Body Under the Bed

Undoubtedly, one of the scariest urban legends is also one of the most well-known. A group of people—a family, a couple, or even a single person—book a hotel room. They pass out from exhaustion and spend the entire night asleep. The following morning, they begin to notice an odd odor in the hotel room. Until someone has the bright notion to look beneath the bed, they look all about and come up empty-handed. The smell's origin is immediately identified. It's a previous visitor's decaying body.

We've all had unpleasant hotel stays, but finding a body under the bed is the next level. However, how do you miss a whole body? Hotels are notorious for not cleaning as thoroughly as they should. Well, that does occur. as in multiple times. Although it doesn't happen frequently enough to warrant checking under your bed each time you check into a hotel, it wouldn't hurt to start there if you smell something.