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Cursed house

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Lostmymind11 · 30/06/2023 21:44

Now i know this may sound dramatic but i've got myself worked up into a state over this. I've finally been offered a council house since leaving my abusive ex last year. Its in a nice area, really big garden for my son but my neighbour has me petrified the house is cursed. She shouted me on the street a few days ago to tell me the house isn't a happy home. Apparently 2 people have died in it and the lady who has just left had her kids removed from her care. Now i believe in ghosts/curses and all that and am absolutely terrified i'm moving into the Amityville horror house and something bad will happen. Whats everyones thoughts on this?

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ChineseFakeaway · 30/06/2023 21:47

I don’t believe it really.

I do think you can make a place your own and be very happy there.

BrightLightTonight · 30/06/2023 21:47

Really? You are seriously thinking about giving up a nice home because of rumours?

DustyLee123 · 30/06/2023 21:48

Maybe she knows you’ve got a child and doesn’t want one living next door. I’d ignore it.

GozerTheGozerian · 30/06/2023 21:48

Good and bad stuff has happened in all houses, and you’d never know - you just happen to know more about this one. Sounds like you’ve already had your cursed experience with your ex, now you’re free of him this sound like the perfect house for you and your son to make a fresh start.

Teentaxidriver · 30/06/2023 21:50

I think your neighbour has an agenda. Don’t take her words at face value and ignore her. We lived in a house in which the previous occupants mother had died. Nothing odd happened at all. Don’t let it worry you - these things prey can prey on your mind. Be grateful and enjoy it.

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Lostmymind11 · 30/06/2023 21:56

This lady lives across the street. I knew about the previous tenant because both my next door neighbours told me but not about the other 2. I'm just terrified now

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CutesyUserName · 30/06/2023 22:32

My house is 500 years old. I would think that very many people have died here in those five centuries. Nevertheless, without exception, everyone that comes here loves the calm, peaceful and happy atmosphere in the house, as do we.

Don't buy into someone else's hysteria and dramatics - make it your own happy home.

ChineseFakeaway · 01/07/2023 13:44

Teentaxidriver · 30/06/2023 21:50

Good point about the neighbour having an agenda. Our neighbour died in her flat. I have never said anything about this to the new resident and tbh doubt he knows. Why would I tell him that?

As far as I know nobody has died in my own flat but before it was here there was a different building. It was fairly old so probably many people died in it over the years. This does not bother me. I’m sure
many babies were born there too, for what it’s worth.

(I’ve had two beloved cats PTS here though, on the very sofa I’m sitting on now…)

CountryCob · 01/07/2023 14:28

I agree about the neighbour, keep her at arms length. Very odd thing to shout at a new neighbour. Would your house suit her/ someone she knows/ is she a bit nuts? We have had houses where people have died on the street and I would never mention it to the new person living there even when I know they know.

Prettypaisleyslippers · 01/07/2023 14:32

In your shoes I would ask a priest to visit and bless the house. Give him some money and tea for his trouble

Muncha · 01/07/2023 14:36

I'm a Romany gypsy, OP.

When you move in open all windows as far as they will go in all rooms. Leave them open for an hour and ask any badness to go and welcome in the new clean energy.

Job done. Enjoy your new home.

tinselvestsparklepants · 01/07/2023 14:45

The agenda may involve her wanting the house for someone she knows, so she's trying to put other people off! Ignore. And don't let strangers scare you, you owe it to yourself not to give them such control over your life. Have a great time in your lively new house.

longwayoff · 01/07/2023 14:49

My house is very old, countless people have lived and died here over the years and its built on the site of a former monastery, the cellar dates from then. You'd think it would be full of ghosts but it's the most peaceful place I've ever lived in, it has a lovely feel to it. If you're really spooked then you can ask the local RC priest to come round to bless the house and that should reassure you. Your neighbour sounds like a pain. Take the house and avoid her.

goingmadnow · 01/07/2023 14:50

I moved into a flat before and the next door neighbour told me the previous own hung themself in there, I was so angry, why would you tell someone that ?? I never did settle properly in that place, and it was nothing to do with the flat, it was what that neighbour put in my head!
Just ignore her ! Lots of houses people have died in, if anything odd happens it'll be your mind playing tricks on you because that woman has planted the seed

Frequency · 01/07/2023 14:52

I don't believe in any of this but my family very much does. As above open windows wide and ask anything negative to leave. You could also burn sage. My mother periodically wanders around my house waving sage while chanting under her breath. I'm certain it does nothing other than make her feel better but she is 100% convinced it has cured my depression (personally I thank the sertraline for that...)

