Could you live in a place like this?

[Vardinhio]

44 Canynge Road - The Bristol flat where Joanna Yeates was killed by Vicent Tabak

10 Rillington Place - home of murderer John Christie who killed 8 women in his flat

23 Cranley Gardens - Murder scene of at least 15 men.

5 College Close - Ian Huntley's house

Anyway, I was reading an article about what had happened to some of these places. Some have been knocked down but others are just continuing as normal properties. Could you do it? Could you really live in a place where such horrible things had happened? I for one could not. I think the Government should have a responsibility to reimburse any affected landlord with a market value for the property and then they should be knocked down as a mark of respect.

[Libertine Dream]

I don't think I could walk down the path that is now where Fred West's house was. Not many things like this get to me but for some reason I just couldn't handle that at all, same with whatever has happened to Huntley's place

[Zingari]

Good question

Me and the missus were just talking about this subject a few weeks ago, as a house has just gone up for sale by auction quite close by that was the scene of a killing /murder .

We said it would probably be bought cheap be a builder/speculator and rented out until it was all forgotten about

[AoWW]

No, I couldn't. I don't generally get creeped out by things but I couldn't feel comfortable in one of those houses knowing what had happened there in the past.

[Vacamion]

Why would you ask this?

Do you believe that evil spirits would lurk there?

People living in large cities in Central/Eastern Europe (Berlin, Krakow and Warsaw spring to mind) dwell in and around where untold horrors took place.

Whilst they remember the dead, it doesn't stop the cities and their buildings from being used.

As for your suggestion that the Govt should purchase places where murders have occurred, I'm not sure I want my tax funding it.

[Guest Bilo]

If it were the same building like the first one you mentioned in Bristol, then no. That would really make me feel uncomfortable, constantly thinking whether I was walking over the spot where the victim died or suffered at the hands of a murderer.

A new house built on the site of something horrific that was massively different would be a bit different though, it wouldn't carry quite the same creep atmosphere.

[Alexikokopops]

Why would you ask this?

Do you believe that evil spirits would lurk there?

People living in large cities in Central/Eastern Europe (Berlin, Krakow and Warsaw spring to mind) dwell in and around where untold horrors took place.

Whilst they remember the dead, it doesn't stop the cities and their buildings from being used.

As for your suggestion that the Govt should purchase places where murders have occurred, I'm not sure I want my tax funding it.

I remember reading an article on the BBC I think about a website that had mapped places where Stalin's purges took place around Moscow. Fascinating stuff.

[Zingari]

I'm sure someone would buy the site of Auschwitz if the price was right and they could fit enough tower blocks on the site to make a killing .

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[Vardinhio]

Why would you ask this?

Do you believe that evil spirits would lurk there?

People living in large cities in Central/Eastern Europe (Berlin, Krakow and Warsaw spring to mind) dwell in and around where untold horrors took place.

Whilst they remember the dead, it doesn't stop the cities and their buildings from being used.

As for your suggestion that the Govt should purchase places where murders have occurred, I'm not sure I want my tax funding it.

Just out of pure interest, I couldn't. I'm currently house hunting in Bristol and ended up finding a place right near where Joanna Yeates was killed, it freaked me out just being near it!

I remember a flat in Notts when I was at Uni that a murder happened in. A german guy became obsessed with a girl he met on an online game called "Advance wars" and he turned up at the girls flat and killed her boyfriend. Then he left her a message telling her he would always be there for her during this hard time...wierd.

[scottthefox]

I'm sure someone would buy the site of Auschwitz if the price was right and they could fit enough tower blocks on the site to make a killing .

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They could probably make more money by doing guided tours around the site and turning parts of it in to a museum. Oh wait, they do.

[ozleicester]

Meh, just a house/flat, people die.

If you living in a 19th century home, there's a more than fair chance someone has died in it.

[OzFox]

I'm sure someone would buy the site of Auschwitz if the price was right and they could fit enough tower blocks on the site to make a killing .

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I did a tour of the place a few years ago. Couldn't help but notice the neat row of surburban homes they've built next to the railway track, within a stones throw of the "Gate of Death". You can see some of them in the background of this picture. Imagine looking at that through your kitchen window every day.

[Raj]

Never.

[Captain...]

