If you have seen the dead in a shroud in your dream: Your inner world is gaining a new dimension, you may have to deal with issues that concern your home, family or health. To see the dead in a shroud in a dream indicates that the person who sees the dream will experience an event that will make him sad in real life. It is said that a person's relative will have a health problem or will die, and that the person will experience great sadness with the news of his death. It is a harbinger that a person's life will be turned upside down in a moment and that he will experience troubled days.