The family located at the start of the mansion’s cemetery has a sinister secret…they all murdered each other for Uncle Jacob’s money! Under each bust is the person’s name and how they died. Imagineers have given guests all the information that they need to solve the ghastly murders.
Busts & Clues
Read the clues to see if you can unveil the order that each person died:
Bertie: “Avid hunter and expert shot, in the end that’s what he got.”
Aunt Florence McGriffin Dread: “Never did a dishonorable deed, yet found face down in canary seed.”
Uncle Jacob Dread: “Greed was the poison he had swallowed. He went first, the others followed. His killer’s face he surely knew. Now try to discover who killed who.”
Wellington and Forsythia Dread: “Departed life while in their beds, with identical bumps on their heads.”
Cousin Maude: “Our sleeping beauty, who never awoke the night her dreams went up in smoke.”
Extra Clues
A sack of Canary Seeds can be found back between the twins.
Cousin Maude appears to use matches as hairpins.
Answer
Do you think you figured out the order of the deaths? Read on to find out…
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Uncle Jacob was clearly the first to go. He was greedy and his crazy family wanted his fortune. He was poisoned by….
Bertie Dread, Jacob’s brother, was super crafty and used venom from his pet snake to poison Uncle Jacob. Once he inherited the fortune Bertie was shot by….
Aunt Florence ironically killed the avid hunter & expert shot with a pistol. I guess killing a murderer isn’t considered dishonorable? Happy to have her husband Jacob’s money, she met her end when she suffocated in canary seed by…
Wellington & Forsythia Dread. These two lovely children put a sack of canary seed over their aunts head and suffocated her…how they did it is speculation on my part. The canary seed between their busts is evidence against their awful deed. The twins were then killed in their sleep with a mallet by…
Cousin Maude. Wow, talk about cold hearted. So how did Cousin Maude pass? You know what they say about karma…Cousin Maude met a horrendous end as she burned to death in her sleep from the matches in her hair.
It is unknown what became of the family fortune. Perhaps it burned with Cousin Maude. I would not be surprised if she slept with the money beneath her mattress or as an unconventional blanket. Some people like to swim in money while Mad Maude liked to sleep in it!
Easter Egg
Check out the Dread Family Easter Egg within the mansion. In the very last scene with the Hitchhiking Ghost, there is a portrait of Cousin Maude surrounded by flames!
How did you do? Did you solve the mystery?! I hope you had as much fun as I did trying to figure it out. Next time you visit the Haunted Mansion, make sure to stop and take a closer look at the deranged Dread Family!
