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Could you live in a house where people were murdered?


I'm just curious how many people could move into that house after the murders. Scam or truth aside on the Lutz's story. Could you move into the house after the Defaoe family was killed. Personally, I don't think I could. It would be on my mind every time I'd be at home alone at night. I do live in an apartment building where someone was shot two floors below me a few months ago. And I honestly don't think about it much. But this is different. This was a whole family, children and parents killed in their sleep. It's just too dark for me. Thoughts from others?

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I grew up in a house where two people died:. One was a guy who was crushed under his car while working under it in the driveway. The other owner was a lady who killed herself in the basement. My parents were told this and bought the house anyway, but never told me until we moved out when I was 17.

My whole life I never felt alone in that house. There were cold spots in places that shouldn't have been, weird noises at all hours. Our grandfather clock's pendulum was lifted off of its hook by God knows what. I had a padlock that kept getting undone when only I knew the combo. I'd put things in places, find them moved and put them back, only to find them moved again.

Our dog (named Harry, oddly enough) was terrified of the basement and would never leave my side if we were down there together. Once I saw him staring at something in the air and following it with his head...No idea what that was about.

The best though was when I was sitting at the kitchen table one day talking to a friend and something came up behind me and yanked on one of my loose socks.

My dad used to hear his name being called at odd hours whether mom or I were home or not. Mom never experienced a thing and says we're both nuts.

Not as bad as demonic pigs, but any places consider living in I always ask if anyone died there. I move on if the answer is yes. And none of the weirdness has followed me, thankfully.

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Sure. I killed a bunch of people in my house and I still live here. ;-)

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No problem
That Amityville house is a beauty!
I really love it

That ghost and demon stuff is amusing but its just silly nonsense and besides, people have died lots of times right where we all live

In my area the 'French and Indian war' was fought...i have no doubt that lots of bones are under my lawn
Chief Ninham and his warrior band were slaughtered near my job in The Bronx...

Prime real estate is key...some dummy died no matter where you are

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If it was like this movie, maybe. But if it was like some story people make up without evidence probably not. I am reminded of the original movie Jumanji where the main character is sucked into a board game as a kid and these kids that later live in his house are told by an exterminator that he was murdered by his father. A similar thing could happen where some 13 year old kid is left home alone by his parents in a house in the country.

Just before the parents leave the kid and his parents get into an argument. Then foolishly while they are gone said kid answers a knock at the door and is forcibly kidnapped by some guy. The guy forces him/her into a car and drives off. They end up taking the kid some place where they kill him/her. Nobody sees it and because of the fact the kid had an argument with his parents, a bunch of local people insist the parents did it. Though the parents aren't actually charged with it. It's just a bunch of people making up stories about what actually happened. If it was like that, I probably would research it and probably make up my own mind the murder wasn't done by his parents and that something else happened. But that's just me.

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If the realtor/seller cuts me a nice deal I'd consider it.

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