Little Miss Nobody

**Smikes** · October 9th, 2009

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

**giftshoparty** · October 19th, 2009

That event stuck with me too...started acquiring all of the viewing list for my Danse Club which starts watching ..this week...Picked up the original "Haunting" ...great film. Cheers, A

**Smikes** · October 19th, 2009

Originally Posted by giftshoparty

That event stuck with me too...started acquiring all of the viewing list for my Danse Club which starts watching ..this week...Picked up the original "Haunting" ...great film. Cheers, A

Danse Club? Hahaha. So you're going to start going down the list of Stephen's recommendations in DM then? Cool.

I actually first watched the original The Haunting a few years ago BECAUSE it was on that list and I hadn't seen it. I'm glad I did. It really is a great horror film— the scene scared the bejezus out of me.

Have fun watching!

Live, love, laugh & be happy,
Smikes