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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2018 1:04:53 GMT
The victim’s mother came round with flowers to lay on their doorstep on the anniversary of his death for a few years. ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) Yikes. That must have been so uncomfortable for the new owners.
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Post by mikklynn on Dec 31, 2018 1:42:45 GMT
Nope.
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Dec 31, 2018 1:46:19 GMT
I would not. I wouldn't want to live there, knowing the heinous things that occured. Just my personal (some may call it crazy) opinion....The aura and atmosphere in the house, has a negative energy that I wouldn't want to be around.
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Post by ihaveonly1l on Dec 31, 2018 1:48:56 GMT
I wouldn’t but I also don’t live in a highly competitive market. That may change my thinking if I did. We just relocated and could easily find a home and were not in a multiple offer situation.
We recently sold our home and the people who bought it asked if anyone had died in the house when they submitted their offer. It wasn’t contingent on the answer, but just a random question through their realtor. We have never been asked that before. We didn’t build the house so we could only respond with “not since we have lived here but we aren’t positive about before that.” They never said another word about it.
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Post by mollycoddle on Dec 31, 2018 2:17:44 GMT
I don’t know. Possibly.
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Post by ellen on Dec 31, 2018 3:48:10 GMT
I could not. Several years ago a pretty grisly murder took place in my small town. Everyone was horrified and I've heard many people call it the murder house. I have no desire to ever live in a house called the murder house. It sat empty for about a year before someone moved into it.
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Post by Belia on Dec 31, 2018 5:17:06 GMT
Should not have read this thread so late at night...... ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png)
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Post by busy on Dec 31, 2018 5:19:28 GMT
It wouldn’t bother me, personally, but I know it would bother a lot of people so I’d never buy a house that something notorious happened in, because it would definitely affect resale.
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Post by ~summer~ on Dec 31, 2018 5:29:47 GMT
I don’t consider natural deaths ‘horrible events’.
However a whole family murdered or children tortured?? No I would not buy the house.
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Post by used2scrap on Dec 31, 2018 5:35:44 GMT
No I couldn’t, but I’m very sensitive to traumas.
I had an acquaintance in high school whose family bought a house that the former occupants died in their sleep from carbon monoxide. She hated it so much. And it was awkward for the surviving grandkids to know the family living in the house where their grandparents had died.
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Post by katlaw on Dec 31, 2018 5:59:07 GMT
This particular house - no. I would think too much on what happened there. Too much sadness and pain and fear.
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Post by wordfish on Jan 2, 2019 0:42:23 GMT
I think I could. Maybe not if it was used for a real-life version of one of the Saw movies or something like that, though.
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Post by Skellinton on Jan 2, 2019 1:02:28 GMT
No. I watch too many scary movies, Twilight Zones, etc. I can’t even wear used clothes. I couldn’t live in a used house unless it was my grandparent’s old house. When my husband and I were looking for a house we bought new because I was so creeped out by being in other people’s houses. Yes, I know I have an issue. I can’t help it.
I probably could get over living in a house that was used if we have to move, but never one where I knew something horrible happened there, especially if it was an incident involving children or animals.
I wish I was savvy enough to insert Craig T. Nelson here.
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Post by StephDRebel on Jan 2, 2019 1:21:08 GMT
I just acted like I wanted to go look at it and dh looked horrified and said "are you crazy?? It needs to be saged with a bulldozer"
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Post by scrappyesq on Jan 2, 2019 3:22:51 GMT
No.
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Post by pjaye on Jan 2, 2019 3:30:26 GMT
In theory I could. I don't believe in ghosts or bad energy or any of that mumbo jumbo. The actual house has nothing do with what the disturbed people in it did. I wouldn't buy it if it had evidence of crimes and I had to clean it up...no matter how good the price. If it was clean liveable, then I wouldn't have a problem actually living in the house.
However I wouldn't because of the attention any house like that would still get, you'd probably still get nutty people visiting who might think you were involved in whatever happened or be on some creepy tourist tour, or get nosy people taking photos. I wouldn't want to deal with any of that crap that goes with owning a famous, or infamous house.
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Post by papersilly on Jan 2, 2019 3:31:15 GMT
At the right price, someone will buy it. I guarantee it. Worse things have happened in other homes and I'm sure those homes have sold. That particular house is not in a desirable area where it would be worth it for someone to tear down the house and build a new one unless they bought it for land value only. Still it's not worth the hassle and expense of tearing it down to build a new one.
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Post by mrssmith on Jan 2, 2019 4:18:56 GMT
That particular house, no way. I think it should be razed, like the one in Cleveland where the guy kept the 3 women captive for a decade.
I could deal with a house where a person passed peacefully.
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Post by mrssmith on Jan 2, 2019 4:19:51 GMT
I just acted like I wanted to go look at it and dh looked horrified and said "are you crazy?? It needs to be saged with a bulldozer" I agree with your DH!!
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Post by flute4peace on Jan 2, 2019 4:43:06 GMT
I just dont know if I could. There was a double murder with the bodies buried in back yard near me. The neighborhood got together and bought the house and tore it down. Same thing happened with BTK’s house. It went to auction & a local business owner bought it & had it razed. To answer the o/p question, I don’t think I could. I’m not superstitious but just wouldn’t be comfortable.
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Post by bbkeef on Jan 2, 2019 15:30:47 GMT
If it was a horrible tragedy, I don't think I could live there.
