Skeleton

A skeleton is the bone structure of any animal or person. It's what's left after you remove the skin and all of the internal organs, plus cartilage. Sometimes skeletons are known to come to life, but fear not... they are relatively easy to kill. A few solid blows from a blunt object or bladed weapon should do the trick. If you come across an old abandoned mansion, you are likely to find some skeletons lying about; some skeletons are in the closet, but we won't hold that against them. You may be inclined to pick one up and dance around with it, which is considered bad form in polite society, but others may find it amusing. You can also use a skeleton to full others into thinking you murdered someone by dousing them in a pit of acid. Vincent Price tried this trick once with less than desirable results.

In some tales, when a vampire has been impaled through the heart with a wooden stake, or similar weapon, it is not uncommon for their flesh to dissolve away, leaving behind a skeleton. This was particularly trend in the Hammer Horror films of the 1960s, though the method is seldom employed today.