How to Sell a Haunted House

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 38.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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In 1989, Helen Ackley decided to sell her old Victorian house in Nyack, New York. It didn’t go as planned. The house became the center of a case that’s referred to as “The Ghostbusters ruling.” This episode was originally released in 2020. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. Criminal is going back on tour in February! We’ll be telling brand new stories, live on stage. You can even get meet and greet tickets to come and say hi before the show. Tickets are on sale now at thisiscriminal.com/live. We can’t wait to see you there! Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal, ad-free listening of all of our shows, members-only merch, and more. Learn more and sign up here. Listen back through our archives at youtube.com/criminalpodcast. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:14.0	I was sleeping in the bedroom.
1:20.0	My wife was next to me.
1:22.0	It was dark and I heard Creaking coming up the steps, but it's an old house so I didn't really think anything of it, but then it sounded like the door was opening, but I was facing towards the window, so I didn't really turn over to see what was going on.
1:37.0	And then suddenly felt like something sat on the bed right next to me and the bed actually felt like it pushed down and I felt like someone was leaning against me.
1:49.0	The corner of my eyes through the window I could see a silhouette of a female figure.
1:55.2	But the person really wasn't there, but it felt like it was there.
2:00.0	Then the person, Lord of the Coast, I guess, got up and I could hear the door again creaking and the stairs creaking going down.
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