Homes with a Scary History

It’s Halloween and the time of  year when everyone loves a good scare. Whether it’s a death-defying roller coaster ride (I never understood this) or sitting through a spine-tingling horror movie (never understood this, either), we as humans are suckers for hair-raising situations. That’s why stories about JonBenet Ramsey and the home where she was murdered (looks like it’s for sale) give us the creeps, but we keep coming back for more.

A recent article in the Dallas Morning News reported on homes where murders occurred. Do people have a hard time purchasing and living in them? Sometimes, sometimes not. One famous death was the ax murder of Betty Gore on Friday, the 13th, 1980 in Wylie, TX. Talk about creepy. Evidently, Gore’s friend, Candy Montgomery, was having an affair with Betty’s husband, Allan. Accusations flew, tempers rose, an ax appeared, and Betty died from 41 whacks in the home’s laundry room. Lizzie Borden would be proud. (Photo of ax murder re-enactment courtesy truTV)

We have run a few blog posts on creepy deaths and creepy homes that seem to attract lots ‘o clicks once Halloween rolls around. So, without further adieu, here are the posts and some highlights within:

If These Walls Could Talk, Part I

• The house where the Menendez brothers were convicted of killing their parents

If These Walls Could Talk, Part III

• The Scott and Laci Peterson house
• Kurt Cobain’s house

Some more haunted home posts:

• Do you believe in ghosts?
• Loretta Lynn’s Haunted House

And if that’s not enough for you, please visit our collection of Famous Scary Homes.

Happy Halloween!