greedy heir theme
Someone, usually an aging or sick character, is bothered by a potential beneficiary who is overly concerned about their future inheritance. The greedy beneficiary is from a younger generation, i.e., typically a child or nephew to their intended benefactor.
Notes
A common related scenario in which this theme is not used is when a much younger wife is waiting anxiously for her aged husband to give up the mortal coil. In that scenario "gold digging" applies instead.
25 total · 6 choice · 18 major · 1 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| ahh3x08 | choice | Colin's real motive for killing both Henry and Eva was to get the inheritance that he though, perhaps with some justification, ought to belong to him. |
| ahp1x24 | choice | Paul and Henri wanted wanted their inheritances from Rosalie posthaste. |
| columbo1971e1x04 | choice | The art critic Dale shot his uncle dead to inherit the old man's valuable art collection. |
| columbo1971e2x08 | choice | The two twins were after their rich uncle's estate, unawares that he had already bequeathed it in a will to his young fiancée. By contrast, the fiancée Lisa Chambers was remarkably uninterested in money. |
| columbo1971e9x06 | choice | Wayne Jennings shot his fiancée dead as he thought she was leaving him, all in order to collect on a million dollar bequest. |
| tftc1989e7x01 | choice | The story concerned a rich but disillusioned father who sought to disinherit his two wretchedly immoral sons. The sons fought both him and with each other to get their hands on the inheritance. In the end, a third sibling had their father murdered and claimed the inheritance. |
| ahp1x25 | major | Miss Laughton was under the mistaken impression that Frank and Lorna had visited her to collect on an inheritance. |
| ahp1x26 | major | Vincent pressured his uncle Alexander to give him part of his inheritance early. |
| ahp1x29 | major | Laurence married Martha for her money and no other reason. |
| ahp3x10 | major | Auntie Tait coped posthumously with her niece and niece's husband who were more concerned with the £30,000 they stood to inherit than with their beloved aunt's corpse. |