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Strange Pages from Family Papers

“Among other qualities which have been supposed to belong to a dead man’s hand, are its medicinal virtues, in connection with which may be mentioned the famous ‘dead hand,’ which was, in years past, kept at Bryn Hall, Lancashire… Thus the case is related of a woman who, attacked with the smallpox, had this dead hand in bed with her every night for six weeks, and of a poor lad living near Manchester who was touched with it for the cure of scrofulous sores.”

Though not all chapters have such gruesome subjects as The Dead Hand, all are full of a curious mixture of superstition and local history that will delight and amuse the modern listener. (Summary by David Barnes).

Read by Annika Feilbach, Carl Manchester, Claire Goget, Cori Samuel, David Barnes, Graham Redman, Hugh McGuire, Jennie Hughes, Lizzie Driver, Peter Yearsley, Philippa, Sarah McIntrye, Sarah O'Connor and Stuart Pyle.

Year of Publication: 1895Genres: Dramatic Readings , Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

Running Time: 7 hours 33 minutes 41 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Fatal Curses Cori Samuel	41:20
2	The Screaming Skull Cori Samuel	26:34
3	Eccentric Vows Cori Samuel	37:30
4	Strange Banquets Cori Samuel	29:50
5	Mysterious Rooms Cori Samuel	36:33
6	Indelible Bloodstains Cori Samuel	28:45
7	Curious Secrets Hugh McGuire	31:14
8	The Dead Hand Cori Samuel	10:54
9	Devil Compacts Cori Samuel	24:47
10	Family Death Omens Cori Samuel	27:03
11	Weird Possessions Cori Samuel	12:24
12	Romance of Disguise Cori Samuel	32:05
13	Extraordinary Disappearances Cori Samuel	33:57
14	Honoured Hearts Cori Samuel	14:19
15	Romance of Wealth Hugh McGuire	24:29
16	Lucky Accidents Cori Samuel	14:16
17	Fatal Passion Cori Samuel	27:41