Woman Lived with Sister's Corpse for Months

[Seraphim]

DUBLIN (*******) - An elderly Irishwoman shared a room with her sister's corpse for up to a year and sometimes slept with it in the same bed, newspapers reported Tuesday.



Mary Ellen Lyons never told anyone that her sister Agnes had died, the reports said. Even their brother Michael, who lived in the same remote bungalow in rural western Ireland, did not know.


An inquest heard Monday that Agnes probably died in 2002 -- possibly in September -- at the age of 70.


However, her body was only discovered in August 2003 when Mary Ellen fell ill and had to be taken to hospital.


"I have tried to remember when Agnes died but I just can't remember," Mary Ellen said in a statement read out at the inquest. "I remember getting Christmas cards at Christmas 2002 but I cannot remember if Agnes was dead at the time."


The inquest heard the three siblings lived in "a world apart" and that the sisters were deeply religious.


After Agnes' death, Mary Ellen sometimes slept in the same double bed as the corpse and sometimes in the bathroom. Michael stayed in his own bedroom and the living room of the tiny house and never entered his sisters' room.


"There is no way that Michael would open the door of a woman's room," a neighbor told the inquest. "They wouldn't even watch the television if there was a woman on it. They were from a different era."

[Hman123]

ewww.....wierd

[farmgirl]

At least she didn't have to worry about her "borrowing" her clothes. My sister always did that.... there's always an upside..... just sayin' p-)

[hank]

Perspective, really, that is always the key.

hank

[California Joe]

I think my wife is dead.......






Did I say that outloud? :oops:

[hank]

Perspective, really, that is the key.

hank

[California Joe]

Yeah, perspective.

[Ichhabe]

Wasn't there a guy in France that lived with his dead mother for years?

Every day he got his mother to sit in a chair at the kitchen table so the neighbours could see her. Cause he wanted to cash her pension so he did not have to work.

It is at least 15 years since I read about it. :|

[hank]

California, not France. Conceptually similar but really quite different. That guy's name was Norman Bates, used to look like Anthony Perkins, but the last time I saw him he looked a lot like Vince Vaughn.

hank

[2Sheds_Jackson]

we all go a little mad sometimes..

[Herrmannek]

Nothing strange here...Realy...I was walking to school with half year old sandwitch in backpack...You can imagine my happines when I found it after so long time...

[hank]

I see that Hermannek really understands the idea of perspective . . . sandwich . . . . dead woman . . . its really just a matter of perspective.

hank

[NcDeuce]

Reminds me of that short story by Hawthorne. :|

[Herrmannek]

I see that Hermannek really understands the idea of perspective . . . sandwich . . . . dead woman . . . its really just a matter of perspective.

hank

This was sandwith with ham ;)

[hank]

Well, then, I see your point. :D

hank

[Guttorm]

I see that Hermannek really understands the idea of perspective . . . sandwich . . . . dead woman . . . its really just a matter of perspective.

hank

This was sandwith with ham ;)

rofl

[farmgirl]

I see that Hermannek really understands the idea of perspective . . . sandwich . . . . dead woman . . . its really just a matter of perspective.

hank

This was sandwith with ham ;)

OMG... Herrmannek.... rofl
Between you and Trigger....
I've got a group of students who think I'm a nut! :D

[Herrmannek]

What so funny?...It can happen to everybody.

[Trigger]

What so funny?...It can happen to everybody.

What can?
Finding a yummy mummy sandwich or sleeping with your dead sibling?

[Herrmannek]

What so funny?...It can happen to everybody.

What can?
Finding a yummy mummy sandwich or sleeping with your dead sibling?

Finding not so yummy mummy sandwich...not everyone have sibling. p-)

[Innoxx]

I bet the smell was quite lovely.


PS. Woo! First post.

[hank]

What so funny?...It can happen to everybody.

What can?
Finding a yummy mummy sandwich or sleeping with your dead sibling?

Trigger, catch up. Sibling and sandwich are not different - just perspective. Do I have to spell out everything!?

hank

[gaz]

I once woke up with a very interesting perspective. It turns out I'd gotten drunk the night before and had fallen asleep whilst standing on my head.

[Trigger]

I too awoke to a strange perspective one morning. I was curled up at the base of the toilet. At least my friends had the heart to place a pillow under my head. :oops:

[farmgirl]

I think my wife is dead.......






Did I say that outloud? :oops:



Joe.... might I suggest poking her? p-)

[gaz]

I too awoke to a strange perspective one morning. I was curled up at the base of the toilet. At least my friends had the heart to place a pillow under my head. :oops:

One time I woke up at the crack of Dawn, so I shouted until she got it out of the way.

[Haiw]

Joe.... might I suggest poking her? p-)
Shame on you...Necrophilia is illegal you know!

[Kitsune]

Nothing strange here...Realy...I was walking to school with half year old sandwitch in backpack...You can imagine my happines when I found it after so long time...

How did it taste? :lol:

[California Joe]

Like arse and penecillin mixed together I'd imagine. Or an MRE.

[Trigger]

Depending on the arse, that could've been quite tasty. Just sayin'.

[California Joe]

I didn't mean the good kind of arse. Quit being gay. It's bad enough farmgirl is telling people we're artists and ****.

[Trigger]

*attempting to hide beret and pastel covered smock* :oops:

[California Joe]

Dammit, where's my ear.....

[Trigger]

Sorry, I didn't know it was yours Vincent. I was making a necklace...

[California Joe]

I told you to cut that **** out Kurtz.

[Trigger]

...The horror...

[memphiz]

What so funny?...It can happen to everybody.

What can?
Finding a yummy mummy sandwich or sleeping with your dead sibling?

Finding not so yummy mummy sandwich...not everyone have sibling. p-)
so the sandwich was like the sibling you never had

[farmgirl]

Joe.... might I suggest poking her? p-)
Shame on you...Necrophilia is illegal you know!


If he tried a little *cough* foreplay *cough* he might find that she still had a pulse afterall...... just sayin' p-)

[California Joe]

I did the friggin dishes. Jeez.

[farmgirl]

I did the friggin dishes. Jeez.

How youuuuu doin? p-)

[California Joe]

I have dishpan hands, where's Madge?

[Trigger]

She's over at Vance's house looking for her panties p-)

[farmgirl]

I have dishpan hands, where's Madge?


She's busy.... booty call.... p-)

[California Joe]

That Madge sure gets a lot of action.

[farmgirl]

That Madge sure gets a lot of action.


I've heard that..... ;)

[Fargin]

C'mon it's not like most of us haven't spent a night in bed with a cold woman.

[farmgirl]

C'mon it's not like most of us haven't spent a night in bed with a cold woman.



Well.... I haven't.... but that's just me..... p-)

[Fargin]

Are you hinting that you've embedded a cold pirate with that smiley?

[Trigger]

C'mon it's not like most of us haven't spent a night in bed with a cold woman.



Well.... I haven't.... but that's just me..... p-)

*Jack Mehoff, Haiw, Vance Seoulstriker all go limp in their hands* p-)

[Vance]

Sonofabitch. :(

[farmgirl]

C'mon it's not like most of us haven't spent a night in bed with a cold woman.



Well.... I haven't.... but that's just me..... p-)

*Jack Mehoff, Haiw, Vance Seoulstriker all go limp in their hands* p-)


She was anything but cold.... p-)

(better, Vance?)

[Vance]

Wood again!

[California Joe]

circle jerk

[Innoxx]

Daisy chains > circle jerks.