Smikes
October 9th, 2009, 02:43 AM
The first time I read this part of Danse Macabre, which is near the end, it absolutely gave me the creeps, and I can hardly tell you why— but I think it's just all the spooky possibilities, a couple of which Stephen briefly plays around with.
He recounts the story of Little Miss 1565, a girl who died in the Hartford circus fire of 1944. No one ever came forward to claim her even though a post-mortem mugshot was taken and circulated around the country.
I have obsessed with the story ever since. I even had a (hard to find) photo of her on my desktop for a while (till it creeped out friends and family members a few too many times).
It amazed me how King picked up on the creepiness of an event which when recounted to most people comes across merely as a very sad tragedy.
Live, love, laugh & be happy,
Smikes
He recounts the story of Little Miss 1565, a girl who died in the Hartford circus fire of 1944. No one ever came forward to claim her even though a post-mortem mugshot was taken and circulated around the country.
I have obsessed with the story ever since. I even had a (hard to find) photo of her on my desktop for a while (till it creeped out friends and family members a few too many times).
It amazed me how King picked up on the creepiness of an event which when recounted to most people comes across merely as a very sad tragedy.
Live, love, laugh & be happy,
Smikes