UPDATE: As promised the newer stories from our vacation rental are on Post# 1090
Inspired by the threading about dealing with being haunted, I wanted to talk about the haunting of my house (and now my second home as well). Short backstory is that I've never really thought much about ghosts and hauntings. I enjoyed the crap out of Ghost hunters when it first came out but over time I felt the show faked most of the things that happened because..well it's TV. I didn't believe or disbelieve in ghosts but my mom was always a firm believer because her mom had an detailed and traumatic experience with one when she was younger. I do know that I was terrified of horror movies as a child (I even slept with my head under the covers, making a small breathing hole, until I was like 12. Also in random conversations about "What would you do if your house was haunted", my answer was a firm, "I'd sell and move immediately. Fuck. That."
Fast forward to buying our current house…
We purchased our current home in 2012 soon after our first son was born. The house was 6 years old and in a neighborhood we'd only dreamed of buying in when it was being developed (million dollar homes, which we ended up buying after the market crashed for a fraction of that). The house we bought was trashed by the previous owners. They didn't take care of it and the amount of filthy and strange things they'd done in the house was overwhelming. My wife loved the house immediately while all I saw was headache and waaaaay too much of my time remodeling plus the costs involved. In the end, she wins because she's my wife and that's the way things work in marriages, at least mine.
Anywho, the previous owners had done some strange things to the house. The master closet had all of the shelves ripped out of it for some reason. There were 2x4's mounted to the ceiling in some rooms which looked like some sort of grid used to hang large objects. The back half of the house had at some point been walled off (back half contains the living room, kitchen, master bedroom, and large playroom). It wasn't walled off professionally..they simply screwed a sheet of plywood over the hallway opening and then screwed a door shut on the other side of the house blocking access. The laundry also room had a kitchen sink and dish washer installed in it. The filth in the house, even being completely empty, was pretty gnarly as well.
Talking to the neighbors, the old owners were odd. They had 3 kids and the mother was convinced all 3 of them had autism but no doctor would agree with her diagnosis. She had taken them to every doctor in Phoenix trying to get the diagnosis she wanted with no luck. Even though they weren't autistic, they were definitely a bit strange.. The direct neighbor (who I'm very close with now) said every morning one of the kids would run up and down the side yard doing a Peter Griffin type laugh..over and over and over and over..every..single..day. It actually makes for a pretty funny story when you imagine a doppler effect of Peter's laugh as he ran up and down the side yard (dog run), which happened to be right next to the master bedroom of the neighbor. The kids would also stare out of one particular window in the upstairs loft which looked directly into the neighbor's house. They wouldn't say anything, only stare, even when waved at by the neighbors who knew them very well, (daughter's played together all the time). Twice, one of the kids, while staring, smeared feces onto the window when my buddy waved at them. I also found out why everything was torn out of the closet… For about a year, the entire family slept in the master closet, on the floor. No idea why, they just did. Apparently, the whole family slept together and would change the room they slept in from time to time. Still haven't figured out why they walled off the back half of the house however.
To save money I decided to do a lot of the remodel myself and started with the demo. I would go to the house everyday afterwork + weekends and break things..overall pretty fun but that's when I noticed a few small things. The house is very large and being completely empty there would be loud creeks, banks, and odd sounds while I was doing demolition. It definitely unnerved me, however houses settle, move and being so quiet I was more tuned into hearing any noise. Soon after moving in, while still living in the middle of the remodel we started to notice what I now know is a haunting. Some of the things can probably be explained but some things absolutely cannot and the sheer volume of them has us 100% convinced.
(continued next post)
Inspired by the threading about dealing with being haunted, I wanted to talk about the haunting of my house (and now my second home as well). Short backstory is that I've never really thought much about ghosts and hauntings. I enjoyed the crap out of Ghost hunters when it first came out but over time I felt the show faked most of the things that happened because..well it's TV. I didn't believe or disbelieve in ghosts but my mom was always a firm believer because her mom had an detailed and traumatic experience with one when she was younger. I do know that I was terrified of horror movies as a child (I even slept with my head under the covers, making a small breathing hole, until I was like 12. Also in random conversations about "What would you do if your house was haunted", my answer was a firm, "I'd sell and move immediately. Fuck. That."
Fast forward to buying our current house…
We purchased our current home in 2012 soon after our first son was born. The house was 6 years old and in a neighborhood we'd only dreamed of buying in when it was being developed (million dollar homes, which we ended up buying after the market crashed for a fraction of that). The house we bought was trashed by the previous owners. They didn't take care of it and the amount of filthy and strange things they'd done in the house was overwhelming. My wife loved the house immediately while all I saw was headache and waaaaay too much of my time remodeling plus the costs involved. In the end, she wins because she's my wife and that's the way things work in marriages, at least mine.
Anywho, the previous owners had done some strange things to the house. The master closet had all of the shelves ripped out of it for some reason. There were 2x4's mounted to the ceiling in some rooms which looked like some sort of grid used to hang large objects. The back half of the house had at some point been walled off (back half contains the living room, kitchen, master bedroom, and large playroom). It wasn't walled off professionally..they simply screwed a sheet of plywood over the hallway opening and then screwed a door shut on the other side of the house blocking access. The laundry also room had a kitchen sink and dish washer installed in it. The filth in the house, even being completely empty, was pretty gnarly as well.
Talking to the neighbors, the old owners were odd. They had 3 kids and the mother was convinced all 3 of them had autism but no doctor would agree with her diagnosis. She had taken them to every doctor in Phoenix trying to get the diagnosis she wanted with no luck. Even though they weren't autistic, they were definitely a bit strange.. The direct neighbor (who I'm very close with now) said every morning one of the kids would run up and down the side yard doing a Peter Griffin type laugh..over and over and over and over..every..single..day. It actually makes for a pretty funny story when you imagine a doppler effect of Peter's laugh as he ran up and down the side yard (dog run), which happened to be right next to the master bedroom of the neighbor. The kids would also stare out of one particular window in the upstairs loft which looked directly into the neighbor's house. They wouldn't say anything, only stare, even when waved at by the neighbors who knew them very well, (daughter's played together all the time). Twice, one of the kids, while staring, smeared feces onto the window when my buddy waved at them. I also found out why everything was torn out of the closet… For about a year, the entire family slept in the master closet, on the floor. No idea why, they just did. Apparently, the whole family slept together and would change the room they slept in from time to time. Still haven't figured out why they walled off the back half of the house however.
To save money I decided to do a lot of the remodel myself and started with the demo. I would go to the house everyday afterwork + weekends and break things..overall pretty fun but that's when I noticed a few small things. The house is very large and being completely empty there would be loud creeks, banks, and odd sounds while I was doing demolition. It definitely unnerved me, however houses settle, move and being so quiet I was more tuned into hearing any noise. Soon after moving in, while still living in the middle of the remodel we started to notice what I now know is a haunting. Some of the things can probably be explained but some things absolutely cannot and the sheer volume of them has us 100% convinced.
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