dang looked like a nice house too.

Shame it had to go but I can understand the reasoning.

Agreed, TAO.

Would you knowingly purchase a house and live in it if a murder had been committed in it? Or what if past residents had claimed they saw/heard ghosts?

There's a home a few miles from us, apparently still uninhabited, where a spouse offed the family and killed himself. Someone mows the lawn, but I wonder when someone will move in or it'll be torn down.

If a murder was committed in a home, most realtors are obligated by law to disclose that fact to potential buyers.

Ghosts of people who died violently sometimes come back to haunt the place where they met their demise. I wonder if ghosts would still haunt the property if the house where they were killed was destroyed?

The only "ghosts" in that house most likely are the bodies buried in the walls. i.e. whatever the real reason so many people donated money to have the place destroyed.

The house that was owned by John Wayne Gacy, and the site where he buried 31 of his victims, in the crawl space, was torn down and all the soil under it was removed.

The house that was built on the site sticks out like a sore thumb. It's a much newer design than all the other houses in the neighborhood, so it kind of draws you're attention.

What a waste over superstitious nonsense. There are probably few spots on the planet where atrocities have not taken place over the course of human history.
Is every place haunted?

What a waste over superstitious nonsense.
Posted by RastaCyborg

I agree, that money could have been used for a much better cause.

Sad, but for that community a necessary but nonetheless superstitious response to a very tragic event.

I bet the owner of the house was glad. I think it was a nice gesture that the families will draw comfort from every time the see that vacant piece of land. Their neighbors cared enough to donate so that the reminder of so much pain may be removed from their sight. I only wish I had such caring neighbors.

My house was bought new by a young Marine Corps pilot and his wife, their initials are carved into the tree out back. He was killed in Beirut, and she couldn't keep it up, so we bought it. Several years ago I was taking a picture of a butterfly on one of my plants. When I uploaded the shots I saw what I thought was a person standing by my poplar trees, looking towards the back, where the tree with the carved initials is.

Can you see him?

LilBrit

Your photo didn't show up.

What a waster. Dumb.

Mistah Kurtz - he dead.

My Dad committed Suicide in Oregon in His Home by gun. As the Trustee I asked the Realetor if I had to disclose this. She said that in Oregon that doesn't have to be disclosed. I don't know if they ever found out. I live in S.W. Missouri so Inever had to see the Buyers. I told the Agent that if they asked why it was being sold to go ahead and tell them if she wanted too,but she never said anything about after that one conversation.

Would have been cheaper to just firebomb the place.

Chris - sorry, hopefully this will work

Arghhhhhhhhhhh

try again

Would have been cheaper to just firebomb the place.

Yes, but collecting on the insurance would have been a pain.

Brit: your photo looks like an out of focus impressionist painting, and I don't see the figure you mention.

Which isn't to say I don't think this world has it's share of ghosts roaming about.

24 years ago, my wife and I moved into an apartment in Mpls. I awoke one night absolutely frozen in terror to see a group of 5 or 6 of what I would describe as migrant worker Hispanics or Indians at the foot of our bed, silently saring down at me. I was so scared, all I could do was close my eyes, and hope they'd go away. I fell asleep again pretty quickly, as I recall.

The next morning I told my wife of my experience. Her jaw dropped; the previous night, the exact same thing had happened to her, the same exact apparitions standing at the foot of our bed. She didn't tell me what she saw because she thought I tell her she was crazy, so she talked herself into believing she had dreamed it. I know that what I saw I didn't dream. I also know that a group of 5 or 6 migrant workers didn't climb our stairs and unlock our door just to look at us asleep.

Perhaps something happened to them at one time in that apartment, or on that land; something that drew their energies back. This world is a mysterious place, that's for sure.

It was the houses' fault that someone got murdered there. F*****g libs always think an inamanate object can do harm.

Ghosts?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Get some mental help.

Posted by Sniper

What dumbshit you are.

People, the house wasn't torn down for superstitious reasons -- that's just where the thread turned.

The house was torn down because it would be a constant reminder for the families of those affected by the tragedy. Keep in mind this is northern Wisconsin -- people have a tendency to not move out of a town, so there'd be lots of family of those killed looking at that house for a long, long time.

