Weird News: Corpse Attacks Man for Having Affair
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
This interesting story comes from Los Angeles in 1976. It seems one man's spirit re-possessed his lifeless corpse and assailed a rival who had been having an affair with his wife. The horror! The vengeful spirit is a common theme in weird literature that probably stems from legends common to everyday life (like the one detailed below). Writers like M.R. James and Ambrose Bierce invented several grim incidents of supernatural vigilantes returning from the grave to take justice into their own hands. But what, in these instances, really is the weird phenomena? Perhaps it's the very human element usually involved. The idea that a feeling--or grudge, in most cases--can persist beyond the grave is as horrifying as it is strange.
