Would you move back into this macabre home?

Not unless I believed in haunted house and angry ghosts. But I have yet to see either so I think I’d do the same, if the house was still in good shape.

How about the cementery? There are even more death people there, and their reminders are everywhere. The only difference is that you can’t tell whether they died in a more gruesome way. And maybe it’s something that makes cementery less dreadful to you.

That said, I don’t dismiss your fear. It’s just that I don’t feel the same way.

@Mimishu1995 I totally respect your stance, it’s not fear though, it’s just the thought of it. It would linger. I’m not afraid of ghosts in this instance.

I’m not sensitive about things that happen in a certain location. Once the danger is past and the mess cleaned up, I don’t see a problem.

My parents once bought a house where the previous owner had died of old age. They first asked the three of us teens if we would be OK with it It was a beautiful, old, turn of the century home with a huge yard, discounted price because of the “history”. I once told my Dad I would like to raise my kids in that house. When I was at college, he was offered a very high price to sell it, enough to pay for all three of us to go to college.

It turned out the new owner bought every house on the block and tore them all down. It’s a giant Condo development now.

Would I move back in? No way! It’s not about hauntings or any such things. I often can just “feel” a house and that one would feel really really wrong. Especially since it was my husband that did such things!

I think I would go back to collect important things. I would need a close family member or friend to go with me for support though!

How could you even go back to the house you shared with that psychopath husband and live there? My mind would go off the deep end thinking of all that he had done. The house would be a reminder of the life I thought I had, the husband I thought I had and then…..ugh, just NO.

I really don’t know. Perhaps she’s living there out of defiance. I love my home. I’m happy here. It’s my safe, secure place. Perhaps she refuses to let her ex’s behaviour ruin her love for her home? I don’t know if I could ignore such violence taking place here. Do you talk to her? Does she have friends? The poor woman.

Depends on the feeling it envokes when entering. You won’t have by a security system. No trick or treaters. You could probanly leave the doors unlocked while you mow the yard. ( gypsies were around here robbing people and playing dementia runaway if caught.) You will Never get TP’d. Go talk to her. She probably feels pretty excluded. If she has been financially drained- legal, divorce, cleanup, etc., she may have had no choice. Perhaps she loved it and worked hard on making it her home. Ghosts? Have it cleansed if that works, or invite the clergy, whatever. She didn’t commit the crime. She may feel stuck and lonely. If she’s got a great sense of humor- what fun there is to be had on others! ( I would have some fun like at Boo Radley’s house. Kids run up to touch the door on a dare…gotcha! )

For me & i’m completely serious here, it’s like stepping into a public swimming pool when you see a gross, obese, sweaty fuck splashing about. I get the all over squirmy shakes & would not set foot in there, same goes for this gruesome house

No. For me, it’s about memories, the images that were created during the event. Those memories of the horror that took place in my own home would haunt me. I would want to get as far away from that house as possible.

I pity the woman who lives there. To have your spouse, a person you lived intimately with, do such a crazy thing inside the family sanctuary must be a horror to her. For many people, the house is the biggest investment they ever make and the equity represents the nest egg. She may not be able to sell it for a reasonable price at this time and is stuck with it until the stigma has passed. In other words, she may not be able to afford to sell it without taking a huge loss. My heart goes out to this woman.

I would have difficulties living there if people I know/knew had been involved. If it were strangers, not so much.

@Earthbound_Misfit No, I don’t know her. I do know that she does visit him in prison as she has her hair done before she goes and the hairdresser knows a friend of mine. (Sounds very small townish I know!).
@ucme Agreed, I wouldn’t know what ‘little bits’ were left. Perhaps too, I am a sensitive soul, I would think about it each night I was falling asleep in that room. I personally wouldn’t have my hair done for a rapist, just saying. (I suspect, as I write this, that this has freaked me out more than I realized).
@Espiritus_Corvus Yes totally, probably you have a valid point. Perhaps she is stuck there with this lot and cannot move. How awful. It seems to have been done up a bit, pretty lights put outside etc., but ugh no I’d pass. I also wouldn’t visit him in prison. (However, one doesn’t know ‘till one walks in another’s shoes).

Probably not, for the reasons @Espiritus_Corvus listed. But, as a stranger, I would certainly buy it, even knowing the story, if the price was right.

@Dutchess_III Not me. No way. Like I said, I’m not worried about hauntings. I just wouldn’t be able to get imagined images out of my mind, especially in that bedroom. I don’t mind if someone died in my house. In fact I know at least one did die in mine a long time ago. But something so brutal and horrid is another story.