
Elsie Poncher, the widow trying to sell her husband’s crypt, is surely disappointed. Mrs. Poncher put her husband’s crypt, which happens to be right above Marilyn Monroe, up for auction for the second time—and for the second time it did not sell.
Fake bidders plagued the first auction. The second time around auction officials required a $5,000 deposit to bid on the $500,000 minimum. No one bid. So, Richard Poncher remains in his crypt, undisturbed for now.
Mr. P requested that he buried upside down so that he would be “on top” of America’s sexiest woman. (This would have horrified Marilyn by the way.) He even told his wife that he would “haunt” her “forever” if she didn’t oblige his wished. I’m inclined to believe he’s kept his word.
No word on what Mrs. P will do now that two auctions have failed to produce a bidder. In addition to changing the sales tactics to keep out potential phony bids, she has also changed her stories on how the Ponchers came to purchase the crypts above Marilyn. (They also own the adjoining crypt to the left of where Mr. P is presently interred. This is above the crypt that will eventually be above Hugh Hefner’s final resting place.)