There's other stuff she does if you want me to ask her? It mostly involves things that smell nice so I leave her to it.

I wouldn't let it put you off the house, OP. Even my family don't believe in curses. They believe in negative energy but also believe that it a) cannot cause you physical harm and b) can be removed.

Elphame · 01/07/2023 14:54

Ignore her.

LibertyLily · 01/07/2023 14:54

I don't believe in that sort of stuff personally @Lostmymind11 but if you do, you can always take some of the advice given above to put your mind at rest.

Imho it sounds more like the neighbour is merely trying to assert herself in some way or has an agenda perhaps.

Our house is a similar age to Cutesy's and used to be a mill on the neighbouring large estate. It has been inhabited for 150+ years as a residential property and prior to that the miller lived on site, so I'm sure there have been deaths - and probably births - here over the years.

We've been informed by lots of people (including a previous owner and the current owners of the big house) that it's haunted, but whilst we get the occasional unexplained bump or other noise, I don't for one moment believe it's a ghost. If we'd been told this before we purchased, it definitely wouldn't have stopped us buying.

Good luck in your new home - hope you and your DS are very happy there.

Frequency · 01/07/2023 14:56

Just to be clear, I am recommending you sage/cleanse the house because I believe very much in the power of the mind not because I think sage is magic and evil spirits are real but if you do believe then the act of cleansing itself will help settle your mind.

Twiglets1 · 01/07/2023 15:25

I think this house sounds perfect for you and your children apart from this rather intrusive and mad neighbour.

I lived in a house once - had a baby there and we lived in it perfectly happily for about 6 years. Only after we sold it did one of our neighbours mention to me that we probably bought it for a good price (we were discussing house prices) because the couple who owned it before us were desperate to sell quickly and get away from the house after suffering a cot death there.

I moved in pregnant and obviously could have scared myself silly with fears of history repeating itself, had I known about it at the time. A baby had died there in a cot in my baby's bedroom and not much is sadder than that. But it was a happy house for us, and my baby was fine because really, houses are only bricks and mortar. By all means, get the house cleansed if that would bring you some peace of mind but don't turn down a fantastic opportunity to get a great sounding property.

Sunnyweatherwoman · 01/07/2023 15:44

Do you get a chance to look around it before you have to take it? Try and put the thoughts out of your mind when you go if you can.
If you take it (and it sounds brilliant for you and your son) then can you have a go at welcoming new energy in? I don't know how that stuff works but it might make you feel better.
I found out the last person who lived in our house died not very peacefully in it, after we'd lived here for about a year. I don't get any uneasy feelings at all, in fact the house feels really nice.

Chikoletta · 03/07/2023 19:57

You could always ask a local priest to come and say a blessing. And go round each room with a bundle of burning sage.

shadowchancesassy · 03/07/2023 20:02

I watch too many horror films.. I'd be out of their like a shot 🤦🏻‍♀️

nopainnogain1 · 03/07/2023 20:07

Absolute bollocks. I live in a very happy home where the previous owner fell down the stairs while drunk and cracked his skull open in the tiled floor. He died and wasn't found for two weeks. Also the owner before him died in the garden (although was very elderly).
Bad things happen everywhere. Do you not go outside at all? Someone probably died in the very near vicinity to where you are right now at all times.
Stop with the 'woo' crap. Not only does it signify an intellectual disconnect, it's also making you pretty unhappy right now. Be a grown up!

Missingmyusername · 03/07/2023 20:24

The dead can’t hurt you. Get a priest if you’re that worried, if you believe in ghosts/evil then you must believe in good too.

wormshuffled · 03/07/2023 20:46

Depending on the local authority you may find if you refuse it you will have to accept the next offer whatever the accommodation, or lose your classification on the register.

There are not enough houses to be picky unfortunately. Ignore and make your own memories there.

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