The Dark Side of Lighthouses - Wicked Wednesdays
News of the Times Episode 205 | 1755-1933
In today’s episode we look at some of the dark history surrounding lighthouses.  Madness, fatal accidents, fire and poisoning are only some of the many ways to die in a lighthouse. 
We start with the conundrum – what to do with a dead body in a remote lighthouse?  Throwing it into the sea may very well have other believe it was murder once the relief boat came.  In the famous case of 1801, Thomas Howells come up with the only solution he has – to lash the corpse to the railings outside.  It was said that with the right weather conditions, it looked to ships passing as if a lighthouse keeper was giving a friendly wave from what was actually a corpse.
This lighthouse story and more from events that took place between 1755 and 1933 is today episode of wicked Wednesdays. 
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