• FUCK: Woman found in front of TV; dead for six months. Kicker? TV was still on
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[QUOTE=Bazsil;44363582]MTV probably[/QUOTE] She was waiting for them to play some music.
[QUOTE=Kite_shugo;44363522]I just found it creepy that her dead body was watching a TV and it didn't turn off at all in that 6 month time-period. Usually a power-outage or something would have caused it to turn off atleast once in that time; but it stayed on for 6 months with her continually decaying body. I find that shit creepy[/QUOTE] I don't know about you, but in our area, power outages are very rare. I've had the water go out more times than I've had the power go out.
[QUOTE=Egon Spengler;44363321]Walking into a room and seeing someone's decaying corpse just sitting there is one of my fears Seriously that has to be absolutely terrifying, imagine calling the person's name trying to summon them, you hear the television on but everything else is utterly silent, and you turn the corner and just encounter a horribly decaying corpse sitting in a chair.[/QUOTE] Did they get a phone call a few days beforehand?
[QUOTE=Demache;44365531]I don't know about you, but in our area, power outages are very rare. I've had the water go out more times than I've had the power go out.[/QUOTE] I don't really have power outages more like very brief moments where the power has gone out and come back on. But everything in the area turns off
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;44365468]I don't blame them, sounds kinda silly. "Hello police? The staircase at my apartment smells weird." Not exactly how I was taught to use the emergency number :v:[/QUOTE] The smell of a rotting corpse is pretty distinguishable
[QUOTE=TurboSax;44363592]It's noteworthy and creepy because that means it was on when she died, and had been on for six months straight. Usually, when someone dies any electronics will likely be shut off within short order, either due to a lack of paid bills or an eventual TV/power problem that'll turn it off. By all means, it should have eventually gone off within six months, since televisions don't normally stay on for that long in one session of use and the power should have fluctuated either due to wear/city power issues or an intentional cutting of the power by the electrical company/building manager/etc. Basically, this means the TV was essentially running non-stop for six months, without a power outage, unpaid electrical bill or worn down wiring causing it to turn off. Either that's one amazingly durable TV in a very odd coincidence, or being trapped in an apartment for six months with your own corpse is so boring that even her ghost wanted to watch television. [editline]ECH[/editline] Got ninja'd a bit, but my reply is a bit more detailed, so..[/QUOTE] Power outages are extremely rare in Germany so it's not surprising there was none. The electricity grid has better uptime than Google. Paying bills is also not an issue, since almost all recurring payments are fully automated here. You agree once and then the company takes the money directly from your bank account, super convenient and also safer than paying manually. Safety standards for electrical devices are really high around here, so at the very least the power cord is unlikely to fail. A TV also doesn't have that many moving parts and especially older models are very durable. Switching them probably causes more strain than running for a day straight. Still, it's the largest point of failure after concerned neighbours. [editline]27th March 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=WoodenSpoon;44366079]The smell of a rotting corpse is pretty distinguishable[/QUOTE] Not many people encounter it though, depending on the kind of apartment they might have thought it was something else. I don't think it would have reached bothersome levels for very long considering that temperatures reach freezing in the whole country and homes are generally well isolated due to this. Some buildings also have central climate control that sucks the air out of rooms and forces intake from outside, like this student dorm here. It's slightly annoying because I can't regulate the temperature that well but it almost completely eliminates smells from neighbouring apartments.
[QUOTE=tisseman890;44363293]Wow, six months? You would think someone would find her sooner.[/QUOTE] That sounds like a really reliable Television set.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7J02CRoYUk[/media] Reminded me of this for some reason.
[QUOTE=Egon Spengler;44363321]Walking into a room and seeing someone's decaying corpse just sitting there is one of my fears[/QUOTE] Walking into a room and seeing someone's corpse that [i]isn't decaying just sitting there[/i] is one of mine.
[QUOTE=Kite_shugo;44363243]This is one depressing as hell way to die and be found...[/QUOTE] Sure, if they found her clutching her chest like she was having a heart attack. She might have just been sitting there watching the German equivalent of House reruns and started drifting off like it was naptime.
[QUOTE=lavacano;44367300]She might have just been sitting there watching the German equivalent of House reruns and started drifting off like it was naptime.[/QUOTE] A poignant scene. An eternity's repose. It brings peaceful thoughts, does it not?
[QUOTE=Kinky Frog;44364833]Reminds me of a certain Half-life 2 apartment.[/QUOTE] Reminds me of that scene in silent hill
all I could think of was v/h/s
[QUOTE=mchapra;44368899]Reminds me of that scene in silent hill[/QUOTE] I was getting that same vibe. Classic horror; nothing is creepier than a rundown apartment complex inhabited by awful creatures.
What a waste of electricity.
[QUOTE=Bazsil;44367831]A poignant scene. An eternity's repose. It brings peaceful thoughts, does it not?[/QUOTE] Only if she was watching How It's Made.
reminds me of [url=http://dreamsofalife.com/]Dreams of a Life[/url] about a similar incident in the UK where the woman was undiscovered for three years and still had the Christmas presents she was wrapping around her.
Stay tuned!
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