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    Would you buy a house where a child was allegedly murdered?

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    • Posts: 1,495 Member
      Way I see it is, if you're not planning on *allegedly" murdering a child there, there is no problem with the house. You can't help actions that went before and you have every opportunity to make it a happy place
    • Posts: 255 Member
      Sounds weird but Feng Shui says history often repeats itself in houses. Doesn't mean a child would be killed again but the negative and abusive thoughts and disharmony could exist
    • Posts: 311 Member
      Nope.
    • Posts: 1,438 Member
      I would not buy a house where a child was allegedly murdered. I would have to have it confirmed before even considering a purchase. I would consider a house built on a disturbed ancient native american burial site as a fall back position.
    • Posts: 104 Member
      You are in a tough situation home and financial ways. Sounds like this is not an investment for you - it's shelter for you and your family. If you believe that there may be a spirit, then have someone bless/cleanse the house for you before you move in. If you don't believe in spirits, then the only problem is resale value and accepting that the house has a past.

      Plenty of older homes out there have had tragic deaths occur within their walls, yet folks live full and happy lives in them. Best wishes as you make your next move..
    • Posts: 1,027 Member
      Ummmm I just watched American Horror Story, so my answer is, no way in hell.
    • Posts: 3,646 Member
      Uhhh, yes? It's just a house.

      1650 Salem Massachusetts called. They want their superstition back.
    • Posts: 48 Member
      Logically I would be yeah sure. But as a person who can't handle creepy things, I would blame every creak, every thump, every tap and every sound, including the house settling or a person opening the microwave door, on the ghost of that child. And I don't even believe in ghosts.
    • Posts: 22,505 Member
      Nope. The dead like my family enough as it is.
    • Posts: 217 Member
      The way I look at it. Yeah it sucks and terrible. But terrible things happen everywhere and if we avoided them all we'd end up missing out on some real beauty and happiness in things/places. Avoiding places because of 'bad' is making the 'bad' win. *shrug* Its how you look at it and how you chose to perceive it.

      Then again if I got to buy a house and like the exorcist was there I may have to move lol
    • Posts: 255 Member
      So????? What will you do????????
    • Posts: 18,745 Member
      No i believe in spirits...not my type of place to live.
    • Posts: 216 Member
      I couldn't. As a mother I'm extremely emotional when it comes to things involving children, I couldn't live in a home with such a sad history. However I did buy my home knowing the history of it and that the elderly woman who lived here before us passed away in the bath tub. (non violent, she was 97) I replaced the tub when we remodeled the bathroom and I have no issues.
    • Posts: 11,788 Member
      As long as the coroner has removed the body and the crime scene has been sanitized.
    • Posts: 216 Member
      chrisskellinton wrote: »
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      you might need to see someone about that.

      See someone about what?
    • Posts: 3,661 Member
      depends on how good the deal is
    • Posts: 1,039 Member
      edited October 2014
      You should check the facts first to make sure it's true. If it supposedly happened only a week ago, how is it already up for sale?
    • Posts: 216 Member
      ^She saw that a week ago the guy was in court for it, not that it happened a week ago.
    • Posts: 11,502 Member
      I don't believe in ghosts. My concern would be more about whether cleanup was done properly, since this was so recent and there may still be blood-borne pathogens. You may need to buy a few cases of Lysol to be safe as far as that goes. Otherwise, no problem.
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    • Posts: 2,303 Member
      Sure. I have a really good friend who moved into an apartment after a baby was murdered there. Herself and the landlord did a very thorough space clearing on the entire property and they never had a problem. She even has had a baby of her own there about a year ago, and still no problems.

      I would consider it a blessing that an affordable preferable place opened up for you when you needed it the most!

      I have no issue whatsoever with buying furniture, home goods etc from the family of the deceased, so... that's just me.

      Sage goes a long way, and so does good intentions, communication and calling the witch doctor.
    • Posts: 432 Member
      No, absolutely not. The thought would bother me for the duration of my stay there.
    • Posts: 11,502 Member
      I will also add that there is a house in a nearby town that had a brutal ax murder happen a long time ago (100 years or so), and the murder was never solved. The whole family was killed. Ghost Hunters came out and spent a night there once. The guy who owns it rents it out for the night to anyone that wants to stay there and experience staying in a supposedly haunted house.

      Here's what a lot of people do not know (except those that have lived around here for awhile): Lots of people lived in that house for several decades without any idea of the axe murder or that anything was wrong with the house. When it was up for sale, this guy had done some research and found out about the murders. He saw dollar signs, bought it, and turned it into a revenue stream for himself. It isn't haunted, and prior residents didn't notice anything strange enough to make them try to figure out why they were seeing/hearing strange things.
    • Posts: 1,112 Member
      edited October 2014
      I live in a house where an unsolved murder occured. I am not bothered in the least. I am afraid of the living, certainly not the dead. If people really took the time to investigate their dwellings, they may some interesting history behind it. If it does not bother you, go for it.
    • Posts: 216 Member
      chrisskellinton wrote: »
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      you obsessive personality.

      I don't have an obsessive personality. I just think that it would be sad living somewhere where that happened. The child wasn't sick, it didn't pass away in it's sleep or in a loved ones arms, it was brutally beaten to death. I think it's pretty normal to find something like that sad.
    • Posts: 2,303 Member
      I would add that up until modern times, it wasn't abnormal for generations of families to live together, and for older relatives to die at home.

      The infant mortality rate was huge, and those deliveries also occurred in the home.

      So basically, in the old days, everyone lived in a home where someone died.
    • Posts: 1,184 Member
      edited October 2014
      I'm going to let you in on a little secret:

      Outside the arctic regions, Siberia, northern Canada and - maybe - southern Patagonia, you won't find a single square meter where we humans haven't fought one another, murdered one another, infanticided one another, genocided one another, etc...

      ETA : and northern Scandinavia.
    • Posts: 216 Member
      chrisskellinton wrote: »
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      you spoke about furniture (bathtub) and other things.

      this had nothing to do with the house ......you continue to elaborate on your problems with other things.

      the elder lady still died there........her essence remains right?

      I remodeled the bathroom because I wanted a steam shower, not SOLELY because the woman died there. I still have the bathtub, because I'm having it refinished to use in another bathroom in my house.

      The rest of what you're saying makes no sense, there is no essence. She was old, she died peacefully, end of story. My apologies for thinking it's sad that a child was brutally murdered somewhere.
    • Posts: 1,823 Member
      Slacker16 wrote: »
      I'm going to let you in on a little secret:

      Outside the arctic regions, Siberia, northern Canada and - maybe - southern Patagonia, you won't find a single square meter where we humans haven't fought one another, murdered one another, infanticided one another, genocided one another, etc...

      ETA : and northern Scandinavia.

      Exactly. Superstitions are so silly.

    • Posts: 2,466 Member
      AmigaMaria001 wrote: »
      If the murderer is in jail then sure! But if he is still at large, then NO!

      I don't get the logic behind this answer.
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