Page 2 | To find out if anyone ever died in the house we just bought?

SleepyRich · 29/04/2023 19:22

Better hope never to walk around a hospital, there must be literally thousands of ghosts!!! Maybe that's why the waiting lists are so long....

Sapphire387 · 29/04/2023 19:17

Surely someone can haunt a place without having died there?

SchoolTripDrama · 29/04/2023 19:03

InTheFutilityRoomEatingBiscuits · 29/04/2023 17:42

Every house I’ve ever owned has had births and deaths in it whilst I’ve owned it, never mind before or after.

You sound like a fun person to be around

SchoolTripDrama · 29/04/2023 18:55

DeadButDelicious · 29/04/2023 12:27

Unless it's a brand new build it is very likely that someone at some point has died there. The lady who lived in my parents house before us for instance died in the old downstairs bathroom, we only know that because the neighbours told us. There was a time when it was commonplace for people to die at home.

There are no such things as ghosts. There are a million and one explanations for what your brother saw and not one of them will be supernatural. It's more than likely a shadow and because the human brain is a dick like that it's 'looked' like a child.

Unfortunately they are real. I've experienced a full apparition 6 foot away from me, been grabbed on the shoulder and pulled backwards violently when there's categorically been nobody else in the room. Witnessed several of my glass tumblers be picked up and thrown across my kitchen on more than one occasion when I most certainly wasn't tired/on something/trying to encourage anything etc. That was most definitely not 'in my imagination' I was sat getting ready for work a few months after my dad died.

The apparition & the grab on the shoulder were on an old WW2 RAF Airfield in a hangar which was being used for my friend's coach company.
The airfield had had more crashes than any other WW2 airfield, due to weather (this was discovered after)

I respect the fact that many disbelieve it, but when those people start telling others that they don't exist, then I feel it's only fair to point out what I've experienced. I will also point out that prior to all of the above, I was STAUNCHLY of the belief that Ghosts were made up and couldn't possibly exist - until I was shown that they very much DO exist

neilyoungismyhero · 29/04/2023 18:03

Not sure she's worried about the deaths more about the supposed apparition her brother saw.

Hugasauras · 29/04/2023 17:57

Weird how just about everyone nowadays has a phone with a good camera that can also record videos yet no one ever thinks to record any of all this strange stuff apparently going on. Yet people are always pulling out phones to record all manner of things otherwise and generally within arm's reach of their phones for large parts of the day.

Sirius3030 · 29/04/2023 17:54

Yes, there has probably been a death in the house and it is clearly now haunted. All you can do is sell it to the first person who makes an offer, but do it quick or the ghost will follow you to your new house. I suggest in the meantime perhaps live in a new caravan or tent?

InTheFutilityRoomEatingBiscuits · 29/04/2023 17:42

Every house I’ve ever owned has had births and deaths in it whilst I’ve owned it, never mind before or after.

Whisper23 · 29/04/2023 17:41

CustardySergeant · 29/04/2023 17:34

Whisper23 "FWIW I do believe in "ghosts", though I don't think they're what most people think they are (i.e. the spirit of a dead person returning)."

I'm intrigued. What do you think they are then?

The theory that makes the most sense to me is time slips. Google Bold Street in Liverpool for a better explanation than I could give.

Stone tape theory is interesting too, though a bit less persuasive to me.

Lincslady53 · 29/04/2023 17:35

My MIL died in our house last October, in bed, in front of the telly with A Place in the Sun on. The house is about 20 years old, so it is not just on old houses that people die. She hasn't come back to haunt us (yet) even though she used to complain about the food. If your partner saw a small child in the house, why did he lock the child in? He is either winding you up, or as others have said, it was a trick of the light. I wouldn't worry about it, put it out of your mind and enjoy your new house.

CustardySergeant · 29/04/2023 17:34

Whisper23 "FWIW I do believe in "ghosts", though I don't think they're what most people think they are (i.e. the spirit of a dead person returning)."

I'm intrigued. What do you think they are then?

Robinni · 29/04/2023 17:34

Look at the deeds of the house for past owners names. Cross reference this with news in library. Or research past owners.

The cot in the attic is a bit creepy. Is there any possibility your brother is playing on your good nature and winding you up?

Mammyloveswine · 29/04/2023 17:33

My mam died at home.. doesn't bother me going to my parents house!

DiscoBeat · 29/04/2023 17:32

My house is 400 years old, I'm pretty sure there have been some deaths (and births) in it!

Sweet5 · 29/04/2023 17:29

Some people have seen ghosts or shadow people, some people don’t. Not everyone is sleep deprived or high on drugs. Just because you haven’t seen anything doesn’t mean others are lying or insane. It’s not usually the ghosts of old people who died at home peacefully who haunt. I grew up in a haunted house (it’s not like the solid ghosts you see in horror films).

