
All houses have a history. Whether you built it with your bare hands or inherited it through generations, a house tells a story. While most hold stories of love, family and sometimes hardship. Others tell a much more sinister tale. Some believe that houses hold the memories of those who have lived in them. If this is true, the following houses will contain some dark memories indeed.
From serial killers to bloody murder and family tragedies, these infamous horror houses continue to terrify all those brave enough to call them home, sweet home.
Fox Hollow Farm

Herb Baumeister made a small fortune for himself as the owner of a chain of thrift stores. He settled down with his family on his newly purchased 18-acre property in Westfield, Indiana. He named the land Fox Farm. Herb Baumeister was also a certified serial killer. He would pick up men at gay clubs and lure them to his home where he would kill and dismember them. When police searched the estate, they found the remains of 11 men. Herb killed himself as police were closing in, but he was linked to many other unsolved murders. It remains unclear how many lives Herb Baumeister ended. When his wife left Fox Hollow Farm became vacant; tainted by its grisly past. After some time, Rob and Vicki Graves purchased the property and claimed they were plagued by visions of Baumeister’s dismembered victims. One guest who stayed in an apartment on the farm was reportedly visited by Herb himself.
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Conrad Aiken’s Childhood House

As a child, Pulitzer Prize winner Conrad Aiken and his family moved from New England to Savannah, Georgia. His family was wealthy, but they had other problems; Conrad’s father was severely mentally ill. When Conrad was 11, he heard two bangs conclude an argument in his parents’ bedroom. When he went to investigate, he found them both dead. His father had killed Conrad’s mother and then killed himself. The current owner of the house has had paranormal investigators take a look at the property. They have reported floating orbs and strange voices, suggesting that the souls of the killed Aiken parents are still alive in their former home.
Kreischer Mansion

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Lizzie Borden House

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Villisca Axe Murder House

Today the infamous house also enjoys a paranormal reputation for being haunted by its former residents. Children’s voices are often heard in the house, and objects miraculously fly across rooms as if thrown by unseen hands, leading the Villisca Axe Murder House to be named one of the most haunted houses in America.
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