Avoiding a place where something awful happened.,.

[Patienceisvirtuous]

Something awful happened in my local shop recently (a murder) and I thought i’d still be able to go in - but when it came to it I couldn’t bring myself to. I was surprised at myself, for feeling so strongly about it...

Got me thinking about people who buy houses where awful crimes have taken place etc. On reflection, I don’t think I would.

Would it bother you? Have you experienced similar i.e. not wanting to go somewhere because of what happened there?

I would expect they were classed as snuff videos yes.
I have no idea what possessed me to watch such things. I went through a stage of the gorier the better, although I don't think I could bear to watch them now.
I do still enjoy reading real life murder books etc though.

I couldn’t go to Aushwitz. Ever. I read enough about concentration camps and honestly can’t understand how it can be a destination.

Tikka, I agree. I was in the holocaust memorial museum in Berlin earlier in the year and that was bad enough. The hotel I stayed in had previously been a factory where people were essentially worked to death and if I'd known about it before I went I think I would have booked elsewhere.

I get the morbid fascination thing but I find it really distasteful that people watch murders etc. Would those who watch them mind if it was a family member? It’s like the people who film people after a terrorist attack, it’s not entertainment.

I dunno. I went to a gig at the MEN Arena last November, didn't really think about it much.

Depends what had happened i suppose. I've been to a concentration camp, but that's about it. Very sad.

I agree @batshite1 it's not entertainment. I've never watched them for entertainment purposes. Just morbid curiosity.

Things like that wouldn't bother me although I would feel compassion for those who have lost their lives and those close to them.

It doesn't bother me if it's someone that I don't know. We looked at a house where a man was knifed to death in his sleep, the wife was charged but found not guilty. We didn't buy the house, but for other reasons, not because of the history of it, I didn't feel any 'atmosphere' or anything inside it.

On the other hand when I was about 9 or 10 a classmate of mine died accidentally on a dry ski slope and I would never go near it. My DB had lessons there, and I really wanted to learn to ski but just couldn't.

@JellieEllie "I've never watched them for entertainment purposes. Just morbid curiosity."

same thing.

@JellieEllie I’m the same I watch those videos all the time I find that I’m numb to most of them now.

@Sickenedbyguilt I'm glad I'm not the only one with a sick mind 🙈

Not my thing but @JellieEllie is hardly alone. In my day it was Gruesome.com or videos from someone’s uncle and the like.

A friend lived very close to an infamous murder house, it sort of at the same time fascinated yet also creeped me out- I couldn't quite bring myself to drive past (I didn't need to go up the actual street to get to her) but I would always glance up at the sign

Relatives of mine lived in an old house where they always said there was an odd atmosphere in one room. Turned out that one of the previous occupants had died in it (I was only a kid at the time so I can't remember if it was accident or murder) however my relative said that once they knew they felt much happier in the room, and lived happily at the house for another 10 years.

A young man I knew lost his life in our road (RTA). I do feel a bit sad when I pass the spot where it happened but it doesn't stop me passing there. I can see a murder might feel different though.