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My condo that I bought when I was 23 the pervious owner died in the backyard. She had an aneurism and fell down the steps. I found out after I had moved in..... But I was ok with it.

yes, to natural causes, but not murdered. not because of ghosts, just because it's creepy.

Natural yes, violent no. I don't believe much believe in the supernatural but I have a super active imagination and would freak myself out like, all the time.

Nope.

I would probably want to avoid it but would consider if it were of natural causes. Not if it were a murder.

A 100 year old lady died in our bedroom of natural causes. It only bothered me a little bit when we bought the house.

I live in a building that was built as stables back in the 1500s, burned down and was rebuilt in the 1600s, converted to a garage in 1920 with room for staff on the estate to live above, and finally converted into estate storage on the ground floor and two apartments on the top about ten years ago. I am positive there have had to have been at least a few deaths here over the years, not to mention part of our view is the local church and cemetery (with gravestones dating back to the 1600s) which is a stone's throw away.

I have never felt uncomfortable here though, despite occasionally hearing footsteps on the wood floor in our dining room and cabinet doors opening an inch and bouncing shut every couple of months. I feel like if I'm perfectly happy and comfortable here, I probably will be elsewhere no matter the situation... although, maybe if it was the former house of a serial killer who, like, chopped up people in the basement or something, that would be a completely different story!

Probably not. We looked at a house that was an estate, and the owner (original) had died. She lived there for 50-odd years, and nothing had been changed in all that time. Original appliances, original furniture (the family was selling it as well), all of it was from the 50's. It was as if time had stopped, and we got a seriously creeped out feeling. We went to the basement to get away from the realtor, had a hurried convo about how we had to GET OUT OF THERE, and went upstairs to the smell of rotting meat*. It was the last straw. They say houses talk to you. I'm pretty sure the original owner was saying GTFO of my house.

*Nobody cleaned out the fridge before putting it on the market, so when the realtor opened the fridge, she found out about some meat left in there. It smelled like someone had died.

We've been looking at land lots for sale, and just yesterday we found a lot that used to have a trailer on it, but it was blown off by a tornado. I knew the people who lived there...they had been killed by that tornado, by being sucked out of their house.

I just couldn't bring myself to consider it.

But natural causes, I don't think I'd have an issue with. We're hoping to build our own house, anyways. Chances are someone has died on the land at some point in the past.

It would weird me out either way, but I guess if the house was perfect otherwise, I could overlook a death by natural causes. No murders, no suicides.

Some friends of ours got a killer (no pun intended) deal on a house in a neighborhood they never could have afforded otherwise. The catch? The man who lived there before killed his wife in the house... It was being sold as-is, so there was still clean up to do on the carpet and walls. No thank you!!!

Hmm I'm not sure. When we were house hunting we went to look at a house where unfortunately a little boy drowned in the bath tub...in that case, no I couldn't do it. These people are actually still trying to sell their house and the house is in good shape and decently priced.

Yes if it was natural causes. Especially if it was a famous person. Henry David Thoreau died in one of my friend's houses and I always thought that was pretty cool.

Yes of course! In fact, we did. The lady who owned the house before the previous owner not only died in the house but she was born in it too!

I don't believe in ghosts or luck or anything like that.

@rahlyrah: I love your "multiple murders, not so much" policy.

@grizz: Oh my gosh, no!

@grizz: OMG, nooooo! I could never clean that mess!! Eeeeek!

I would prob for natural causes, but no murders/suicides.

I don't believe in ghosts (I don't think), but I definitely have an over active imagination.

For those who say yes to natural and no to murder because of ghosts/poltergeists. Do you not think that natural caused deaths could possibly still haunt a place if they had unfinished business?

No, it would freak me the hell out!

@MrsSCB: that totally makes sense to me! Random acts of violence totally freaks me out!!

I specifically told our realtor not to tell me if someone died in a house we were looking at. I did NOT want to know. My dad's house someone died in(natural causes), he's convinced the guys spirit is still there and it freaks me the eff out when he talks about it. That is why I don't want to know.

I would really have to think about it if I knew someone died in the house if I wanted to buy it or not.