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Malraiders

(444 posts) Wed May 6, 2015, 09:00 PM May 2015

BABY MONSTER Born 10-1888 Died 2-1889

The story:

http://theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com/2014/09/baby-monster.html

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BABY MONSTER Born 10-1888 Died 2-1889 (Original Post) Malraiders May 2015 OP

Ft Leavenworth, KS is an old army post 1939 May 2015 #1

And now running on the GOP ticket. xfundy May 2015 #2

At least it is a surname and not demonization of a deformed child. n/t betterdemsonly May 2015 #3

Well, you couldn't really expect an adult monster to be born Motown_Johnny May 2015 #4

The two older cemeteries in my city okasha May 2015 #5

1939

(1,683 posts)

1. Ft Leavenworth, KS is an old army post

Reply to Malraiders (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2015, 09:12 PM

May 2015

One summer, I spent two weeks there. One evening, i walked around the old post cemetery. You would see five graves clustered together with children ages like two to eight died in the same week in one plot with a tombstone that these were the children of Captain and Mrs Smith "died of the Scarlet Fever/Smallpox/Measles". I was depressed for quite a few days after that.

xfundy

(5,105 posts)

2. And now running on the GOP ticket.

Reply to Malraiders (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2015, 09:14 PM

May 2015

betterdemsonly

(1,967 posts)

3. At least it is a surname and not demonization of a deformed child. n/t

Reply to Malraiders (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2015, 09:15 PM

May 2015

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)

4. Well, you couldn't really expect an adult monster to be born

Reply to Malraiders (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2015, 09:16 PM

May 2015

and to then pass on in less than 4 months now could you?

okasha

(11,573 posts)

5. The two older cemeteries in my city

Reply to Malraiders (Original post)

Wed May 6, 2015, 09:19 PM

May 2015

have whole clusters of children's graves from 1919-- Spanish flu epidemic.

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