Credits
Writer(s):
?
Letterer(s):
typeset
Subject Matter
Genres:
fantasy, horror
Character(s):
Lord Gormanstown; Lady Gormanstown; doctor; foxes
First Line:
Near the beginning of World War I, in his ancestral castle a short distance from Dublin, Ireland, Lord Gormanstown lay gravely ill.
Synopsis:
A few hours before the death of any head of the House of Gormanstown, foxes gather from miles around to surround the manor house. They remain until death occurs and the body is buried.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:
Miscellaneous
Pages:
1
Notes:
Condensed text adaptation of "The Foxes of Doom", a six-page comics story appearing in Ripley's Believe It or Not (Western, 1965 Series) #14 (June 1969).
In this text version, the family name is spelled "Gormanstown". In the earlier comics version, the family name is spelled "Gormanston".
Various accounts of the story can be found on the Internet, such as this one published in 2018. https://jackhammersley.wordpress.com/2018/05/24/gormanston-castle-a-tale-of-foxes-and-ancient-viscounts/