The 90-year old father of my landlord lives in a prime apartment in my building. It’s a realistic notion, albeit on the crass side, to consider that this sweet suite could become vacant in the imminent future. Knowing full well that grandpa may have very well passed on in this prime, spacious, affordable North End residence, would you still move in?
For the panicky and easily-startled, this is surely a concern especially given this eerie time of year. Halloween is on Friday, after all. According to Curbed Boston, there’s a solution… well, more of a aggregator, with the ability to let you know if someone died in your humble home.
Aptly, and bluntly, called DiedInHouse.com, for a small fee this database will sift through millions of records to discover if someone did, in fact, die in living space. I
f you click the link to Curb posted above, you’ll find two maps: “The top pinpoints properties where people have died; the bottom one is a heatmap of said data.”
If head to DieInHouse.com, though, and want to check your specific address for the likelihood of any hauntings, it’ll cost you a cool $14.99.
Curbed notes further that the site was created by South Caroline landlord Roy Condrey, who was interested in finding out more about the history of his properties.
The site notes that it has the ability to provide the following service, if you’re dying to know:
- Has a death occurred?
- Who died at that house?
- When did the person die?
- What was the cause of death?
- List of Previous Residents
- Vitality Status of Previous Residents
- Additional information about the death
