No one imagined that Christmas lunch at Rovers Return would become the most horrific turning point in Coronation Street history.

Before the laughter had even died down, a bloodcurdling scream erupted from the Driscolls’ house – and just seconds later, Daniel Osbourne was found motionless, blood splattered on the floor.

The culprit was revealed to be Will Driscoll, a once-well-behaved student who had become a victim of months of psychological abuse by his coach.

Unable to bear the pressure and the constant manipulation, Will exploded in a fit of rage.

But the real plot twist lay with his grandmother, Maggie Driscoll – instead of reporting the abuse, she covered up her grandson’s crime, staging a fake attack to blame a stranger.

The haunting flashback to Maggie’s past is considered one of the film’s “most gruesome” scenes: she murdered her husband and hid his body in the basement for years. When Daniel accidentally discovers this secret, Maggie panics, and Will – in his distress – intervenes to “protect her.”

Viewers feel both pity and horror: a seemingly normal family conceals layers of accumulated guilt. The episode concludes with Daniel being rushed to the hospital, while Maggie silently burns the evidence, her eyes icy cold. A Christmas filled with blood and tears.