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WTF Fun Fact – Real Dead Body Props

November 18, 2020 by WTF

In the movies Poltergeist, The House on Haunted Hill, and Frankenstein, they used real dead bodies as props because fake ones didn’t exist and would be too costly to make. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/the-poltergeist-yes-those-are-real-skeletons-terrorizing-jobeth-williams-in-the-pool-scene.html/

WTF Fun Fact – Frankenstein’s Heart

March 17, 2020March 17, 2020 by WTF

Mary Shelley’s favorite keepsake was her dead husband and poet Percy Shelly’s heart. After the death of her husband, the Frankenstein author carried his heart with her in a silken shroud for almost 30 years until she died in 1851. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65624/mary-shelleys-favorite-keepsake-her-dead-husbands-heart