6 MOST CREEPY HOUSE IN WORLD
1. Ackley House in Nyack, New York
This court case, formally known as 169 A.D.2d 254 (N.Y. App. Div. 1991), is covered in nearly every law school class. Yet, many people falsely believe that the New York Supreme Court ruled the 1890 Queen Anne house located at 1 La Veta Place, Nyack, NY was indeed haunted. What the Court did say was, “As a matter of law, the house is haunted.” Actually, the decision of creepy house whether or not the house was haunted was not before the Court. This case was a contract case; however, people enjoy discussing decades later. What is news: The “Ghostbusters House” recently sold.
Helen and George Ackley purchased the stately, though in desperate need of repair, 3-story, 4,628-square-foot home in 1967. During their ownership, Helen boasted about three ghosts who resided with the family. One was a woman in a hoop skirt and the other was a Revolutionary War-era couple called Sir George and Lady Margaret.
(Sir George was dressed in a red coat and thus British.) Helen recounted the hauntings in the Reader’s Digest May 1977 article “Our Haunted House on the Hudson.” The instances were innocuous. Coins and trinkets were left for the children. Gentle shaking of the daughter’s creepy house bed to get her up for school. Full-bodied apparition nodding approvingly of the wall color choice.
Helen took advantage of retelling the tales and included the house on haunted ghost tours. All who resided in the tiny hamlet knew the house to be haunted. The couple who did not know were Jeffrey and Patrice Stambovsky.
Jeffrey and Patrice entered an agreement to purchase the home in 1990. They ponied up $35,200 in escrow funds and started learning about the small town of Nyack. They became concerned when local residents started telling them about the haunted house and creepy house. That was when Jeffrey and Patrice wanted out of the contract and the escrow monies refunded. The Ackleys were unmoved.
The case wound its way up to the highest Court in New York. In the 1991 opinion, the Court found that the Stambovskys could, in fact, get their money back as they were not locals and did not know of the house as being haunted. The Court reasoned that the house was creepy house haunted “as a matter of law” since Helen Ackley endeavored to promote the house as such.
Helen encouraged the label of “haunted” to be placed upon the house. She profited, if not monetarily, but by reputation. The case appeared to upend the widely held view of caveat emptor, or buyer beware. Indeed, Justice Rubin wrote how this case was an exception to strict application because of the facts and Helen’s silence.
Ownership has been steady over the decades since the Court’s decision. After the Stambovskys were able to get out of the contract, Canadian filmmaker Adam Brooks purchased and lived there for more than 20 years. American singer/songwriter Ingrid Michaelson resided there from 2012-2015, only to list the property due to her long-term absence from the large creepy house.
She felt the home “enchanting—but not creepy.” Simply put, she wasn’t there enough to justify the expense. American rapper Matisyahu purchased in 2015 and has been attempting to unload it since 2019.
2. Chop-Chop House in Boise, Idaho
The house at 805 W Linden Street in Boise, Idaho, is hard to miss. Covered in a layer of soot, with windows broken and boarded up and trash strewn about the yard, the 2-story, 2,728 square-foot home looks like an abandoned horror movie set.
The true story, however, is much scarier. Locals refer to it as the Boise Murder House, or even more eyebrow-raising, the Chop-Chop House, which is a glib reference to the gruesome homicide that took place there more than three decades ago creepy house.
According to many who’ve lived in the neighborhood or even rented out a room in the house itself, the basement, in particular, exudes some haunted energy. There have been reports of shadowy figures appearing and disappearing out of nowhere, strange liquid oozing down the walls, and more.
3. Mercer-Williams House in Savannah, Georgia
Located across from one of Savannah, Georgia’s, most famous and pristine squares (Monterey Square in the city’s historic district), the Mercer Williams house dates back to 1860. In the 1970s, famed preservationist and antiques dealer Jim Williams restored the home to its former glory after years of neglect.
This Italianate revival played host to three untimely deaths, including that of 11-year-old Tommy Downs when he fell off the roof in 1969, the 1981 fatal shooting of Danny Hansford by Williams, and Williams himself, when he died in the same room as Hansford less than a year after being acquitted of Hansford’s death in a fourth trial. Much like the rest of the city, the home was supposedly built right on top of unmarked graves. Rumors about the crime and ensuing ghost stories continue to swirl to this day creepy house.
5. Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, Massachusetts
In 1892, Lizzie Borden was the main suspect for the axe murders of her father and stepmother. Borden was tried and acquitted of the murders, and guests who visit Lizzie’s house in Fall River, Massachusetts say she can be heard cackling about it. Others say that you can sometimes hear a maid screaming for help, and that Lizzie’s slaughtered parents stalk the grounds. You can experience the paranormal activity yourself by visiting the Lizzie Borden House, which is now a museum and bed and breakfast.
6. Charleville Mansion In Shimla
Charleville mansion is a lush mansion located in the hills of Shimla. A British man Victor Bayley was appointed as the Assistant Secretary of Railway Board and was posted in Shimla in October 1913. Victor and his wife spent a considerable time looking for a perfect home for them and settled for Charleville mansion owing to its location and the low rent.
But they didn’t know that the house was known to have a poltergeist. In fact before them, an army officer used to live in that mansion. Even though he didn’t believe in ghosts, he wanted to test the authenticity of the mystery surrounding that home. So he decided to lock the room where most of the haunted activities were reported.
7. Vas Villa On St Mark’s Road In Bangalore
A 75 year old lady named Dolce Vaz live in Vas Villa at St. Marks Road, Bangalore and was murdered by unidentified person in 2002. Dolce Vaz was living with her 80 years old sister Vera Vaz in Vas Villa. Dolce Vaz and Vera Vaz was the daughter of E.A. Vaz who was an advocate in Bombay High Court.The investigating officer found no clues and hence concluded that the person came there to steal something.
Dolce Vaz tried her best in stopping that person. Actually the incident had happened at midnight. Vera Vaz was sleeping, she heard her sister screaming. When she reached there Vera Vaz found that her sister Dolce Vaz was seriously injured on her neck,stomach and hands.
She was declared death when she was taken to the hospital. Now the house is empty with no one ready to claim or buy the property nor anyone want to live there. It is said that now the house has become the home of supernatural power. People are claiming to have seen and felt some unusual noise and supernatural things. Most interestingly there are some articles and stuff still there which are lying around in the house but till now no one has gone to steal them.
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