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We found a secret room in our house, picture included

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Ohwhatswrong · 06/12/2025 23:02

I've seen these threads before and thought how on earth did you not know! How big must your house be to have a secret room.
Our house is not massive, 4 bed, normal size not really old or anything.
But there's a super creepy room. Hidden at the back of the loft, It's got carpet, wall paper and even spot lights! And a director's chair... just sitting in the middle of it! It's weird.

We found a secret room in our house, picture included
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maddiemookins16mum · 04/01/2026 19:34

Where’s the doll, there has to be a doll!

EvangelicalAboutButteredToast · 04/01/2026 19:32

I’m here for it.

CrayonCritic5 · 04/01/2026 19:31

Omgggggggg

Runningoutofpatiencefucksandmoney · 04/01/2026 19:25

Waiting with breath that is baited 🤣🤣

JustMyView13 · 04/01/2026 19:23

Caerulea · 04/01/2026 19:15

Oh you better be typing out a lengthy & detailed explanation with all questions answered along with photos & and diagrams so help me god!!

Firm agree!

Whywhywhyyyy · 04/01/2026 19:21

!!!!

Pray tell

Caerulea · 04/01/2026 19:15

Oh you better be typing out a lengthy & detailed explanation with all questions answered along with photos & and diagrams so help me god!!

Kijhlhgdvjk · 04/01/2026 19:13

OOOOO!!!!!

herefortheclicks · 04/01/2026 19:12

waiiiiiiiting

Ohwhatswrong · 04/01/2026 19:10

I have an update!

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LaMarschallin · 28/12/2025 18:02

I've only read the OP's comments so sorry if I'm repeating what others have said.
I had a room in our attic pretty much identical to this one in shape and size as a playroom. My father boarded over part of the loft floor and I had plywood (possibly) walls painted white. Can't remember the lighting but it could have been spotlights. It was reached by a loft ladder.
I kept loads of books and my Jacqui comics up there as well as some Barbies, games and stuff.
So, it looks normal to me. I had a beanbag, not a chair though.
It's not the same place (I lived in a three bedroom bungalow) but the initial J is very significant to me, so perhaps the psychic PP was picking up on my room too 😆

tonyhawks23 · 24/12/2025 20:43

Pleeease can we have a Christmas update on this room?have you gone up again yet?

bloke1958 · 21/12/2025 17:18

Move

EvieBB · 20/12/2025 19:21

Amiunemployable · 06/12/2025 23:28

I literally just finished reading a book where a family moves into a new house, and the husband finds a secret room. There's an old armchair, a Welsh dresser, etc. in the room. And a bunch of momentos (glasses, wallet, watch, dog collar, etc) inside the dresser, kept by a serial killer, from the victims, who now wants the stuff back!

😮

Doggielovelouie · 19/12/2025 18:58

DiaryofaProvincialLady · 19/12/2025 18:55

I'm well aware WHY they didn't see it - that's irrelevant.

The fact that they didn't see it does not make it a "secret" room.

Your post read as if you were surprised they didn’t see it

DiaryofaProvincialLady · 19/12/2025 18:55

Doggielovelouie · 19/12/2025 15:25

Because they only popped their heads up the hatch - just moved In

I'm well aware WHY they didn't see it - that's irrelevant.

The fact that they didn't see it does not make it a "secret" room.

Doggielovelouie · 19/12/2025 15:25

DiaryofaProvincialLady · 19/12/2025 15:11

The "secret" room that was in fact not a secret, what with it being completely visible to everyone except it seems the OP and her husband who for some reason failed to notice the small 2ft high partition wall with the bright yellow wallpaper................

Because they only popped their heads up the hatch - just moved In

DiaryofaProvincialLady · 19/12/2025 15:11

flatfootedfred · 16/12/2025 09:18

Yes I understand that abuse will generally be carried out by “normal” people in “normal” homes but none of that explains the need for a hidden loft room. Abuse can happen anywhere!

