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- Faithful dog kills would-be murderer of sleeping master. B524.7
- Horse kicks to death master's murderer. B591.2
- Water rages by boat of would-be murderer. (Cf. D1242.) D1317.22
- Blood springs from murderer's finger when he touches victim. D1318.5.1
- Corpse bleeds when murderer touches it. D1318.5.2
- Resuscitation after murderer is buried in the earth, wood laid over him, and a lighted lamp on its top. E185.1
- Dead mother returns to invoke curse on murderer-son. E222.3
- Ghost tells name of murderer. E231.1
- Ghost skeleton points lance at murderer. E231.2
- Ghost returns to murderer, causes him to confess. E231.5
- Return from dead to slay own murderer. E232.1
- Ghost an unjustly executed man. Real murderer found. E234.4
- Murderer cannot rest in grave. E411.1
- Ball of fire haunts murderer. E530.1.2
- Grass does not grow on murderer's grave. (Cf. H271.) E631.2
- Drowned girl reborn as leech to take revenge on murderers. E693.1
- Wraith of murderer tells authorities where to find girl he has murdered. The murderer is in church at the time. E723.4.2
- Murderer's children become dwarfs. F451.1.2
- House of skulls. Murderer's abode. F771.1.9
- Murderer caused to eat victim's flesh unwittingly. Sickens and dies. G62