Woman kept boyfriend's body for 18 mo. 'so she had someone to watch NASCAR with'

wfgodot · Jul 12, 2012

Quite sad really.

Woman kept dead boyfriend's body in her house for
18 months 'so she had someone to watch NASCAR with' (Daily Mail

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Linda Chase, 72, [of Jackson MI], said she kept the remains of Charles Zigler clean and dressed.

She often talked to the body, especially when she watched auto racing.

'Its not that Im heartless... I didnt want to be alone. He was the only guy who was ever nice to me,' Ms Chase said.
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the rest at link above

tlcya · Jul 12, 2012

wow. The things loneliness will drive people to. This story makes me sad

jjenny · Jul 12, 2012

Nascar, my ***. This guy was receiving social security, pension checks and veteran benefits. So since he wasn't reported dead, where did all this money go?

"Wally Zigler, 48, said his father worked in a machine shop and received Social Security, pension checks and veteran benefits. He said he tried to see his dad, but Chase wouldn't let him in the house."

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57470712/mich-woman-i-tended-corpse-watched-nascar/

badhorsie · Jul 12, 2012

Something is very wrong in that family. Very sad case

JenniferTx · Jul 12, 2012

Very strange story!

hollyblue · Jul 12, 2012

:thud:

wfgodot · Jul 12, 2012

Very "A Rose for Emily." Well, sort of. "A Rose for Emily" stripped of the backdrop of the antebellum South.

FrayedKnot · Jul 12, 2012

wfgodot said:
Very "A Rose for Emily." Well, sort of. "A Rose for Emily" stripped of the backdrop of the antebellum South.

One of my favorite short stories!

tlcya · Jul 12, 2012

I may be lambasted here, but I don't think this woman's motive for not reporting the death is strictly a financial one. If I want to pretend my BF is still alive so I can continue to collect his SSI checks, all I need do is bury the fella in the backyard or otherwise keep the body hidden away somewhere.

This woman cleaned and dressed this body and kept it in her home watching tv with it and such. None of that is needed to carry out a financial fraud with his benefits.

oh_gal · Jul 12, 2012

wfgodot said:
Very "A Rose for Emily." Well, sort of. "A Rose for Emily" stripped of the backdrop of the antebellum South.

Color me macabre, but that was my favorite Faulkner. Maybe I just read it too many times in college English??

wfgodot · Jul 12, 2012

oh_gal said:
Color me macabre, but that was my favorite Faulkner. Maybe I just read it too many times in college English??

Yep. Have taught that a boggling number of times: "When Miss Emily Grierson died...."

They rose when she entered--a small, fat woman in black, with a thin gold chain descending to her waist and vanishing into her belt, leaning on an ebony cane with a tarnished gold head. Her skeleton was small and spare; perhaps that was why what would have been merely plumpness in another was obesity in her. She looked bloated, like a body long submerged in motionless water, and of that pallid hue. Her eyes, lost in the fatty ridges of her face, looked like two small pieces of coal pressed into a lump of dough as they moved from one face to another while the visitors stated their errand.

Southern Gothic.

WholeLottaRosie · Jul 12, 2012

oh_gal said:
Color me macabre, but that was my favorite Faulkner. Maybe I just read it too many times in college English??

Me too!!!

Can I say how thrilled it made me to find other fans? Few people ever get the reference, and, after I explain, well..... I know you all know! How cool is that?

Nova · Jul 12, 2012

wfgodot said:
Yep. Have taught that a boggling number of times: "When Miss Emily Grierson died...."

Southern Gothic.

That story (and this one) is the perfect metaphor for Faulkner's oft-quoted line from Requiem for Nun, "The past isn't dead. It isn't even past."

Meanwhile, it's nice to have my perception of NASCAR fans confirmed. I'm glad to learn I wasn't indulging a derogatory stereotype unfairly.

FrayedKnot · Jul 12, 2012

oh_gal said:
Color me macabre, but that was my favorite Faulkner. Maybe I just read it too many times in college English??

Lol, my best friend from college used to use the expression "Going all Emily", as in "Oh, I like him, but I'm not gonna go all Emily on him or anything!"

Ahem. Not that I ever suspected she might........

PATX · Jul 12, 2012

My wife won't let me be in the same room as her when I am watching LSU football games. I rather doubt she would keep my corpse around the house.

I am so unloved.

Nova · Jul 12, 2012

PATX said:
My wife won't let me be in the same room as her when I am watching LSU football games. I rather doubt she would keep my corpse around the house.

I am so unloved.

No, your team is just so boring. If my husband watched games with scores of 9 to 6, he'd need his own TV in a locked room.

(ETA native Floridian here, so I may be biased. LOL.)

Woodland · Jul 12, 2012

Wondering how this woman came into possession of all the checks this man had as income? Had he moved into her home prior to suddenly passing away - in her home?

Chuckles on the Nascar buddy.

Filly · Jul 12, 2012

How sad is that? She's 72 years old and that was the only man that was nice to her?

The rate the Phillies are going I guess I'll need a body to watch the games with me. The problem will be bringing them to home games.

It truly must stink getting old for real.

Nova · Jul 12, 2012

Filly said:
...It truly must stink getting old for real.

Particularly if you keep rotting corpses around the house.

Nova · Jul 12, 2012

oh_gal said:
Color me macabre, but that was my favorite Faulkner. Maybe I just read it too many times in college English??

Faulkner is my favorite novelist and "A Rose for Emily" is pretty tame compared to many of his other works. Yes, the ending is eerie, but it hardly compares to the overt sadism of works like SANCTUARY or ABSALOM! ABSALOM!

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