It makes no sense at all that anyone would go to that level of effort to conceal activity (dragging unconscious children into a loft, really?) but deck the “secret” room out in an incredibly distinctive way and then just leave it like that when they move out.

The "secret" room that was in fact not a secret, what with it being completely visible to everyone except it seems the OP and her husband who for some reason failed to notice the small 2ft high partition wall with the bright yellow wallpaper................

Doggielovelouie · 16/12/2025 14:12

Ormally · 16/12/2025 10:36

There's something about it that says 'filming', even if the lights and so on are bright but not ideal for it. It's unclear but I'd guess the wallpaper was there before the lights were installed, due to its poor repair - or paper that was bought a long time ago.

Any evidence of other furniture footprints? Unlikely given that shape.

Would you take the chair out and throw it out if you were moving, and wanted to leave only an unreadable backdrop (those chairs are very moveable and foldable, after all), or would you leave everything in place for no chance of a 'Where's that chair come from?' from someone when doing the tip run...hmmm.

To me it looks like - I’ll just grab the camera - chair doesn’t matter or I’ll leave it there for next time

Anonanonanonagain · 16/12/2025 11:19

I am waiting impatiently on the OPs hubbie to do a thorough search to see if there is anything else there but it does look to me like an amateur filming room of some sort.

I swear if I ever decide to sell up and move I am doing something like that in my loft first out of sheer badness lol

Ormally · 16/12/2025 10:36

There's something about it that says 'filming', even if the lights and so on are bright but not ideal for it. It's unclear but I'd guess the wallpaper was there before the lights were installed, due to its poor repair - or paper that was bought a long time ago.

Any evidence of other furniture footprints? Unlikely given that shape.

Would you take the chair out and throw it out if you were moving, and wanted to leave only an unreadable backdrop (those chairs are very moveable and foldable, after all), or would you leave everything in place for no chance of a 'Where's that chair come from?' from someone when doing the tip run...hmmm.

flatfootedfred · 16/12/2025 09:18

washingandcleaningtoday · 15/12/2025 14:48

Whenever you see news reports after the event of this sort of thing, you hear about double lives being led - so, it could be the happy family with kids, or a normal couple, or whatever, with visitors, so a veneer of normality with anything not so normal hidden away. This has featured in films too by the way - donny darko for example. They wouldn't do things in normal rooms as too much chance of someone suspecting something, seems the obvious answer. Also means that if there had been a police visit, more difficult for them to find evidence perhaps. Again I am not suggesting it is anything like this, just thinking better safe than sorry, doesn't take more than a few minutes to send an email with the information. Could lead to helping someone somewhere in the end.

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Yes I understand that abuse will generally be carried out by “normal” people in “normal” homes but none of that explains the need for a hidden loft room. Abuse can happen anywhere!

It makes no sense at all that anyone would go to that level of effort to conceal activity (dragging unconscious children into a loft, really?) but deck the “secret” room out in an incredibly distinctive way and then just leave it like that when they move out.

washingandcleaningtoday · 15/12/2025 21:30

kittensinthekitchen · 15/12/2025 20:28

Are you trying to suggest the PP is a peadophile or similar?

I have no idea who they are. I asked them a question.

kittensinthekitchen · 15/12/2025 20:28

washingandcleaningtoday · 15/12/2025 14:42

Hmm, and why would you want to stop someone contacting interpol, fridgemicro?

Are you trying to suggest the PP is a peadophile or similar?

washingandcleaningtoday · 15/12/2025 17:34

OVienna · 15/12/2025 17:09

I saw the post and am not confident the way they are, it's not hard to understand.

We can agree to disagree.

OP can do whatever she likes.

You say am not confident the way they are - you mean you aren't confident they are who they say they are? your text was autocorrected
If that is what you meant, I agree that it is easy to understand what you mean, but it is the first time you have said it.

It would be an interesting choice of words - "not hard to understand" - for someone who works for these agencies, so I assume that isn't what you do.