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Could you move into that house?


All those suicides, beautiful young girls killing themselves under the roof you are now raising your family? Just seems like a property with a lot of bad mojo to me. Tear it down!

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I bet there are people who'd pay to have the Lisbon sisters live on their carpeting for awhile.

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Abso-freakn-lutly... yes I would live there!. Value drops when a death occured in a home so it would be much cheaper. Plus I grew up in a home that had several deaths and was extremely 'active' (paranormal).

I record evp so it would be fascinating to live there and see what I can catch. Plus, one MUST BE a vibrational match to 'negative' energies in order to encounter them. Namaste :)

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No. The house would have too much bad energy, too much sadness. There was a sinister thread to what the sisters were going through. Not the classic demonic evil. Just regular everyday overpowering masses of emotions.

Even if it was haunt free, the house would probably be a prime target for the town's weirdos and Lisbon worshippers who would sneak into the basement and conduct seances and stuff. It would also become the dominant topic of every conversation you ever have with anyone in town. "You know five girls died there? This is what happened," "Oh, the folks that live in the Lisbon place," and "my brother dated one of the Lisbon girls." You'd definitely be singled out for living there.

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I have seen ghosts and felt them, I wouldn't move into that creepy house.

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I don't believe in ghosts. Someone has died on nearly every inch of this Earth - why care about a house? Why are "houses haunted", but not the Earth - or the cemeteries? If I liked the house and found that suicides, murder, or just regular death occurred and it caused the price to be dropped - I'd buy it in a heart beat. There's no verifiable evidence whatsoever for paranormal activity in a house. It's all poppycock. Yes, I'd buy a house where there were deaths - just not that one. I didn't like it. They did too good a job at making it appear like a 70's or 80's house. Nice neighbourhood, though. I don't think there was nearly enough to cause 5 girls to commit suicide. A 13 year old wouldn't even know whether she could breathe or not yet. I was a 13 year old girl, and whilst it's a confusing and awkward time, you always look to the future. Suicidal thoughts just don't play into it. There was a message here, but like the OP, I think it was left too vague. It's fine to be ambiguous with stories, but not in the case of a such a serious topic. For that reason, it's the one film by Sofia Coppola that I didn't buy. It almost flirts with the idea and, makes it seem like the thing to do if you have stuffy parents. Well, again - poppycock (sorry, can't use the word I really want to) - adolescent girls are always looking to find a way out from under it, therefore, looking to a future and wondering about their wonderful lives and how they'll be when mom and dad aren't watching. They're not thinking of suicide.

I don't get the message. My parents were stuffier and more violent than these two, and so were many, many other people's, (like the pop tart Madonna) and we're not dead.. and like me, I'd bet Madonna never thought of anything but getting out and away - just like the rest of her siblings. And that's what they did...that's what's normal.

"...I have nipples, Greg. Could you milk me?"

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