Could You Live There?

Discussion in 'Conversations Between White Women and Black Men' started by Tamstrong, Aug 20, 2013.

  1. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

    Could you move into in a home where someone was murdered or committed suicide; or one that was connected to some other horrible incident, situation, or person/people?

    Is it something you would research before buying or leasing a place, or is it something you'd rather not know about?

    I watched a video on Yahoo News about infamous homes being either demolished or refurbished and sold at a discount. My guess is that the information is not volunteered by the seller/landlord if the incident isn't already common knowledge.

    http://news.yahoo.com/video/whoknew-infamous-homes-demolished-careful-060000614.html


    I couldn't do it; the very idea creeps me out. With my crazy imagination I'd be having nightmares and imagining ghosts being in the house (which could very well be the case for all I know). I'd definitely want to know if someone was killed or committed suicide in a house before I decided to move in. I also wouldn't want to live in a home once occupied by some psychopath.
     
    Tamstrong, Aug 20, 2013
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  2. Gorath

    Gorath Well-Known Member

    It is the duty of the real estate agent to provide the potential home buyer a full disclosure on the home. That especially means the previous owners. It is said that once a home is bought, it is to be blessed. Behind every corner of every room in that home, there are traces of conflict or remnants of a scene of violence. Of course, it is up to the new home owner. The homeowner can make alterations to the home and land, or complete demolition with the permission of the town. O.J. Simpson's home in Brentwood was purchased and then demolished. Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch was also purchased. The house in Long Island, New York where a man killed his family and was the subject of Jay Anson's best selling book The Amityville Horror had been sold but not demolished. The family living there now have no problems since the Lutz family "fled in terror." And the people of Amityville tell would be ghost hunters and curiosity seekers to keep moving. Several miles away from that house was a home that had an incident of paranormal activity. This event occurred in the mid to late 1950's and it was documented. The event and the investigation inspired the film Poltergeist. I, personally do not know. I would like my own home, or land to build my home on. I hope it is not only safe and sound enough to build on, but untouched by any maladiction or evil.
     
    Gorath, Aug 20, 2013
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  3. The Dark King

    The Dark King Well-Known Member

    Think of it this way you worked in or lived in a building at some point where horrible suffering occurred and you're ok right?
    I do think ghosts exist I just don't think they can interact with us in a way that would physically harm us.
     
    The Dark King, Aug 20, 2013
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  4. Gorath

    Gorath Well-Known Member

    There had been only one documented case in which a death was cause by paranormal activity. It occurred in Tennessee and it occurred in a house belonging to the Bell family. There was a movie that was out about it called An American Haunting. It starred Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spaceck. Hawaii has had many cases of ghosts that smother people while they sleep. It is often debated that these ghosts do that because of something the victim is doing or could be seen as a premonition of sorts. I've had a physical encounter one time. I felt someone slap my back while I slept. It was not me because my hands were together and I always had my door locked. I was completely alone. It only happened that one time.
     
    Gorath, Aug 20, 2013
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  5. Tamstrong

    Tamstrong Administrator Staff Member

    Some homes aren't sold through realtors, but via owner finance, so that kind of information may not be something they're willing to share with potential buyers. When I bought my house, it never occurred to me to ask about any suicides, murders, or any other criminal activity. Most of my questions were more about the house and not the people who'd lived there. I do know that my house belonged to only one family who built the house in 1937, and when they passed their son and his family continued living there until they died in 2000.


    It's not the ghost factor that bothers me the most. I just couldn't call a place home if I knew someone was killed there. I don't care what kind of discount there is, I wouldn't want to live in a house where some psycho slaughtered a person/people and buried them under his (or her) house. Like I said, I have a vivid imagination, and I wouldn't be able to keep the violent mental pictures out of my head. I read true crime and horror stories (I also write horror stories), but I damn sure wouldn't want to live in the setting where the violence took place.

    I'd feel the same about a workplace. Like with my old job running convenience stores, I decided that if anything ever happened at any of them...robbery, someone getting attacked or killed by someone (which is why I'd never work at a c-store in the city)...I'd be done with it for good. I also wouldn't want to work in a place that had been shot up or whatever in its past either.
     
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    Tamstrong, Aug 20, 2013
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  6. RaiderLL

    RaiderLL Well-Known Member

    These kinds of things scare the pants off me, yet I'm so intruiged by the stories!

    To answer the question though...no I don't think I could live in a house that had a violent history. Honestly, it's the idea of ghosts that I couldn't handle (I'm freaked out by every little noise at night anyways). I have a hard enough time sleeping alone in my house now...if I found out something had happened here it would make it that much worse.
     
    RaiderLL, Aug 20, 2013
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