

In many cases, the cadavers or their skeletons were left intact, but others weren't so lucky Napoleon and Rasputin reportedly both lost their penises after death (and for the record, Dillinger's is not at the Smithsonian).

As she observes the seats around her, she finds herself again surrounded by the cultists, and to top it all of Catherine also appears to be among the passengers.Repeatedly illustrating with a hearseload of case studies that "final resting place" is a relative term, Lovejoy (a contributing writer for the Schott's Almanac series) digs up a litany of strange-but-true tales of the postmortem adventures of all manner of famous corpses throughout history. A short time later, while on the plane back to Los Angeles, Helen notices Lisa and Louis seated next to her. A fight breaks out, during which Helen slashes Gertrude's throat, killing her, before she and Bob flee. It is revealed that Bob has made a deal with the houseguests, who promise him the $8 million if they can coerce Helen to commit suicide.Īs the cultists attempt to force Helen to slash her wrists, Bob, riddled with guilt, sabotages the gathering. Downstairs, she finds Bob sitting before the fireplace, and passes out from fright. When she awakens again, she wanders through the house, which now appears empty. The cultists chase Helen through the property, again incapacitating her. Anderson reveals that he was a doctor at the hospital in which Catherine was institutionalized, and that the other houseguests were all patients as well, each who committed suicide. Helen awakens and the cultists inform her that they are only following Catherine's instructions. When Bob tries to come to her rescue, Lisa and Gertrude stab him to death before sedating Helen. Helen is confronted by the houseguests in the swimming pool of the home. Meanwhile, Bob summons Louis, an attorney, to the house, but he is stopped on the road by David, who stabs him to death. As the flames each inexplicably extinguish, the Reverend asserts that it is Catherine communicating with them. The group of houseguests gather in the parlor and each light a candle. Bob confronts the six houseguests, who remain dedicated to Catherine and assure him they have no interest in the money, though they claim to know where it is hidden. Helen becomes convinced her aunt's houseguests are attempting to drive them away, and eventually comes to believe them to be ghosts. Meanwhile, Helen is plagued by bizarre apparitions of her aunt Helen, and finds that her belongings are continually moved around. At the concert's end, they savagely murder the unsuspecting musicians, revealing themselves to be part of a death cult. The houseguests hold a small recital concert featuring guest performers, unbeknownst to Bob and Helen. Bob learns from Helen that her Aunt Catherine was regarded as mentally ill by her family, and that she was at one time institutionalized. Bob searches for the money, and in the basement, finds piles of rotten food infested with rats. Among them are a live-in maid, Lisa an ex-military man a blind concert pianist, David Hume a mysterious doctor Anderson Gertrude Stein the brutish Jack Ritchy Whitmore, a writer and the Reverend Faherty.Ĭatherine allegedly left $8 million in cash hidden on the property, but kept its location a secret. Upon arriving, they find it inhabited by various friends of Catherine's who reside in the numerous buildings on the property.
#Rest in pieces pro
After paying their respects, and a subsequent incident where Catherine's ashes escape from her urn and blow onto the grounds of the estate, Helen and her ex-tennis pro husband, Bob, move from Los Angeles to the estate. Helen Hewitt inherits a sprawling Pennsylvania estate from her wealthy, eccentric aunt Catherine Boyle, who commits suicide by ingesting strychnine, an act which she records on video.
