The current owners are apparently ambivalent about living in the 5,252-square-foot home, since it has been on and off the market more than 20 times since 2013, at prices ranging from $699,000 to $1,150,000. Paranormal specialists claimed their equipment was inexplicably tampered with when they came to investigate. The owners made headlines in 2002, when they claimed that a ghostly woman had appeared, a piano had played on its own, candles had fallen from their holders, and that they had detected “hot spots” in the room where Mrs. Their presence can reportedly be felt on the front porch, the grand staircase, and four other rooms.Įxpanded and remodeled over the decades, the house now has four bedrooms, a formal dining room, music room, parlor, library, office, and sleeping porch-all in excellent condition. James Priestley in 1852, who lived there happily with his wife until they died. Spiritual house calls: The Priestley Home is well known in Mississippi for its stately beauty and remarkable renovation, but it also comes with a curiously haunting history. House in Burrillvile, RI, that was the subject of “The Conjuring” It sits on a wooded, 8.5-acre lot, with a couple of wooden outbuildings on the property for storage of tools, lawn paraphernalia, or something more ominous. The three-bedroom, 3,109-square-foot structure is rustic but livable, if you don’t mind sharing it with otherworldly residents-and creepy Raggedy Ann dolls. They’re ready to sell it after only two years they purchased the storied property for $439,000. The current owners don’t live there, but they use it as a short-term rental and for paranormal enthusiast group events. It started with the ghostly presence of one Bathsheba Sherman, and with the real-life, world-famous ghostbusters Ed and Lorraine Warren coming in to investigate.Īpparently, mysterious bright flashes of light, a creepy girl’s voice, looming shadows, as well as unexplained footsteps and knocks, still occur in the 200-year-old house. Site of “The Conjuring”: The story that served as the original inspiration and plot for the successful horror franchise “The Conjuring” began in this very house. Watch: Ghost Hunting with the Paranormal Investigators From ‘Kindred Spirits’ “Haunted” bed-and-breakfast in Newport, RI The lovely furnishings, appliances, dishes, linens, and ghosts that have made it famous are included in the list price. Bookings for the 11 ensuite guest rooms at the Architect’s Inn remain solid.Īside from the spirits, new owners will also enjoy a turnkey property. They’re relatively well-publicized, and they haven’t deterred guests from checking in. There have also been sightings of a lady of the house in Victorian attire, descending the stairs, and of a woman with a baby in a nursery, sitting in an Edwardian chair.Īll paranormal encounters are reported to have been positive thus far. Mason, the original architect of the ornate, 5,838-square-foot house built in 1873, has been seen arriving home from his day at work. You can check in any time you like, but… This classic Victorian bed-and-breakfast is so charming, the original owner is having a hard time leaving it-and he died in 1894.

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