A Damned Edgar Allan Poe Story: Man's Wife Missing For 28 Years, Was Hidden Behind a False Wall

I have learned over time that a good blogger always tries to add a little something to the stories they aggregate. I've been avoiding this story because I can't think of what to add to it, other than "HOLY GOD, WTF?":

The hidden skeleton of a woman who had been missing for 28 years came to light when a contractor cleaned out a vacant home in the Town of Poughkeepsie, New York. 

The gruesome find was uncovered behind a 'false wall' in the basement of the home the woman had shared with her late husband, police said. 

Joann Nichols' remains were found inside a large plastic bin, inside a plastic bag and wrapped in a sheet, said Dr. Kari Reiber, the Dutchess County Medical Examiner. 

"The body was skeletonized and the hands were tied with rope. ... A large area of the right side of the skull was also missing," Reiber said.

Can't think of a thing to add to that, really. Yet it's so strange it's impossible to ignore. If you read the story linked below or any others about this deeply gothic tale of the missing and insane, you will learn the husband was a hoarder and most of the neighborhood believed he made his wife disappear.

And he'll never answer for the crime (it appears James Nichols bludgeoned his wife Joann Nichols to death) because he ended up dying of natural causes at age 82.

That's part of what bothers me. The neighborhood kind of knew. They just knew.

Too strange.

[CNN.com]