Looking into the Deaths

Can't say that I particularly enjoyed researching into the way I chose my characters to die but I felt it was necessary to get a decent outcome and see if I had missed anything.

HANGING

More specifically, I found this quite distressing to look into, mainly because it was an account written by a post mortem doctor. 

Depending on my design I need to consider the rope used - soft fabrics will almost never leave any marks but stiff, hard rope will not only bruise the skin but also cut it. I also have to consider what side of the head the knot is, if it it on the left side the cuts and bruising will be deeper and vice versa. The bruises on the next seem to be a soft v shape bruise, like I said, depending on where the noose sat and where the knot was.

https://writersforensicsblog.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/question-and-answer-what-happens-when-someone-is-hanged/

SLIT THROAT

Although my idea isn't necessarily a perfect slit throat I still looked into what and how the cut would look. When researching I found that the blunter the object cutting the skin, the more drag and the more of a rough rip rather than a smooth slice. And because of the instrument used, my cuts will be deep but messy. 

https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080606102431AATTvsc

The whole idea behind them returning back to the house would be to haunt the current occupants so the way they looked the second they died would be the way they looked when haunting the house. No decaying of body etc when they appear as a ghost - its almost as if their body had just frozen to what they looked like.