Would you buy a house that a murder associated with it, but not in it?

We can pick em, let me tell ya...

We looked at a home in a very nice area of Cheshire, CT, it is in foreclosure and has been on the market for a year and half. It needs at least 50-75K worth of work-bathrooms need to be gutted, floor replaced, new roof, windows, doors, new kitchen. But for the area it would be worth it.

SOoooo, my realtor does a bit of research for me, and comes to find the owner and the daughter of this house were murdered in a double murder suicide in a different house in Cheshire. This was the house she bought when she divorced her husband that shot her and her daughter with a shotgun in the house they were selling the house they lived in as husband and wife. He didn't want her to have the money from the house they were selling that they both lived in, so when the family went over to clean it up for an open house, he shot them with a shot gun and the two boys escaped to a neighbors.

So no murder in the house we looked at, but the owner was murdered.

Not sure if how i feel about the vibes of that house. This would explain why this house has been on the market for so long and didn't get bought at auction....

Discuss? What would you do?

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I think I would have to be in the house to see if I was comfortable before I made the decision.

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When I first saw Cheshire, I though it was going to be about the Dr. and his family. If it was that house, then I would def, say no.

Cheshire is a great town however I don't know if I could ever get the murder out of my mind. I would feel weird. I know it may sound stupid but I would feel the house is haunted even though they never lived there. I guess it is just the feeling of bad luck.

With that being said, I would probably pass.

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i wouldnt be able to do it... too freaky for me.. but if you are having doubts, then that might be your answer right there ..

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I would in a second if I loved the house- but I'm not really phased by that stuff .......
DH would probably have some reservations about it -

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I don't think I could. I wouldn't stop thinking about it.

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All depends on if you believe in 'that stuff' or not.

sounds like you do.. so if it would bother you to l ive there, then i'd pass on it.

personally, it wouldn't bother me, but thats just me.

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I totally would.
Wish I could buy the Amityville house.

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If its a different house...I don't understand why anyone would have a problem, its not the same house right?

I don't get it.

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Yeah, if I loved the house I totally would!

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I totally would.

Just think, there are people in many houses that meet unfortunate ends that we never even get to hear about.

And I think I'd rather live in the house they had so many hopes for, than a house that a murderer lived in.

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When Joe and I bought our house we fell in love with it right away and with in 10 minutes we put in an offer....Well some co-workers did some research on the house and found out the previous owner died in the house....He was a Minister in his 80's or 90's a and wanted to die at home so he did...in the livingroom I believe of natural causes.....I was so spooked out about this at first, but I also love this house so much that in the end it wasn't as big of a deal as I thought. If the murders had taken place in the house I would pass, but if you LOVE the house and you can get it at a responabile price I say go for it.....I had my FIL, also a minister, say a prayer in our house to ease my fears...

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The only thing that matters is how you feel about it. My neighbor still lives in the house where he grew up - the same house where his mother and uncle killed his father a couple decades ago. His mother is now living in that house with him (she is the sweetest lady). I'm guessing it doesn't bother them. Me? I don't think I'd be able to live there if I was in their situation.

Of course, the house you are looking at is just associated with people who met an unfortunate end and didn't actually occur there. It's all how you feel about it.

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I prob couldn't do it. I bugged out about my house after we bought it I found out the the lil old lady's son that lived with her in the 90's died in twa flight 800! Him and his gf were flight attendants! we found the guys bjs card in the garage so now i can put a face to him...it bothers me from time to time. but i love my house and i am getting over it.

so it depends i guess

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Yay, more CT people! I'm in Farmington.

I don't think I would let that bother me...as long as no one was murdered IN the house, ya know?

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Wouldn't bother me since they didn't die in THAT house. Good luck. Go for it.

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Sorry, but nooooooooo way. Not even if it was free.!!!!!

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I would because it's not the same house. If the murder had happened there, then that would be a different story. Did she ever even live in the house?

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It wouldn't bother me. I am a religious person and whenever we move or purchase a new home - we have a priest come bless it anyway so I wouldn't care what happened before - for me the blessing would take care of all of that.

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If I really loved the house, I'd consider it since they weren't killed in that house. I definitely understand why you're hesitant though.

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Message edited 11/6/2008 2:42:50 PM.