The Date of His Death

“He told everyone the exact date he would die… and no one believed him.” In the early 1900s,

a man named John Elwes began telling friends and family that he wouldn’t live past a specific

day. He wasn’t sick. He wasn’t depressed. He claimed the date came to him through

recurring dreams — vivid, detailed, and impossible to ignore.

As the date got closer, John started putting his affairs in order. Writing letters.

Giving away belongings. When people asked why… he simply said, “I won’t be here

after that day.” On the morning of the predicted date, John went about his routine like

normal. And later that evening… he suddenly collapsed and died — from an unexpected medical