10 Urban Legends That Turned Out To Be True
6. The Body Under The Bed
The legend: You've probably heard this one before. A couple checks into a hotel and notice a foul odour in their room. They report it to the staff the following morning, who quickly establish the offending smell is coming from under the bed.
Nothing good ever came from looking under the bed in a seedy guest house, and in this story it's no exception. The staff remove the mattress and reveal the couple spent the night sleeping over a rotting corpse, crammed into the bed base.
The truth: Unfortunately for the guests involved, this has happened on more than one occasion. Bodies have been discovered under beds in hotels in Vegas, Florida, California, New Jersey and other locations across America.
An alarming amount of people seem to die in US guest houses, but what's more disquieting is that guests often spend the entire night tolerating the smell of rotting flesh before complaining. That's gotta be worth a significant discount on your stay.