Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Swedish Haunted Houses



I live in a small village in the middle of the Skane region of Sweden. This area has many "summer houses" and it's easy to see because many of the really old and charming houses in the village look totally abandon. The photos above and below are taken at one of my favorite forgotten houses right off the main road in town. There has to be at least five bedrooms, a huge yard with a whole separate garage in the back .The word around town is the people that own it have not even come to look at the property for years. There is also a rumor that the house belonged to a family that died while they were on vacation in Thailand during the tsunami in December of 2004 (543 Swedes died). I can't help but wonder what happened, and why they would ever leave a great big old house like this to rot







As fantastic and charming as it is it still looks haunted to me. I don’t know what it is but since I have been living here I have been somehow intrigued by this house .When I pass it at night I always have an urge to go closer and see if there is a light on. During this time of year it looks especially scary with the naked branches, the chill of the autumn air and the still quiet that makes you look behind your back at every slight stir you think you may hear in the bushes. It's like living on a set of the movie Hocus Pocus.

          Happy Halloween Everyone!!!