Meh, I guess if given a choice between 2 identical properties, one had been the scene of a murder the other hadn't I would probably choose the one that hadn't, but really it doesn't make any difference. I don't think I would by a house if it had been specifically modified for murder, for example I wouldn't buy the Fritzel house with the basement that would be a constant reminder of what happened, but a normal house where someone was murdered, or where a murderer happened to live wouldn't bother me.

[MooseBreath]

A few years ago I was looking for a flat to rent and found a nice one at a really cheap price. Infact three of the four flats in this block were vacant and available for about 50% less than you'd expect to pay. Turned out one of the residents had been murdered in the hallway by a random psycho who broke in and when challenged by the resident slashed him up with a knife. Didn't take long for me to decide not to move in. Just didn't feel right somehow. They were snapped up pretty quickly though, all by immigrant families with young children.

[cambridgefox]

44 Canynge Road - The Bristol flat where Joanna Yeates was killed by Vicent Tabak

10 Rillington Place - home of murderer John Christie who killed 8 women in his flat

23 Cranley Gardens - Murder scene of at least 15 men.

5 College Close - Ian Huntley's house

Anyway, I was reading an article about what had happened to some of these places. Some have been knocked down but others are just continuing as normal properties. Could you do it? Could you really live in a place where such horrible things had happened? I for one could not. I think the Government should have a responsibility to reimburse any affected landlord with a market value for the property and then they should be knocked down as a mark of respect.

As you said some have been knocked down.Ian Cvntleys was one of those.Im not far from that one I'm afraid,anyway it might interest you but when it was knocked down the contractors had to sign an agreement that nothing could be taken to be sold ( there are nutters out there who would buy it) Even the bricks were crushed to powder.I also believe most of the internal structure was removed during the investigation.It was a caretakers house on the school premises,so those poor kids had to see that bastards house everyday,although huge fences were erected.

[Wycombe Fox]

The murder http://iwcp.co.uk/ne...rder-44580.aspx

The suicide of the suspect http://www.iwcp.co.u...dies-45117.aspx

The house for sale http://www.rightmove...y-24876924.html

The property remains unsold.

[Soar Fox]

As you said some have been knocked down.Ian Cvntleys was one of those.Im not far from that one I'm afraid,anyway it might interest you but when it was knocked down the contractors had to sign an agreement that nothing could be taken to be sold ( there are nutters out there who would buy it) Even the bricks were crushed to powder.I also believe most of the internal structure was removed during the investigation.It was a caretakers house on the school premises,so those poor kids had to see that bastards house everyday,although huge fences were erected.

Did you have any children at the time of Ian Huntley being able to walk the streets?

[Babylon]

If it was the right price I don't think it would bother me too much. Although your mind would probably end up playing tricks on you, and any noise you heard you'd be shitting it.

Think I would draw the line at mass murders and particularly sickening ones like Huntley.

[Soar Fox]

In my old house the previous tenant had hung himself in my bedroom.

[cambridgefox]

Did you have any children at the time of Ian Huntley being able to walk the streets?

only one ,and she was about 3,but I had played cricket against one of the girls dads loads of times and someone I knew was on the same pool team as Cvntly and got pulled in and questioned about the way Cvntly acted in the past.All too close to home.See Kevin Wells out and about from time to time,not as much lately,but always seemed a really nice bloke.

One thing I noticed years ago was that I was in Tescos and it was heaving 5 deep at the tills etc except one till that had Jessica Chapmans mum loading the shopping on the till.no one going behind her and people staring either blatantly or very badly disguised.Now I never ever hope to be in her shoes or can I ever imagine what it must be like but I felt sorry for her even more as it seemed like she was a leper or a circus act,I know everyone struggles to deal with certain situations and I felt uncomfortable myself,but had to start queuing behind her to make things seem a bit normal,although they never will be.Sorry to be all doom and gloom!

[Parafox]

I imagine that properties where a death has occurred would be known locally but there are plenty of low profile murders/deaths that the wider public won't have heard of, so might easily buy a property that has been a site of such an incident.

[AoWW]

Meh, just a house/flat, people die.

If you living in a 19th century home, there's a more than fair chance someone has died in it.

I've lived in properties where I know for a fact people have died. In my mind, though, that's very different it being from natural causes than someone having their life taken by a murderer.

[Guest]

If people don't know then there'd be no problem. If the killings are historically placed then it could be good for business. Recent killings perhaps not.

[ozleicester]

I've lived in properties where I know for a fact people have died. In my mind, though, that's very different it being from natural causes than someone having their life taken by a murderer.

To each their own