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Welcome to Storybound. Presented by Lit Hub Radio and the podglomerate.

I'm your host, Jude Brewer.

Coming up in one minute is a story told by Caitlin Dottie with original composition by Stephanie Strange. If someone is trying to sell a house, do they have to tell the buyer someone died there?

There are some brand new luxury condos being built in my neighborhood in Los Angeles.

They're overpriced and not very attractive, think giant white Tupperware.

But we can be pretty sure that no one has died in them.

Yet.

Pro tip, if you have your heart set on living somewhere that absolutely, positively,

no one has ever died in, buy a new house. Preferably one that you've watched being built.

Because the truth is, if you live in a charming pre-war bungalow or a grand Victorian mansion, it's possible you're

watching TV and eating popcorn where someone breathed their last breath. And nobody has to tell you

about it. The laws differ from place to place on what someone's selling a house is legally required

to tell the buyer.

Generally speaking, if someone died a peaceful death in a home,

meaning it wasn't part of an axe murderer's chopping spree,

the seller doesn't have to tell the buyer.

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