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That such instances [hauntings] could occur and were of serious concern for people in antiquity is, for instance, evident from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, in which the deceased was given specific instructions not to haunt. It is also apparent from Viking practice, in which if the deceased became a malignant spirit it was the duty of his relatives to break open his grave and ‘kill’ him again - a course which… may well account for some of the intrusions into Viking graves discovered by archaeologists.
— Ian Wilson, “The After Death Experience.” I’m definitely going to write a comedy scene about a group of vikings who must enter a crypt to slay the already dead body inside.