To ask if you'd live in a house where someone was murdered

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Just finished watching 'White House Farm' and wondered to myself what happened to the property. Did someone buy it and now lives in it or has it remained empty? I know a google search would prob tell me but my question is, would you live in a house where a murder had taken place? I'm not religious but I think that I'd be scared to be alone in a place with a violent past, in that I'm sure it would harbour sinister vibes.

One of my mates, her boyfriend took a flat where the last tenant had been raped and murdered by slow strangulation. The cheap landlord hadn't even removed the mattress and there was loads of dried bunches of flowers in there.

My house is nearly 100 years old so it’s very likely that someone has died here. That doesn’t bother me but I don’t think I would have bought it if I knew there’d been a violent death.

Thirty years ago a boy at my school was murdered in a derelict large Victorian house that was going to be turned into flats. In the end they demolished the house and completely rebuilt the flats. The murder was so well know in the area and the house was in such a prominent position that it would have been difficult to sell flats in the original building.

Nope, I couldn’t. We even withdrew an offer on a house because we found out the previous owner had hung himself inside.

My parents looked around a house where a lady had recently been murdered. Her parents were selling it. I remember the misery on their faces. I don't think my parents knew before going to look round. I don't think they'd have even gone to look if they had known. We didn't buy it anyway, and I'm glad of that.

Here in Sydney, a house was sold without the agent disclosing that the family that owned/lived there were murdered there by the son (all of them parents, siblings etc.). Now there are laws that dictate that sort of thing must be disclosed. He is still in jail, I think it happened in the 90’s

Furry that is so sad

With the emphasis continually being on whether or not someone died in a house, I’m rather cheered to think of all the possible births that may have occurred and the possibly full and eventful lives that followed

And that would be no different from a house in which a murder or suicide may have taken place, Clever, no? A murder or suicide doesn't negate anything else that's happened in there. There are, however, some houses that have seriously BAD histories, though.

My previous next door neighbour is recorded as 'an unexplained death' (we all think overdose or murder) until it get processed by the Coroner.
Chatting to the new tenant he said ' fuck, you should have seen the state he left the house in!' I didn't quite have the heart to tell him we had all experienced the miasma once the Police broke in...

@EuroMillionsWinner slow strangulation? What’s that compared to ‘normal strangulation’?

Methinks that like your username there is an element of untruth.....

@EuroMillionsWinner slow strangulation? What’s that compared to ‘normal strangulation’?

Methinks that like your username there is an element of untruth.....

You do realise it's possible to win £2.50 on the EuroMil, don't you

It was a huge case in N. America, the perpetrator was a serial rapist who would strangle the victims until they passed out and then revive them and then repeat. As a result all but one of his victims survived. That's why it was referred to even during his trial as slow strangulation. Is that enough gruesome detail to assuage your sense of having been denied veracity?

It was fucking grim and in fact, my mate's boyfriend, who knows why, slid into depression after moving into that flat and some months later attempted suicide in there. When asked for his motives he replied that the flat shouldn't have been let out.

And if you think someone is lying, you report their post to HQ. To do otherwise is troll hunting and against Talk Guidelines.

does anyone remember phil philpott who set his house alight to murder his children.?that has been rebuilt with these new spangly homes.my dad drives past in on his way to work and says it stills feel horrid going by.so im not sure i could by one one of those.
im sure many people do and dont know about it though.maybe not who you buy it from but people before them or before them etc.

@Kateandme God no, I couldn't buy one of those, that really is macabre. I wouldn't be able to relax for thinking of those poor kids.

No, I wouldn't. We live in a very old house and plenty of people have almost certainly died here but of natural causes as far as we know. For 'the woo inclined', there have been unusual incidents during the years, especially when we first moved in, and then again immediately after and occasionally since a close family member died. It has never felt like anything to worry about though, and the house has always had a nice feeling even through very difficult family times.

We have experienced a house in the past - an even older one - which had a very bad feeling generally and very unsettling happenings. We were told nothing of its history, so I don't know if there had been unnatural deaths, but we later found out that other occupants before us had experienced similar happenings and feelings. It was in quite an isolated location and we were told the nearest house to it was even worse.

And I would describe myself as generally non woo.

ColourMyDreams i knoow.every time you go by its such a horrid feeling.plus these houses dont fit in with the others on the road.they are modern and quite chic looking and it just feels kind of odd.

My husband is from Long Island, NY. He grew up very near the Amityville Horror house. We used to take our children trick or treating in the neighborhood. The house has been changed in many ways and has a new address but I still shivered whenever we walked by it...not so much because of the haunting stuff but more that an entire family had been murdered by their son/brother. I would never buy such a house

On the other hand, our current home is 128 yrs old. It is likely someone has died here. It has a very peaceful vibe.

My dad used to own a pub and my room when I visited was where someone perhaps 10-20 years earlier has killed themselves - it was strange and didn't like the room, used to sleep near the door ... not sure why I needed a quick exit route but made me feel a bit better! The only reason I knew was because one of the locals said 'oh, you sleep in THAT room do you!' ... and it all came out - my dad didn't tell me... tho he knew!

When I was about 11 we lived in a Victorian era property in the top flat. The parallel flat next door was lived in by a number of people. One occupant a bloke, a photographer, I used to see often out walking with his small son. He occupied the room that was next to me and my sister that mirrored ours. The bloke was stabbed one night and the place set on fire. The other occupants including the child escaped. The police never charged anyone.

The workmen who renovated the flat were convinced the 'ghost' had drunk their coke and were freaked out. The flat was sold to two young couples who were unaware until other neighbours blabbed. Not sure they were bothered though.

Flat is still there and sold recently for around a million. I am sure the occupants have no idea...it was one of those murders that wasn't really reported at the time.

I think if I knew about it I’d find it hard to un-know. Would maybe vary a bit though.

I often walk past the house where Baby P lived and died - just passing it gives me a horrible feeling, I couldn’t live somewhere that made me feel like that.

I haven't lived in one but have sold several houses where murders took place and two where people committed suicide. All the murders were recent and quite well known. None of the houses took longer to sell than the average house but we did seem to have more viewings than usual.

It's weird someone said about the house being cold. We bought an average 1930s semi. It turned out years and years before a woman has poured petrol on herself and set herself alight. We lived there for quite a number of years but the house always felt cold to me and the kids. Even before I found out that secret. Weirdly my DH was never cold. We moved into this house and I'm always warm now but my DH is always cold here! Odd!

A home near me has been sold twice (first time at a very reduced price) since a terrible murder where the father murdered his 4 children, his wife and then hung himself. They weren’t discovered for a few days, only friends realised they weren’t in contact so they got a ladder and looked in a window where they could see one of the children dead in bed.
It was awful and affected the estate and town for a long time. Another family moved in about a year or so later but they didn’t settle and it’s recently sold again. I’m glad the house is at the end of a cul de sac so I don’t even have to pass it, the whole thing gives me the heebie jeebies. I looked at the sale pics on zoopla and the house looks cold and sad just from the pics.

I don't think I would. A friend of mine did tho, he moved to a new city and needed to rent for 6 months. He was shown a lovely flat and the rent was very low compared to others he'd seen. When he asked why they said they might as well be honest, it was where a (very high profile front page) murder had taken place a few years before. He decided it was a bargain and took it lived there happily until he found somewhere to buy.

A house near my Mum recently sold adlfter sitting emtp for 4 years. A son had murdered his Mother there and is in jail for it but wouldn't let the be sold for ages as he is the executor of the estate.

The sold sign has been up and down a couple of times but this one seems to be sticking and someone might actually move in.