{"id":354266,"date":"2026-07-27T22:49:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/354266\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T22:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T22:49:10","slug":"haunted-mansions-stretching-room-scrim-cleaned-hanging-corpse-visible-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/354266\/","title":{"rendered":"Haunted Mansion&#8217;s Stretching Room Scrim Cleaned, Hanging Corpse Visible Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hanging corpse in The Haunted Mansion\u2019s Stretching Room at Magic Kingdom is once again visible now that the ceiling\u2019s scrim has been cleaned.<\/p>\n<p>The Haunted Mansion\u2019s Hanging Corpse<br \/>\n<a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" data-caption=\"Left Stretching Room vs Right Stretching Room\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wdw-mk-haunted-mansion-stretching-room-corpse-07.24.26-collage.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wdw-mk-haunted-mansion-stretching-room-corpse-07.24.26-collage.jpg\" alt=\"Haunted Mansion's Stretching Room Scrim Cleaned, Hanging Corpse Visible Again\" class=\"wp-image-1462573\"\/><\/a>Left Stretching Room vs Right Stretching Room<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we reported on Friday, the corpse was more-or-less invisible in the left pre-show room. Disney confirmed this was <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2026\/07\/hanging-corpse-removed-for-now-from-haunted-mansion-stretching-room-after-years-of-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">due to dirt on the scrim<\/a> that stretches across the ceiling. The corpse was still clearly visible in the right Stretching Room, as seen above.<\/p>\n<p><a data-fslightbox=\"1\" data-type=\"image\" aria-label=\"Open fullscreen lightbox with current image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wdw-mk-haunted-mansion-hanging-corpse-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wdw-mk-haunted-mansion-hanging-corpse-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Haunted Mansion's Stretching Room Scrim Cleaned, Hanging Corpse Visible Again\" class=\"wp-image-1463361\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We re-checked the attraction on Monday morning, and the left scrim was cleaned, allowing a clear view of the corpse once again. The lighting in the room also appears to have been adjusted to better highlight the ceiling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See the corpse swinging in our video below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For years, there have been rumors and discussions about the hanging corpse being permanently removed due to sensitivities around the topic of suicide.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in 2021, Imagineer Michele Hobbs led a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2021\/04\/disney-considering-removing-hanging-scene-from-the-haunted-mansion-more-details-released-about-disneyland-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">refurbishment of the Disneyland<\/a>\u00a0version of The Haunted Mansion and said of removing the hanging body, \u201cIt\u2019s been discussed for sure. It\u2019s definitely something that we\u2019re thinking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With 2024 updates to the Disneyland ride, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2024\/07\/rumor-haunted-mansion-corpse-ghosts-dl-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">rumor cropped up again<\/a>. The corpse was ultimately\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2025\/01\/photos-video-haunted-mansion-reopensnew-bride\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">not removed<\/a>, but Imagineer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/2025\/01\/update-disney-still-looking-to-remove-hanging-corpse-from-haunted-mansions-stretching-room-just-not-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Kim Irvine said<\/a>, \u201cWe\u2019re still looking at that. That one is complicated, structurally \u2026 One thing at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That said, we have since heard word from Disney that removing the hanging corpse is no longer under consideration. It may occasionally be removed temporarily for refurbishment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the latest Disney Parks news and info, follow <a href=\"https:\/\/wdwnt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">WDW News Today<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wdwnt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WDWNewsToday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Facebook<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wdwnt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" aria-describedby=\"external-link-warning\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The hanging corpse in The Haunted Mansion\u2019s Stretching Room at Magic Kingdom is once again visible now that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":354267,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[144718,111822,139,141,140,144717,144716],"class_list":["post-354266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-hanging-corpse","tag-haunted-mansion","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-stretching-room","tag-the-haunted-mansion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/354267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}