We completed on our house this week. I went over there today ( had just picked keys up) to have a look round, see how much cleaning I need to do before we move in etc
There was a knock at the door. Old lady who lives down the road wanted to say hello etc and introduce herself.
I invited her in - she was telling me about bin days and reliable milk men, then she starts telling me about the people who lived there before. And then she says
"We'll you know, it was all very sad what happened"
Me, intrigued "really? What was?"
It turns out a baby was murdered in my house 25 years ago. I very small baby - this woman told me how, etc and in which room (my bedroom)
I'm moving in with 3 small children, my 6 week old being the youngest.
I just feel distressed she's told me. I wish she hadn't. I'm not easily spooked or concerned with ghosties etc but I just feel very sad about the whole thing now.
Hmmm
AIBU?
AIBU to feel really distressed about what I've been told has happened in my house
OnlyWantsOne · 04/10/2012 17:19
What a charmer. I would avoid this new neighbour like the plague. I've lived in a few old houses, and never thought about what went on before. Maybe if I actually knew, I would feel differently though
And FWIW Nelly I noticed the poster commenting that your post was "horrible" and thought 
what is she reading?
I thought your post was absolutely fine
Dowager another dissenter here :)
There is a lady who lives in the next road who lived in my house when it was first built. She is in her 80s.
She bought round some photos for me. She wanted the house but was not allocated it by the council and I always feel a bit guilty.
She eventually told me that she had a sister who died at about the same age as my DD 
. From what she has described about her illness it is even possible she died of the same thing (in those days death from leukemia was pretty quick as there was no treatment)
It was very sad to hear but at the same time I felt a sort of connection to her and the house where her mother had mourned the loss of her daughter.
Your horrible neighbour has only told you one thing that happened in your house (that may not even be true). Think of how many good things have happened in your house too. It's just as inevitable as the sad things. Some happy woman probably spent the night before her wedding there and couldn't sleep from excitement. Friends have bonded and hugged and sworn they will be friends forever. Dinner parties have happened where people cried and fell off their chairs from laughing. Champagne corks have been popped at New Year. Your house has happy memories too 
I know a family who moved into, and renovated completely, a house where an old man had died alone and not been found for several days
They are nice people with young children and don't seem bothered by it. In fact there was such a houseful of stuff left behind, that they had to have the place cleared - and I ended up buying some of his things, which felt very sad but also like they would finally be used. We still have some of them - got rid of the piano a long while ago as it was untuneable, but other bits and bobs and I always think fondly of the chap when I use them.
I never knew him. I think I used to see him around; he had lived there since he was a little boy
nelly and terra i was going to call her a cunt too but am too scared 
i agree that she was probably batting all the other nosey neighbours out of her path to tell you first. if you have a 6 month old then you are still in the throes of being post natal so you are naturally upset
i agree about lighting a candle for the baby //hugs
Can I just point out that we don't have mental 'asylums' any more. The idea that somebody was sectioned 25 years ago and was never let out is a bit
A pub I used to live in (outs self) was a courthouse, they used to try and hang people there. The mortuary was under where the kitchen was. There's also a landmark to a man who was shot by the old landlord many many years ago
I was so so happy there as was the rest of my family. We had a ghost who used to move things in a nice way - nicknamed Matthew. You could shout "Matthew, where the hell have you put my hairbrush?!" and hairbrush would then turn up in front of you 
Was a very very happy chaotic family home and I never felt freaked out living there even as a child
That's right Pins. We don't have them anymore.
Can I ask again what wearesix said about windows? I'm intrigued!
Also...even new builds can have history thanks to the land they are on. A new estate near me, is built on the old workhouse site.
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