The haunting secret beneath the floorboards has finally clawed its way to the surface in a twist so chilling, Salem itself feels forever changed. What begins as a search-and-rescue mission in the frigid shadows of the DiMera crypt becomes a nightmare—one laced with grief, betrayal, and the kind of generational trauma only the DiMeras could breed.

Grab a warm drink, settle in, and brace yourself. Days of Our Lives has unleashed a revelation so macabre, so emotionally devastating, that even Salem’s most hardened hearts may never recover.

A Storm Gathering in the DiMera Crypt

For decades, the DiMera crypt has been a place of mourning, mystery, and far too many resurrections. But this week, the cold stone chambers echo with something darker—an ancient evil disguised as a family secret. Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk), Chad (Billy Flynn), Tony (Thaao Penghlis), EJ (Dan Feuerriegel), and Theo Carver (Terrell Ransom Jr.) find themselves thrust into a perilous descent.

What was meant to be a coordinated rescue turns into a confrontation with the past—one they never expected and certainly weren’t prepared for.

When the DiMera siblings and Theo are finally brought out of danger, the shadows don’t stay behind. Something follows. Something buried. Something cruel.

The Horror Beneath the Floorboards

A skeleton in the DiMera crypt is nothing unusual—except when it’s hidden, not honored. What investigators find is not a body laid to rest in a marble vault or sealed coffin. Instead, the remains are crudely buried beneath the floor, as though someone tried desperately to conceal a crime.

This is not tradition.
This is not reverence.
This is a secret.

And in Salem, secrets never stay buried.

The very placement of the remains confirms one thing: whoever this was, they were never meant to be found. And the tragedy of it all? The discovery instantly sends one horrifying question ripping through the families:

Is this Abigail?

A Wound That Never Healed: The Abigail Question

Fans remember the devastation—we all lived through it—when Abigail Deveraux DiMera was declared dead. Chad’s heartbreak was raw and unforgettable. But the most unforgivable blow came when Chad and Jack dug up her grave and found… nothing. An empty coffin. Closure ripped away. Hope twisted into grief.

Now, with this shocking new discovery, every memory, every unanswered question, every flicker of “What really happened to Abby?” surges back with brutal force.

The evidence is chilling:

• A hidden burial
• A secret grave
• A connection to the mansion
• A past villain with a motive

Everything points to Abigail. And the emotional weight of that possibility crushes everyone—especially Chad.

Clyde Weston: The Master of Cruelty

If these bones do belong to Abigail, one name stands at the center of the storm: Clyde Weston (James Read).

Clyde has always been Salem’s puppeteer of pain—cold, calculating, and cruel. He was the only one who knew what happened to Abigail’s body after her death. And if Clyde wanted to torment Chad beyond imagination, what could be more sadistic than hiding Abigail’s body inside her own home?

A twisted final laugh.
A psychological masterpiece of cruelty.
The ultimate DiMera humiliation.

And Clyde—now lying in a coma after being shot by Katerina—may have taken the secret to his grave. There is poetic cruelty there too. The villain who knew everything can no longer speak, leaving Chad to wrestle with grief and rage without answers.

The Dr. Rolf Factor: Two Mysteries, Two Shocks

To complicate the chaos, Dr. Rolf’s lab hosts another mystery entirely. A body suspended in a stasis chamber—alive, preserved, waiting.

This is not the person found beneath the crypt.
The person in the chamber is flesh.
The one under the floorboards is bone.

Two mysteries.
Two victims.
Two timelines converging.

Salem hasn’t been this shaken since the last resurrection, which only fuels speculation:

If the skeleton is Abigail…
…then who is in Rolf’s tube?The Fallout: A Family on the Brink of Collapse

The emotional shockwaves of this discovery are just beginning.

Kristen DiMera

Kristen prides herself on strength, control, and a fierce protectiveness over her family. But this? This breaks her. The thought of Abigail—Chad’s beloved wife, the mother of his children—discarded like nothing beneath the crypt? It shatters her carefully guarded composure.

EJ DiMera

EJ may be the face of DiMera power, but beneath that authority is a man struggling with guilt, loyalty, and the burden of family legacy. The implications of a murder buried in their ancestral home threaten the empire he’s fought so hard to stabilize.

Chad DiMera

This is a nightmare revisited.

Seeing Abigail’s potential remains—hidden, forgotten—reopens a wound that never truly closed. His grief turns to rage. His desperation becomes a mission. And the trauma of realizing she may have been buried mere steps from where their children once played will haunt him.

This moment will define Chad for years.

Meanwhile in Salem: Danger, Schemes, and Shocking Partnerships

While the DiMeras battle ghosts of the past, Salem faces fresh trouble.

Leo Stark Uncovers a Dangerous Alliance

In a twist that could ignite a firestorm, Leo uncovers a secret partnership between Gwen Rizczech and EJ. Their motives are murky, their loyalties questionable, and their potential targets unknown. Leo’s discovery puts a massive target on his back.

Rafe Hernandez Faces a Crisis at Home

Rafe, balancing duty and family, finds himself pulled into a storm when Katerina Green arrives with a dark confession: she planned to drug EJ DiMera. Her reckless scheme thrusts the Hernandez household into immediate danger, and Rafe knows one wrong move could spark a war.

What Comes Next: The Results, The Aftermath, The Truth

When lab tests confirm the identity of the skeleton, the fallout will be nuclear.

If it’s Abigail…

• Chad’s world collapses
• Jack and Jennifer reenter a storyline soaked in grief
• The DiMera empire fractures under guilt and suspicion
• Clyde’s legacy of violence intensifies
• Kristen spirals into protective fury

And if it’s not Abigail…

Then Salem faces a brand-new mystery—one tied to DiMera secrets, past enemies, and the dark history of the crypt.

Either way, the truth will reshape Salem forever.