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Ocelot II

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6. The house I used to own has a little room behind the built-in buffet

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Sat Sep 18, 2021, 11:15 AM

Sep 2021

that you could get to by crawling through one of the lower cupboards. It wasn't very big, but you could stand up and move around. My ex still lives there (in the house, not the secret room), and I've encouraged him to buy a life-sized plastic skeleton, dress it in tattered old clothes, and leave it there when he sells the place (if he ever does).

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English man finds hidden passageways, secret rooms behind bookshelf in family home [View all] left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 OP

Not buying it - this has vampires written all over it. underpants Sep 2021 #1

Definitely vampires!!! CaptainTruth Sep 2021 #27

Thank you. 🧛‍♂️ underpants Sep 2021 #41

definately good looking, sexy vampires .... Trueblue1968 Sep 2021 #66

fyi .... some vampire news Trueblue1968 Sep 2021 #67

I've Had that Dream Many Times-Is it a Common Dream? Stallion Sep 2021 #2

Dreams about your home are usually dreams about your body nuxvomica Sep 2021 #14

I have a recurring dream about an endless attic. forgotmylogin Sep 2021 #15

Hmmm. Time to find a Jungian analyst. Hekate Sep 2021 #20

That one is about your brain. Lochloosa Sep 2021 #21

Could be a metaphor for your life in general. wnylib Sep 2021 #28

A Realtor Would Think of Extra SF and Bedrooms for the Listing Stallion Sep 2021 #43

Hm! Very thought provoking! forgotmylogin Sep 2021 #55

Me too utopian Sep 2021 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2021 #17

What dream? (nt) muriel_volestrangler Sep 2021 #46

I have that dream every now and then. alphafemale Sep 2021 #59

Its unlikely that they were servants' passages and more likely to be SharonClark Sep 2021 #3

yup nt XanaDUer2 Sep 2021 #8

GMTA Hekate Sep 2021 #22

Or for smuggled goods, if it's old enough and close enough to the coast ms liberty Sep 2021 #26

Yep, Priest Holes, especially if these were build around Elizabethan Times. They are all over smirkymonkey Sep 2021 #40

Exactly canetoad Sep 2021 #63

That was my first thought as well. Ilsa Sep 2021 #64

One of my ex's friends had a house.. luvs2sing Sep 2021 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Sep 2021 #18

How big is your home if you don't notice that there must be more rooms? mcar Sep 2021 #5

My friend Will Navidson had this experience. Dr. Strange Sep 2021 #16

House of Leaves! Action_Patrol Sep 2021 #30

:) Dr. Strange Sep 2021 #50

How big is your home that you don't wnylib Sep 2021 #24

Yeah, I saw that. mcar Sep 2021 #29

Unused and forgotten. With that many rooms, wnylib Sep 2021 #36

It's hard to see what's not there underpants Sep 2021 #42

The house I used to own has a little room behind the built-in buffet Ocelot II Sep 2021 #6

How long has your ex lived there? ret5hd Sep 2021 #9

LOL! Ocelot II Sep 2021 #10

Maybe it was for the underground railroad. Sogo Sep 2021 #33

In Minneapolis? And the house dates from 1906, so no. Ocelot II Sep 2021 #34

priest hole nt XanaDUer2 Sep 2021 #7

Cool. tanyev Sep 2021 #11

Upstairs, Downstairs, and REALLY downstairs. Captain Zero Sep 2021 #12

If my home looked like that I'd want a place to hide too! bucolic_frolic Sep 2021 #13

Fascinating! The photo is so visually cluttered I can't see the door in question, tho Hekate Sep 2021 #19

500 years of accumulation will do that. niyad Sep 2021 #25

More, including video, at The Sun muriel_volestrangler Sep 2021 #23

I watched the video. Sogo Sep 2021 #37

Video continues here: muriel_volestrangler Sep 2021 #47

Did he find Narnia? That's really cool. Crunchy Frog Sep 2021 #31

Put the candle back! KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2021 #32

1+ keithbvadu2 Sep 2021 #35

Really interesting.I'd like to see more still photos from today, as the spaces seem to be utility... Hekate Sep 2021 #38

My stepson bought a house in N PA that has hidden rooms and passages. BobTheSubgenius Sep 2021 #44

I grew up in a big 150 y/o house used in the underground railroad, secret rooms in walls in cellar Shanti Shanti Shanti Sep 2021 #45

You saw ghosts? /nt wackadoo wabbit Sep 2021 #60

Non malevolant presences, my sisters said I talked about my campanions all the time Shanti Shanti Shanti Sep 2021 #61

It sounds as if you are definitely a sensitive wackadoo wabbit Sep 2021 #68

Was there a Bat Pole? Roland99 Sep 2021 #48

Did you read the linked article ? left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #49

Never saw Batman as a child? Roland99 Sep 2021 #51

No I never saw Batman as a child left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #52

Ha Roland99 Sep 2021 #58

Wow Catherine Vincent Sep 2021 #53

I would never leave that room! Poiuyt Sep 2021 #54

a letter from 1887 isn't that old if the rooms have been closed off... Grasswire2 Sep 2021 #56

1887 ... left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #57

yes, but the dwelliing is much much older. Grasswire2 Sep 2021 #69

Aren't we supposed to hate the fact that he has such a large family estate? brooklynite Sep 2021 #62

I don't know left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 #65