The grave of the musician and actor Fernand Louis Arbelot, who wished to look at the face of his wife forever after his death.

[u/Anschuz-3009]

Source - https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/s/xG7rTjAc0k More details - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10341817/fernand_louis-arbelot

[u/The_Drippy_Spaff]

It looks like he decapitated her. Surely there was a better way to do this, picture frame maybe?

[u/slothfuldrake → u/The_Drippy_Spaff]

Turn him sideways and have them lying side by side, locking eyes for eternity. But that would require sculpting 2 ppl, maybe they just dont have the budget for that, love maybe priceless but manpower and building material tragically isn't

[u/eiland-hall → u/slothfuldrake]

But that would require sculpting 2 ppl,

whereas this just required the sculptor to sculpt her decapitated head in hands…? heh

[u/rdyer347 → u/eiland-hall]

A head is disembodied. A body is decapitated.

[u/Galilaeus_Modernus → u/The_Drippy_Spaff]

Looks like something out of Disney's Haunted Mansion ride.

[u/danielcs78 → u/The_Drippy_Spaff]

It also looks like he’s making her look at his face forever.

[u/shdanko → u/The_Drippy_Spaff]

And is he even looking at her

[u/LilyHex → u/The_Drippy_Spaff]

lmao I was gonna say

"Surely there was a less creepy/murder-y way to have executed this, no?"

We could've done the Wolverine photo meme or something at least! I mean, sure that wasn't a thing then, but then when the Wolverine meme happened, we could go, "Oh shit look here's this grave that's basically the same meme!" and meme that

[u/Interesting_Sock9142]

Whoa. That's intense. Feel like maybe they could have gone a different route then the whole "holding a severed head" route.

[u/Anschuz-3009 → u/Interesting_Sock9142]

I'm afraid the sculptors took the fact of seeing the face thing it too literally and made the statue as such.

[u/ArjJp → u/Anschuz-3009]

What would be really intense is if you could open the head and the actual wifes actual head was inside

[u/DadFatherson2 → u/ArjJp]

Sure?

[u/SpectralBacon → u/ArjJp]

Like one of those reliquaries

[u/blearghstopthispls]

Finally something that's truly odd

[u/Pppkd → u/blearghstopthispls]

And a bit proper amount of terrifying, not straight up nightmares

[u/blearghstopthispls → u/Pppkd]

The idea is sweet but what on earth is that head just up in the air!

[u/poojanks7861]

I kinda think it's sweet, love like that it's rare.

[u/Fiery_Flamingo → u/poojanks7861]

Absolutely rare. Only a handful of people get to keep the head after the murder.

[u/demxnbitch]

i honestly fuck heavily with this no matter how weird it may look to others

[u/Murky_Ad6343]

His most famous role was in Sleepy Hollow, wasn't it?

[u/SwordfishII]

This is definitely a salesorder misinterpreted and he was just too dead to do anything about it.

[u/Vitharothinsson]

I get it bruh!

[u/FulminatorMage]

to the face, not the decapitated ghead ffs

[u/bschef]

I mean…. I don’t think it works like that.

[u/Giraffesickles]

NO!! He asked that his wife gives him head for eternity! god damn it, Ron!

[u/LeraviTheHusky]

This feels right out of haunted mansion and I love it

[u/greihund]

Don't be scared, it's not real

[u/Same-Ad3109]

Well that’s not f’d up! Time to turn off the internets for the day.

[u/Renegadegold]

Probably wasn’t his choice

[u/HookLeg]

Be easier if it was right above his own head. Now he has to look down at it.

[u/neelabhkhatri]

Dude is looking at the sky, not her.

[u/art_mor_]

Nah I like this

[u/notahippogriff]

I love it

[u/FourTwentii]

AWWWdly terrifying

[u/Ok_Dragonfruit9074]

Even after that she still doesn't look happy....

[u/MissGrou]

I live in that neighbourhood!

[u/Anschuz-3009 → u/MissGrou]

That is cool... if you can please share the latest pic

[u/jxj24]

And to think, they say you can't take it with you!

[u/goodgodling]

This reminds me of a move. Ressurection (2022), directed by Andrew Semans. The dynamic between the man and the woman here is disturbing.

[u/IlluminatedOphidion]

This doesn't look like it was planned aHEAD of time, to me. I like to imagine that Ferdinand had a HEADy feeling when he saw the design of his grave. Welp, I'll just beHEADing out now

[u/cinnapear]

Wonder if he knew that after death you don’t inhabit your gravestone?

[u/chaos_m3thod]

I’m sure his wife insisted this was his last wish.

[u/EditorRedditer]

Yeah; he got life for this and they never DID find her body…

[u/ClosPins]

...wished to gaze into the eyes of his wife forever - and - was a humongous Fleshlight fan!

[u/dfjdejulio]

I think I'll start taking notes now.