Redebs · 29/04/2023 17:18

Ginnyfromtheblock · 29/04/2023 12:09

Currently having the house we just bought renovated. We aren't living in it yet and because it is near where my brother lives and we have a newborn we gave him a set of keys to go and check up on builders etc.

Yesterday he went to the house after work and video called me to show me the progress. While he was there he suddenly said how just saw a small child in the house and he ran out the house and locked the front door and left.

He isn't the pranking type and also isn't the superstitious type, nor am I. But I am a total wimp and cannot watch any type of horror or anything and I'm now terrified. In the loft there was an old cot and nothing else. I've also got a year's worth of maternity leave and imagine I'll be home alone with baby while DH is at work.

Does anyone know how to find out if there was ever a death in the house or a building? I'm in the UK if that helps.

Absolutely ridiculous. Sorry OP, but this is the 21st century. We know better nowadays.

SmurfHaribos · 29/04/2023 17:16

Mars27 · 29/04/2023 15:26

OP, please ignore the people telling you off for being "silly". I think I understand what you're saying, you would like to know if a unnatural death, let's say, happened in the house.

I read an article in the Guardian a while ago about a man who bought a flat where multiple killings had happened. IIRC it was in East London and the killer had fled to India (I think). It was an interesting read and maybe if people had read that they wouldn't be so judgmental.

When I came to live in the property I am now (a HA flat) we found out the previous tenants were evicted due to subletting. Original tenant sublet the flat to a couple and talking to neighbours we found out they were all from the same background, a place in world known for witchcraft and spiritualist "religions", let's say. In the first visit it was clear the tenants had been evicted in a hurry with masses of stuff left behind.

After it was cleaned and painted we came to live here and all I can say is that the first two years were absolute hell. We've had all sorts of problems going from being threatened by thugs that used to hang around the corner, a plague of cockroaches, and just bad luck overall. I was having panic attacks and crying every day till one day I said well that's enough. I spoke to the priest of my son's school at the time and explained the situation. He came and blessed the house in a very "specific way" and while things didn't get better straight away they surely got better over time, so much so the scumbag who harassed my husband was arrested, the dealers that used to hang around the corner dispersed, the house across the street which was a hub of dealers went very quiet.

I am ever moving from here I'm going to research the shit out of the new address. I'm fine with old people dying peacefully at home, that's the circle of life. Anything other than that it's a big no, not even if you give me a palace to live for free.

That all sounds more about moving into a dodgy area.

JackiePlace · 29/04/2023 17:15

In the loft there was an old cot and nothing else.

Don't watch The Changeling, whatever you do. 😨

SmurfHaribos · 29/04/2023 17:13

Why would it matter? I assume people have died in absolutely loads of UK houses. Similarly loads of births, parties, arguments, celebrations, proposals, divorces etc etc.
All part of life’s rich tapestry.

Slitheringheights · 29/04/2023 17:09

We viewed a house years ago, quite liked it, but later found out there had been a house fire around 1983 killing 2 small children. We didn’t buy the house. So sad

electricmoccasins · 29/04/2023 17:06

In the loft there was an old cot and nothing else.

Nice touch…

redbigbananafeet · 29/04/2023 16:54

7Worfs · 29/04/2023 12:16

The old ladies eating biscuits after Sunday service in the local church. You should go to a service, then afterwards stay and chat to them about the community, and you can then ask about the history of your house.

Also churches don’t advertise it loudly, but there is a branch of priests specialising in banishing paranormal stuff.

I’m not at all woo, but I imagine if I ever find myself in your situation, I’d be heading to the nearest church.

That's such a clever, clear headed idea. I love it.

annielou55 · 29/04/2023 16:51

Statistically a large percentage of people dies in their homes (most either peacefully or suddenly, rather than in suspicious circumstances.
Next most likely place is hospital, then a hospice..
Much rarer are RTA or while travelling.

I work in the hospital where both my parents died, one several years before I worked there and one more recently. It’s the only hospital in the area so although it’s not very nice, not entirely unavoidable. otherwise they both would have died at home.

Freysimo · 29/04/2023 16:45

LlynTegid · 29/04/2023 13:53

I doubt if you can, though there are some places where you could assume it is very possible. Hyde in Greater Manchester (Harold Shipman was a doctor there), or anywhere that was an old people's home in 2020 (where Matt Hancock and Boris Johnson sent people with Covid from hospitals).

Wasn't just Boris and Matt. Wales and Scotland's FMs and Health Ministers did too.

Curtains70 · 29/04/2023 16:34

Loads of people die at home so I would say yes somebody will have died there. Doesn't mean its haunted though