10 most unusual wills in history (11 photos)

Any person tries to dispose of his property after death. Most people bequeath their property to their descendants, but the heroes of this post took a completely different path and left original wills after death.





1. Shakespeare's Testament



The entire fortune of the great playwright was transferred to his daughter in his will. Except for one bed of dubious quality, which his wife received. He didn't even leave her the bed she preferred after his death.

2. Leather drum





S. Sanborn was a hat maker, and after his death he asked that two drums be made from his skin. In addition, he bequeathed that they be played on the anniversary of the American Revolutionary War.

3. Roses for the wife



Jack Benny was a very popular comedian. He bequeathed that his widow should be given one rose every day until her death.

4. One séance every year



Harry Houdini instructed his wife to hold a séance on every anniversary of his death to contact him. They both agreed on a key phrase in case this happened, so that his widow could know if she had actually spoken to her late husband.

5. His ashes were scattered in space



Gene Roddenberry is the producer of the famous Star Trek series. He bequeathed that after his death his ashes would be scattered in space. This was carried out during the launch of the Spanish satellite Minisat 01.

6. The longest will in the world



Frederick Evelyn Stilwell Cook wrote the longest will in history. It was a book of 1066 pages.

7. All condition for the dog



Leona Helmsley was a woman who loved her dog very much, so she decided to leave her enormous fortune to her pet. When she died in 2007, her dog became the animal with the largest inheritance in history - $12 million.

8. People who received an inheritance from a stranger



Luis Carlos was a Portuguese aristocrat who left all his money to seventy strangers whom he randomly selected from the phone book.

9. Bequeathed to get married



Heinrich Heine was a German poet who left his wife an inheritance on the condition that she remarry. He did this thinking that in this way he would prove that at least one person would be happy about his death.

10. He left his entire fortune to relatives he never knew.



Wellington Burt was a wealthy merchant who left a strange condition in his will. He said that all his money would not be received by his descendants until 21 years after the death of his last grandson. The man died in 1919, and his 12 heirs each received $110 million in 2011.