Woman Marries Dead Husband In Church

corpsewedding

A report has emerged of a woman who married her dead husband in a church in England.

Back in June 1666, Dorothy Ford was engaged to be married to William Streat.

Streat was the rector of the local church, found in the parish of South Pool in Devon, England, and preparations for the wedding were well underway.

With just a few days before the wedding day, Streat got killed in a riding accident. And instead of a wedding, Streat’s funeral took place.

However, the story didn’t end there. It’s said that friends of heartbroken Ford soon began to complain of a nightmare they were having, one that kept recurring.

In the dream, Streat would come to them and say that he was unable to rest in peace until he had fulfilled his pledge to marry Dorothy.

Eventually, he got his wish. On November 27, 1667, Streat’s body was exhumed and his coffin was placed at the front of the church’s altar, with Ford standing alongside it. She made her marriage vows eventually marrying the corpse.

William Streat was then reburied after the ceremony and, as the story goes, never haunted anyone’s dreams again.