, but they had a …...
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Nightmare #324 – Midnight Snack
(Male, 40’s) A seriously twisted night of dreams. I was inside some kind of a cabin or rustic building. There were floor to ceiling picture windows that looked out on trees and a leaf- strewn lawn. I...
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The After Lives of Everest Climbers
We all know about tombstones used as markers as to the location of dead bodies, but the Smithsonian tells the tale of bodies themselves used as location markers. Several stories in fact. How does this...
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Nightmare #326 – Deluxe Body Bag
(Male, 50s’) My dad has been gone for over 20 years so I only rarely dream about him but last night, I woke in a cold sweat. Dad was dead and we had called the company that was going to … Continue...
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Movie –“One Day”– Classy Creepy Short
It’s probably best not to say too much about “One Day” (2012), a short film by Korean director Duc Nguyen, except that if you like what we like here at the DailyNightmare, you’ll love this very visual,...
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This Just In – Coffin that Plays Music FOREVER
This high-tech-ish coffin that serenades the corpse during that oh-so-boring after-life period — sparks a couple initial impressions: • Can’t wait to see what kind of advertisements will be inserted...
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Dead Residents of New Orleans
Elsa and I could squeeze in only a bit of sight-seeing given the tight programming schedule of World Horror Convention / Bram Stoker Award Weekend. The sight we saw? New Orleans Cemetery #1, of course....
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Nightmare #347: Assassination Attempt
(Female, 50s) This nightmare had a very realistic feeling, which made it even more confusing. I mean, assassination? Really? My husband recently passed away, but in the dream he was still alive. The...
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Death, Fear and Bad Decisions: Green Burial Options
Halfway through the presentation on green burial options, I was fully creeped out but not at all by the practical and creative alternatives presented by Merilynne Rush of After Death Home Care. I was...
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Nightmare #356 – The Child Coffin Merchant
(Male, 50’s) This happened at the end of a much longer dream. My partner and I were walking through a dark area, shadowy streets. There was some element of danger, too. We weren’t alone on these...
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Nightmare #357: Awful knowledge
(Female, 50’s) I had a dream so awful last night that I haven’t been able to think or talk about it without crying, but you asked me to write it down so here goes. The dream was about carrying around …...
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Nightmare 374: Cut to the end
(USA, 50’s) This nightmare was a strange one, sort of anti-climactic and almost boring, after the bang-up start. It began with a cut and ended with… I don’t know what. I was in a strange apartment with...
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(Male, 50’s) I dreamt about my dad last night. He’s been dead for over twenty years. I was cleaning in his basement which was a mess when he died. Crap everywhere. All sorts of stuff. Half finished...
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