article_snippet: Frances mother, unamused, sent Frances up to the attic bedroom Frances shared with Elsie where, later that afternoon, the two girls hatched a plan that would make headlines around the world, severely damage the reputations of eminent public figures and generate a controversy that endured for generations.
article_snippet: Elsie and Frances stuck doggedly to Elsie and Frances story for years.
article_snippet: Not until March 1983, when she was 76 years old, did Frances finally confess. '
article_snippet: Elsie at first refused to comment, but later confirmed Elsie cousin's story: 'I do not want to die and leave my grandchildren with a loony grandmother to remember.'
article_snippet: Frances died in 1986; Elsie died two years later. '
article_snippet: The joke was only meant to last two hours,' said Elsie towards the end of Elsie life. '