"Smoke Stalked", Way to Die #459, is the second death to be featured in "Death Be a Lady Tonight", which aired on July 25, 2011.
Plot[]
Kate believed that her life would be perfect after marrying her husband Jared and it was, until... Ashley, Jared's ex-girlfriend, started harassing the happy young couple, this psychopath did things like lean out of the windows to scare them when they were in their personal space, over time Ashley's behavior became worse until it was a threat, she sent them things like a fish in the mail.
Nathan McAlister: Me and a girl, we dated for four years. Great relationship, but the moment we broke up, she got nuts! She put paint thinner on my $50,000 SUV, showed up to my door, 3 o'clock in the morning, completely nude. This woman even went as far as go to my son's school to give him a note to give to me because I refused to take a call.
The newlyweds decided to take a vacation and forget Ashley's strange behavior for a while, but when the couple went on a trip, Ashley decided to enter their house to do more mischief, the only entrance was the fireplace, but when she tried she got stuck, Ashley tried to ask for help but no one listened to her, trapped in the hot hole for seven days and without air caused her to become hungry, thirsty and finally died.
Dr. Khyber Zaffarkhan: Over the five days, she severed severe dehydration. The brick-like environment created a hotbed for the worsening of her severe dehydration symptoms. Her skin would have shriveled up, her kidneys would have shut down, and her heart would have stop pumping, killing her.
Sending this psychopathic stalker ex-girlfriend to Hell where she belonged and freeing Jared and Kate from her, when Jared and Kate came home after a week they felt something was wrong, Kate felt a presence, Jared smelled something, he might have forgotten to take out the trash, so he lit a fire, Kate found Jared in the chimney which gave them both a little scare, but as soon as the wood lit, the house filled with smoke, Jared thought that the chimney was covered so he put his hand in and got the surprise of his life, the corpse of his ex-girlfriend came out of the chimney and he and Kate realized that it was their stalker and that she was dead which scared them.
Narrator: Ashley couldn't get over the fact that Jared chose Kate to be his wife. Ashley wanted to be the one who said, "I do until Death do us part". Well, at least she got part of that right.
Transcript[]
(Funky Intro is playing, Kate, walks on the treadmill)
Narrator: When Kate got married, she thought her life was going to be perfect. And it was. Until...
(A female creep shows herself outside of the window, make Kate scares)
Kate: (Freaks of horror)
(Kate flees, Baroque Death is playing, witnesses this to someone else in the house)
Kate: She's here! She's here!
Jared: Who's here?
Kate: Ashley!
Narrator: Ashley, her husband Jared's ex-girlfriend, began to stalk the happy young couple.
(Ashley changes her position to another window near the couple)
Kate: Whoa! She's-She's psycho!
Jared: Ashley?
(Last time, when Kate opens the mailbox, Ashley offered a rotten fish, Baroque Death Groove is playing)
Narrator: Over time, Ashley's behavior became increasingly erratic.
Kate: Oh!
Narrator: To the point where it was threatening.
Kate: Ohhh...
(Baroque Death is playing)
Nathan McAlister: Me and a girl, we dated for four years. Great relationship, but the moment we broke up, she got nuts! She put paint thinner on my $50,000 SUV, showed up to my door, 3 o'clock in the morning, completely nude. This woman even went as far as go to my son's school to give him a note to give to me because I refused to take a call.
(Sneaking Suspicion is playing, the couple are going on vacation)
Narrator: The newlyweds decided to take a vacation and forget about Ashley's weird behavior for a while.
(The couple drive off, while Ashley still hiding; One week later, they came back home, Supernatural Seven is playing)
Narrator: When they returned, they could tell... something was wrong.
(Kate sees the wardrobe opened while folding her dresses)
Narrator: Kate sensed a presence.
(Kate opens aggressively, nobody is there, she calms down, Jared senses a stench)
Narrator: Jared smelled something.
Jared: What is that...?
Narrator: Maybe he forgot to empty the garbage. So he lit a fire.
(As Jared lights a fire in the fireplace, someone puts the hand on his shoulder...)
Jared: (Gasps)
(...he turns and calms down when he sees that it's Kate)
Narrator: But as soon as the hardwood took flame,
(The chimney is smoking abnormally, Attack of the Ascending Motive Part Two is playing)
Narrator: the house filled up with smoke.
Kate: What did you do?!
Jared: (Coughs) I didn't do anything! I don't know!
Narrator: Thinking the flue was stuck closed,
(Jared reaches up to check the chimney's situation)
Narrator: Jared reached up and got the surprise of his life.
(Turns out Ashley was in the chimney, her corpse falls onto Jared)
-Kate: (SCREAMS) It's-It's Ashley!! She's got up!! And she's dead!! (Cries) Oh my god... -Jared: Ah! God!! Oh my god!! (Coughs) Oh my...!!!
(Searching for Ghost Limbs is playing, flashback of the couple going on vacation, Ashley broke into their house, tried to stalk again when they would return)
Narrator: It turns out when the couple left for their trip, Ashley decided to break into their house for more mischief. The only way in was down the chimney. But she quickly discovered there was no way out.
Ashley: Help!
Narrator: Seven days of being trapped in a hot and airless shaft,
(Death by Bells is playing)
Ashley: In the chimney!
Narrator: left Ashley starving, dehydrating and finally...
(That was when Jared puts the fire in the chimney, Ashley blocked the smoke)
Narrator: dead.
(Jared catches something, it was Ashley)
Jared: (Coughs)
Kate: (SCREAMS)
Jared: (Coughs)
(Amazing Bell Sequence is playing, CGI human is stuck in the chimney, the organs dehydrate (H2O decreases from 45 to 0), burns its own skin)
Dr. Khyber Zaffarkhan: Over the five days, she severed severe dehydration. The brick-like environment created a hotbed for the worsening of her severe dehydration symptoms. Her skin would have shriveled up, her kidneys would have shut down, and her heart would have stop pumping, killing her.
(Recap of Ashley stalking the couple, Dreams of Dead Lovers is playing)
Narrator: Ashley couldn't get over the fact that Jared chose Kate to be his wife.
Kate: Whoa! She's psycho!
(The couple takes vacation, Ashley breaks into the house by entering the chimney)
Narrator: Ashley wanted to be the one who said, "I do, until Death do us part".
Ashley: Help!
(Jared puts the fire in the chimney, Ashley blocked the smoke,)
-Narrator: Well, at least she got part of that right. -Jared: ...I don't know!
(...Jared catches her, her corpse falls onto Jared)
Kate: (SCREAMS)
Jared: (Coughs)
Alternative Description[]
- "A crazy ex-girlfriend dies in a chimney." (Spike TV website)
Cast and Interviewees[]
- Jules Hartley - Ashley (lead: intended victim)
- Sena Ramirez - Kate (lead)
- David Gielicz - Jared (lead)
- Nathan McAlister - Victim of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
- Dr. Khyber Zaffarkhan - Interventional Pain Physician
Trivia[]
- In 2010, Jacquelyn Kotarac, who was a physician from Bakersfield, California, died of asphyxiation when she became trapped in the chimney of her boyfriend's home while attempting to break in.
Segment Nickname[]
- Look Who's Stalking
- Smokey Specter
- Ex-tremely Dead
- Stalking Gone Up in Smoke
- Ash-hole
Foreign Names[]
- Acechadora Ahumada (Smoked Stalker) - Latin American American dub
- Acosadora Atascada (Stucked Stalker) - European Spanish dub