Manic Monday Bonus--My Dinner With The Girl In The Fireplace?

True ghost story? 

Or, just another monarch gone crazy thanks to inbreeding and the like?

Or, perhaps, this was just how he could get 4 dinners for himself every night? Mmmmm...

Of course, if Madame de Pompadour was involved, maybe, just maybe, there were some time travel shenanigans going on...

Still more likely than ghosts...

From Ripley's Believe It Or Not True Ghost Stories #1 (1965)

Maybe Invest In A Bullet-Proof Vest, At Least?

After 2500 years of stories about people whose attempts to escape a prophecy actually lead to the prophecy coming true...

...I guess it's a nice change of pace to see a story where 32 years--32 years!!--of prophecy is pretty much ignored by the poor guy, who dies anyway. Damned if you do, damned if you don't, I guess...

Believe it--OR NOT!!

From Ripley's Believe It Or Not True Ghost Stories #1 (1965)