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The corpse of the swing girl at Ruby Ray’s Supper Club in Lilydale along Highway 13 was wired onto her trapeze, one hand moving back and forth to the horror of the audience.
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Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
The story revolves around a town where the inhabitants have been mysteriously disappearing and rumours abound that there are ghosts under the lake eating human heads and leaving the rotting corpses floating on the water’s surface.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2025
The preposterous plot begins with the band of brothers (and savvy sisters, too) in search of an unclaimed corpse, disguising it as a Royal Marine officer, and creating a fictional persona to make their ruse credible.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Oh, and a corpse has just been discovered upstairs.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
The story revolves around a town where the inhabitants have been mysteriously disappearing and rumours abound that there are ghosts under the lake eating human heads and leaving the rotting corpses floating on the water’s surface.
—Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2025
The preposterous plot begins with the band of brothers (and savvy sisters, too) in search of an unclaimed corpse, disguising it as a Royal Marine officer, and creating a fictional persona to make their ruse credible.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Oh, and a corpse has just been discovered upstairs.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Corpse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corpse. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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