It was an attempt at healing, not an attempt at exorcism.

"Mistah Kurtz - he dead."

Ain't neither!

If they would have applied for a govt grant, they could have put it on wheels, moved it to the inner city and turned it into section 8 housing and eventually it would make an excellent crack house.

I wouldn't want to drive past where a family member was slaughtered good riddance.

What dumbshit you are.

Posted by 726

They blame guns for murder, why not blame the house dumb shit.

I have a couple of true ghost stories. I don't claim to know what it is, but things do happen.

Arghhhhhhhhhhh

try again

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Posted by Litlebritdifrnt at 2008-07-12 07:58 PM

I saw your ghost right away. He looks as though he's wearing brown pants, a long sleeved white shirt, his right arm is slightly behind him, with his back to the photo. Also, he oddly appears to be leaning back on something with his knees slightly bent yet there appears to be nothing underneath him. Are you seeing the same thing as I am?

Don't see it, TWIN. Help me out a bit please.

EEEWWWWWWWWWwwwwwwwww!

Twinpac smokes cigarettes!

OOHRAH

Study it a bit. There's a face, a shroud, and even a halo and wings.

Strangest thing I ever saw.

I'll give you the strange story behind the photo if you interested.

TWINPAC

Took me a minute but then there she was -- large wings, both of which seem to be more to her left side as you look directly at her picture with her her face and body facing to the front. She has long hair (or high collar of some type?)and even a halo. Did you see the same thing?

Got to run to the vitamin store now so will read later.

Twinpac

Hadn't yet seen your post (just above mine) with your own description before I had started writing mine so apparently we see the same thing!

Can't really say I see it even with Chris' comments.

I've been on a couple ghost tours (Charleston and St Augustine) and I think it was Florida were people were freaking out. They were taking photos which had many orbs in them. Apparently orbs are signs of ghosts.

OOHRAH

Look a little to the right side of the photo and you'll see her face. It's not detailed like a regular photograph but it's very clearly a woman's face with a shroud, halo, wings ~ very ghostly looking.

OOHRAH

I just noticed something.

Did you scroll to the top of the picture?

I remember that pic from last year or the year before that had dozens of 'orbs' surrounding a little crippled boy.

Just a quick look at 'The Google' (thanks George) got a lot of hits on pics of orbs.

Yes, I've viewed the whole photo. I think I see it now. The face reminds me of some ghoul from Scooby Doo. Long chin... head covered in a hood (halo?).

The white swirls can look like angel wings.

Are you somehow connected to this photo? Family member's bar/restaurant?

OOHRAH

It was my camera, a Minolta Point N' Shoot, that was left sitting on a table while my friends and I were up at the bar ordering something to eat. I didn't take the picture ~ it just showed up on the film when I had it developed a couple weeks later.

There was no smoke because it was a non-smoking establishment. I have no idea how or why the picture got there. It just did.

I've often wondered why an angel would be in a bar but then, on second thought, what better place should she be?

I am curious about your take on this if you'd like to share it with me.

"I am curious about your take on this if you'd like to share it with me." - TWIN

In what way?

My wife is quite fascinated in ghosts. I'm not. She'd probably consider herself a stronger Christian than I am.

Are they (ghosts) spirits from the past? Are ghosts the work of Satan?

I really have little opinion on ghosts and whether they're good or bad. I do think that Christians ought not get too mixed up in supernatural things... just like moderation in everything.

I do think it's kind of interesting to see Christ in a piece of toast or to look at your photo. Sort of like seeing a cute woman - interesting to see, but nothing I want to get too close to, given the other parts of my life.

"What a waste over superstitious nonsense. There are probably few spots on the planet where atrocities have not taken place over the course of human history."

Posted by RastaCyborg

You obviously don't live town.

You did not know any of the victims, nor were related to any of them.

So you don't give a frak. Says something fundamental about you, methinks.

Take 10 bucks out of petty cash and buy yourself a cup of compassion.

Killed by her Sheriffs deputy ex-boyfriend? To protect and serve.Way to go.