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The truth is we all feel more comfortable within the confines of our own house than a hospital or nursing home. With that in mind, any house that is old enough is likely to have had one or more deaths happen in it.
No question. My grandmother died at home, my mother died at home, one of my children in infancy passed away at home. Dozens of people I know died at home. People die every day at home thanks to the services of Hospice. With the boomer wave, many of us will die at home as that is more and more of a lifestyle/death choice. When hospitalized, would one refuse all rooms based on someone having died in them? Americans have such fears and taboos. Other cultures roll with the realities of life.
nope what you are feeling is alright. I would have done the same thing for my family. Feeling scared or concerned abt them. I do not belief in ghosts but do belief that when a person die of sudden dead, he has some sort of feelings, emotions, desires which might left some effect on the house. Its just me, I could be write or wrong, but would rather not move into a house where I know that there was some sort of accident or sudden death. You are right listen to your heart and do what you think right.
I was considering buying one where the owners committed sucide in the house but we decided not to move to the area otherwise I would have had no issues.
The Amityville Horror house was up for sale a while ago, After The Lutzes, the next family had no probelms at all.
No they didn't. But honestly, I am originally from that area and there is a whole lot more (and less) to that story than was depicted in the book and movie.
I think buying a house that someone died in is not the worst thing ever, but you should be comfortable with the fact that it happened in the home. Don't buy if you have to force it.
Dying a natural death in a home is one thing. Once a home, such as mine is over 125 years old, givin the mortality rates back then; that is bound to have happened. Women gave birth at home and frequently one or both did not make it out alive. Influenza, whooping cough, tuberculosis,scarlet fever and just old age - chances are someone did die in my home. And in the one next door, and the one next to that.
However, I draw the line at homes in which there has been a brutal murder, suicide or other catastrophic event.
In certain states, my own included (PA) properties that have indured such events are called "stigmatized" and the event must be reveled to the potential buyer. This, by the way, includes reputed hauntings.
You may believe what you wish, but given the choice of a home where something horrible has happened and the many in which nothing has occurred, I will chose the later.
No they didn't. But honestly, I am originally from that area and there is a whole lot more (and less) to that story than was depicted in the book and movie.
I would never live in that house. Never
Ron DeFeo did a television interview from prison, the man looks demonic.
As for the Lutzes...who in their right mind keeps the same furniture and beds in a home of a murdered family, questionable. I'm not certain I believe it, but makes a better story for a movie. Then again, who in their right mind would live in a home where an entire family was murdered??
No they didn't. But honestly, I am originally from that area and there is a whole lot more (and less) to that story than was depicted in the book and movie.
I would never live in that house. Never
I saw the movie for the scare factor, but I never believed that it was based on reality. Do you think DeFeo just used demonic possession as an excuse for the murders? Was he into that stuff?
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