Urban Legends: The Body in the Bed

STORY: A man and a woman were in Las Vegas for their honeymoon. When they checked into their room, they both noticed a very bad odor. The husband immediately called down to the front desk to inform the manager of the awful smell. The manager apologized, but explained that he could not offer them a new suite as the hotel was completely booked because of a sales convention taking place in the city. The manager explained that a maid would be sent to their room to get rid of the smell. While the maid was cleaning, the couple would be sent to a restaurant of their choice, compliments of the hotel.

When the couple returned from lunch, they could still smell the awful odor. Again, the husband called down to the front desk and asked to speak to the manager. The manager apologized profusely and told the man that he would try to find him a suite at another hotel. The manager called every hotel in the area, but he couldn’t find them a suite anywhere because of a sales convention taking place in the city.

The couple was very frustrated with the hotel. There was no reason why the hotel shouldn’t be able to get rid of this disgusting odor. So they decided to take matters into their own hands. The couple began to tear the suite apart themselves. When they pulled the top of the mattress off the box spring, he found the body of a woman’s body decaying in the springs.

ORIGIN: Although urban legends are sometimes false, The Body in the Bed is based on a true account. In 1999, the body of Saul Hernandez, 64, was found in Room 112 of the Burgundy Motor Inn after two German tourists slept overnight in a suite where they detected a rancid smell. When the tourists notified the hotel of the smell, management searched the room and found a decaying body inside the mattress box. Since then, similar accounts of this urban legend have been recorded across the United States.

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