We currently live in Dh's grandparents house that we bought after grandpa died there (lung cancer, died in the master bedroom). We weren't married yet when grandpa died, so I always thought that he died at the hospital. Years after living in the house, somehow we were talking about grandpa and DH told me he died in bed in the master bedroom. DH protected me from that info., because he knew it would be an issue for me. AND I did have a couple experiences with both grandma and grandpa visiting me in our house. They are DH's grandparents, but such sweet loving people that they came to tell me everything was going to be all right. Grandma's name was Rosemary...and I have a little herb tin that says rosemary on it. It used to hang near my kitchen sink and I remember the day it turned sideways as if blown by the wind, except no windows were open! It freaked me out for a minute, then I felt calm and felt a loving hand on my shoulder. Grandpa woke from a nap by patting my knee and telling me "it's ok, everything is all right". I have no issues living in a home where someone died as long as I know it was a loving, cherished family home.
My friend Jay just bought a house where an old man (80+) shot himself in the head. Jay flips homes but lives in them for 2 years first. He calls this house "Jerry's" house and he is gutting it completely and restoring it to the loving family home it once was. Jerry shot himself because he lost his wife a few years ago and was lonely and depressed. Jay is doing everything in his power to honor Jerry. I have been there to help with the new layout and I have never felt anything odd. We did say a prayer for Jerry.
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Post by Rhondito on Jan 2, 2019 19:00:37 GMT
When I was a junior in college, one of my good friends from home shot himself in his car. (My school was about 30 miles from my hometown.) Almost a year later, a date who was from another area came to pick me up and he was in my friend's car. It was extremely uncomfortable. So knowing how much it bothered me to be in his car for a few hours, I don't think I could live in a house where a tragedy had occurred.
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Post by TXMary on Jan 2, 2019 19:56:14 GMT
No, I wouldn't buy a house where terrible things happened. Many years ago, while we were building our first house, we rented a house where the husband had killed himself- shot himself in the bedroom. His wife didn't disclose it to us but our best friends lived on the same street and knew what had happened there. We lived there about a year and that house had such a negative vibe to it. Weird things happened all the time. We actually considered buying the house briefly but quickly decided against it and I'm so glad we didn't buy it.
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Post by princess consuela on Jan 2, 2019 20:11:59 GMT
I don't think I could, especially if it was something significant and newsworthy. My parents' first home they bought supposedly had a prior occupant that had committed suicide in the house, and as far as I know, nothing odd ever happened (I lived there only for a few years when I was very young). We have a house in our neighborhood where the husband killed himself and his whole family, made national news and such. My husband was on friendly terms with him, had even been in the house a few times to help the neighbor with things. After the event, the house was vacant for quite some time, of course. When it finally went up for sale, I told my husband not to even go in the house to look at it if they did an open house or whatever, the bad juju or whatever freaks me out!
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Post by just PEAchy on Jan 2, 2019 20:36:47 GMT
I don’t think a natural death or even a suicide would bother me, but no way if it was something horrific like mentioned in the OP. I just found out that there is an estate about 2 miles from me where a serial killer lived back in the 90s. He murdered over 19 men, the remains of 11 were found on the property. We just moved here 4 years ago. I was just really shocked to hear about it, this is a fairly small community and was even smaller 25 years ago. The house did take quite a while to sell, it has had the same owner since then. He occasionally allows news crews and ghost hunters to tour the property. The property was pretty secluded at the time, but now there are subdivisions all around it. I drive by it all the time, I used to think it was just another farm.
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Post by thundergal on Jan 2, 2019 20:38:11 GMT
For me it would be a decision based on each individual house and what exactly happened.
I would NOT live in this particular house...no way.
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Jan 2, 2019 21:15:08 GMT
DH went on a call a few years ago to do a welfare check and when he got into the home he found a murder/suicide. I’ll spare you the details but it wasn’t your normal murder/suicide because of how the murder part went down..it was extremely gruesome. The whole thing was odd because DH said he never would have expected if from this person...fast forward to the home being up for sale present day and the new owners get in then the cops start showing up to the home over domestic violence issues..the wife mentioned her husband was never like this until they moved to town (meaning the home)..so of course I keep telling DH it’s like that house is The Amityville one from the movie and I think there is something evil going on in there. He thinks I’m crazy though lol.
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Post by rainangel on Jan 2, 2019 21:33:07 GMT
I don’t think a natural death or even a suicide would bother me, but no way if it was something horrific like mentioned in the OP. I just found out that there is an estate about 2 miles from me where a serial killer lived back in the 90s. He murdered over 19 men, the remains of 11 were found on the property. We just moved here 4 years ago. I was just really shocked to hear about it, this is a fairly small community and was even smaller 25 years ago. The house did take quite a while to sell, it has had the same owner since then. He occasionally allows news crews and ghost hunters to tour the property. The property was pretty secluded at the time, but now there are subdivisions all around it. I drive by it all the time, I used to think it was just another farm. Baumeister?
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Post by just PEAchy on Jan 2, 2019 21:49:47 GMT
I don’t think a natural death or even a suicide would bother me, but no way if it was something horrific like mentioned in the OP. I just found out that there is an estate about 2 miles from me where a serial killer lived back in the 90s. He murdered over 19 men, the remains of 11 were found on the property. We just moved here 4 years ago. I was just really shocked to hear about it, this is a fairly small community and was even smaller 25 years ago. The house did take quite a while to sell, it has had the same owner since then. He occasionally allows news crews and ghost hunters to tour the property. The property was pretty secluded at the time, but now there are subdivisions all around it. I drive by it all the time, I used to think it was just another farm. Baumeister? Yes!
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Post by papersilly on Jan 4, 2019 2:16:23 GMT
Well, proof positive that there is a buyer for any house. It sold!! The house sold
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