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Murder house

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salsmum · 13/10/2022 21:18

My guilty pleasure is true crime and I've often wondered with family murders wether I myself would actually move into a house where a murder/s have taken place? In the watts case ( Chris Watts) they did have a beautiful house in an affluent neighbourhood... would you or do you live in a house with such a dark history?

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Bigslippers · 13/10/2022 21:20

Yes

silverclock222 · 13/10/2022 21:20

In theory no however it would depend on what the house 'felt' like.

XenoBitch · 13/10/2022 21:20

My house is over 130 years old. I would be very surprised if no one had died here, or nothing dodgy had happened.

Bigslippers · 13/10/2022 21:21

actually No come to think of it

’just incase’

Fluffluff · 13/10/2022 21:21

No I wouldn't.
However if I bought a house and didn't know and had been living happily I would stay.

Bigslippers · 13/10/2022 21:23

Like you though my guilty pleasure is true crime.. or rather the psychology of it. Follow so many on YT, podcasts.

IncessantNameChanger · 13/10/2022 21:25

No. Not me for me thanks. Local house where mum.of young kids was murdered. Didpite being a lovely house in a very desirable area no one even wanted to rent it

BagpussBagpussOldFatFurryCatpuss · 13/10/2022 21:27

A house down the road from me was the scene of a murder in the 1980s. Very few people from back then live here now and I don’t think they are aware.
I won’t be saying anything but I don’t think I’d choose to live in that house.

TokyoSushi · 13/10/2022 21:31

Absolutely no way!

Isseywith3witchycats · 13/10/2022 21:59

not a murder but a friend of mine lives in the house that pierpoint the last british hangman lived in

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 13/10/2022 22:03

No I wouldn’t. I have a very vivid imagination.

NothingIsWrong · 13/10/2022 22:05

I was thinking that today when was looking at the news about Leah Croucher in Milton Keynes. What would happen to the house and if anyone would ever live there again. I know she hasn't officially been identified yet, but it looks pretty certain, poor girl.

Hawkins001 · 13/10/2022 22:08

H h holmes murder castle etc an intriguing one

ChaseDreams · 13/10/2022 22:10

It wouldn't bother me at all I don't think.

Although I wouldn't want to live in Chris Watts' house because it's one of those desolate new build estates in the middle of absolute nowhere.

Ellnet · 13/10/2022 22:45

We live in a house where the son murdered his mother in the kitchen. It’s a very old house, we never knew until we started renovating the kitchen and ripped up the flooring. The ‘original’ wooden floorboards had always sounded odd when you walked on them and when we lifted them found that they were built on a frame over slate flooring. The underside of the wooden flooring had weird stains on it that we never thought much of tbh. It wasn’t until we removed the cupboards that we uncovered the nook that had been a fireplace, there were circular chalk marks all around this area which was next to the staining on the underside of the floor. When we asked around in the village it transpired the poor woman had been killed in the kitchen and the chalk marks were from the police investigation in 1984. We later found out that the chalk marks weren’t actually chalk marks but some sort of spray forensics used at the time after speaking with the police.

I’ve only ever felt uncomfortable once here I’m 2019 when a man was standing at the end of the drive just looking at the house, he wasn’t doing anything untoward. We’ve lived here from 1987 and rarely see any strangers, but this guy was quite odd. I spoke to the local community police, they got back to me a few days later to let me know the son had been released from prison 2 days earlier when I’d seen the guy at the end of the drive. CCTV confirmed it was him, whether he came for one last look at his family home we’ll never know.

We don’t look at the house as having a dark history, we brought our family up here and have so many happy memories, a home is what you make it imo.

SallyWD · 13/10/2022 22:48

I rented a house once and found out (after a year) that someone had been murdered there. I was shocked but it didn't put me off living there. Strangely enough the house always had a lovely atmosphere, a really good vibe. We had loads of visitors and no one ever sensed anything.

terriblyangryattimes · 13/10/2022 22:50

I dont think it would bother me. It may potentially mean a discount too if it was a recent horrible thing that happened there.

Rupertgrintismyguiltypleasure · 13/10/2022 23:02

I would, not sure the rest of the family would though. We already have strange goings on in my current house. I also love true crime. Mine is more the psychology surrounding why they did it.

SouperNoodle · 13/10/2022 23:11

Nope. Not at all.
I get too easily freaked out and even if it didn't have bad vibes, I think I would start imagining that it did.

LadyApplejack · 13/10/2022 23:20

SouperNoodle · 13/10/2022 23:11

Nope. Not at all.
I get too easily freaked out and even if it didn't have bad vibes, I think I would start imagining that it did.

Yes this would be me too! Death is one thing, but I wouldn't relax in a murder house.

AdoptedBumpkin · 13/10/2022 23:21

Personally, probably not. Plenty of other houses after all.

dontgobaconmyheart · 14/10/2022 00:00

I think it would depend on the circumstances, how long ago this was, whether it was of media interest etc (would not want anyone into 'true crime') visiting the home or images of it available online etc. All in all it's unlikely as it would all be pretty off-putting when there are so many other options available.

As an aside I will never understand those fanatical about the details of sinister crime. Real people's lives and details of what happened to them should be kept private, murderers not given any more attention that is required for prosecution etc. Such a gratuitous situation and I can honestly say I would go out of my way to avoid hearing about the doings of an awful/unwell person or what was done to someone against their will, so it always baffles me how hugely popular true crime is - not a judgement as such because what other people consume absolutely isn't my business but i'll never get it.

TomPinch · 14/10/2022 00:05

Isseywith3witchycats · 13/10/2022 21:59

not a murder but a friend of mine lives in the house that pierpoint the last british hangman lived in

And speaking of two of his executees John Christie and Timothy Evans (who was wrongly convicted of one of Christie's crimes) the film 10 Rillington Place was actually filmed in the house where Christie murdered his victims. It's a very creepy film.

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salsmum · 14/10/2022 02:23

I personally am intrigued with the phycology around what drives a person to commit such a crime.. love, hate, envy or monetary gain also if it's nature or nurture ( such as the case with adopted Jeremy Bamber). I do know in some of the true crime episodes they do revisit the houses/locations where the crimes took place unless of course it's been demolished such as Cromwell st or 10 Rillington plc. In American horror films the estate agents keep it under wraps if a house has had a murder in it and I wonder if they do have to disclose it to potential buyers ( much the same as problem neighbours).

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TomPinch · 14/10/2022 02:25

Have you listened to the BBC podcast Bad People?

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