The article discusses the ways in which Danish author Bernhard Severin Ingemann's physical and psychological double-sightedness could have impacted his use of morbid imagery in his works. Works discussed include his memoirs "Levnetsbogen," his satirical book "Tankebreve fra en Afdød" ("Thought-Letters from a Deceased"), and the short story "Selv-Citationen" ("The Self-Citation").