8 infamous homes that no one wants to buy
It is impossible to find those wishing to celebrate a housewarming in these luxurious mansions, full of at first glance the comfort that you can only dream of. And it’s not about the price.
Location: USA, Texas.
Estimated price: $ 2 million.
The huge mansion amazes with the abundance of rooms, where it seems that there is everything that the soul desires. Except for order replaced by real chaos. Mannequins are sitting in almost every corner, creating the illusion of a human society. And from the ceiling, a child is looking at you on a tricycle. Also a mannequin, but made so skillfully that you wonder and start to get scared. The author of this phantasmagoria is an unknown artist, the owner of the mansion, who never once appeared in the eyes of the inhabitants of the local area. Because of his exuberant fantasy, turned into a mystical mess, no one dares to settle in Richmond.
Location: Connectitut, USA.
Approximate price: 300 thousand dollars.
A seemingly unremarkable house is a real headache for realtors. For several years now they have not been able to find a buyer who wants to move in within its walls. The reason lies in the fact that it is the walls that create an atmosphere close to horror in every room. The decor masters, apparently, overdid it in their business and furnished everything here in the spirit of the dark Middle Ages. And the amount of copper in the form of strange, intricate decorative designs simply put pressure on the person who first entered the house. It should be noted that such an environment would be quite useful for shooting movie horror stories.
Location: USA, Port Tousend, Washington.
Price: unknown.
The mansion, built in the century before last, was a real architectural miracle. The octagonal domed tower stood out for its particular beauty. The mansion, we note, was built according to the project of George Starrett, who loved his wife very much. Later, the house rebuilt into a hotel caused a lot of trouble for both the owners and guests. The ghosts of the red-haired beauty Ann and the strict nanny more than once showed themselves to the eyes of the guests, terribly frightening the latter. The mansion is currently up for sale. However, no one willing to buy it has yet been found.
Location: USA, Gardner, Massachusetts.
Price: 329 thousand dollars.
A posh mansion with ten bedrooms, a marble living room and fine furnishings – a tidbit for the buyer. But the dark story of this house, connected with the murder of a call girl and seven other terrible crimes, affects the atmosphere in his rooms. The neighbors, beating themselves in the chest, swore that at night the figure of a boy appeared in the window of the mansion. They also saw a sad woman on several occasions wandering through the huge empty rooms.
Location: USA, Charleston, Statend Island, New York.
Price: $ 2 million.
In the XNUMXth century, a German entrepreneur built two wonderful houses for his sons with the proceeds of brick production. But it so happened that at first the factory burned down, then one of the mansions. Then one of Kreischer’s sons commits suicide. The notoriety of the luxury home continued into the next century. Here one day the housekeeper commits the brutal murder of a certain Robert McKelvey. Of course, such a reputation for the Kreischer mansion scares prospective buyers away.
Location: Great Britain, Oklik, Cheshire.
Price: unknown.
The once beautiful mansion with green lawns, tennis courts and other delights aroused admiration and envy among neighbors. Everything changed on the evening of March 2005, when the wife of the owner of the house, lawyer Christopher Lumsden, announced that she was leaving for another. In a fit of jealousy, he brutally kills her, inflicting several stab wounds. After this incident, the mansion gradually fell into decay. The house with boarded up doors, although located in a picturesque place, has not aroused interest in anyone for 15 years.
Konrad Aiken in his own house.
Location: USA, Savannah, Georgia.
Price: unknown.
The famous American poet and prose writer Konrad Aiken lived there. It is with this house that the tragic memories of his youth are associated, which left a deep mental trauma in his personal life and work. Konrad’s parents often quarreled, but one day everything went too far. The boy heard his father count to three, and then two shots followed. When Konrad ran into the room, he saw a terrible picture: his father and mother were dead. Until his death, the writer could not recover from what had happened. And the mansion, which was once tastefully arranged by the writer’s wealthy parents, was notorious among the inhabitants of Savannah.
Location: USA, Los Feliz, Los Angeles.
Price: unknown.
At first glance, this home with white walls, a red tiled roof and semicircular windows does not really stand out. But for more than half a century, buyers have not even approached him for a cannon shot. The fact is that in 1959, the owner of the house, Dr. Harold Perelson, apparently lost his mind, beat his sleeping wife to death with a hammer. Daughter Judy managed to avoid this terrible fate. Without waiting for the police, Dr. Perelson poisoned himself. And his house still makes people feel horror and fear.