Storage Wars star Darrell Sheets once found corpse with chilling story inside a storage locker

Not every Storage Wars discovery was a welcome find, as Darrell Sheets has explained one gruesome discovery he made.

Storage Wars shouldn’t really work as a TV show, but it has built a loyal fan base across the world.

Buyers sometimes get lucky bidding on a locker, hoping to find great riches, and other times it ends up being a bust. A bit of skill and some luck of the dice, really.

Darrell Sheets, a regular on the show, has said he once made a terrible discovery when buying a locker and the San Diego police department had to get involved.

He said he once found a corpse in a storage locker, and each item was confiscated by the police as a result. The items were likely taken in hopes of uncovering any clues or evidence as to how the individual ended up dead and in the locker.

Darrell Sheets has said the police got involved after the find (AandE)

Sheets once alluded to the gruesome story during a 2011 special episode.

Auctioneer Laura Dotson explained that she knew a woman who purchased a unit only to find a deceased body inside.

Sheets then admitted that he had also made gruesome discoveries buying units. He said: “You know, I don't really want to talk about it a whole lot, but it wasn't a pleasant situation. But in this business it does happen. I've found ashes, coffins...”

Sheets later expanded on this story in an interview with Reality Weekly magazine back in 2012.

He explained he found a human corpse wrapped in plastic and police later informed him a man had murdered his wife and left her in the unit.

Sheets said: “It was a very horrific story, and it was an occult group and all that kind of stuff.

"The San Diego police confiscated everything in the locker."

Sheets said the body belonged to a woman who was murdered by her husband(AandE)

The San Diego police department was contacted by the magazine and said they needed further information to corroborate or dispute the story. They said they needed the date and location to offer any level of clarification.

However, Sheets' story may need to be taken with a grain of salt, as Storage Wars has previously been accused of faking segments.

A lawsuit from former Storage Wars star Dave Hester accused the show of 'regularly' planting 'valuable items or memorabilia'.

A&E, the network where Storage Wars airs has defended the show and said it is 100 percent real.

Nevertheless, if Sheets is to be believed, it makes for an awful and disturbing story.

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