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Tempted to buy a house and move to Chicago....
Saw this listing the other day from a new story... the asking price is really making me want to go check it out....
Historic Mansion Is Shockingly Cheap -- But There's A Big Catch Historic Mansion Is Shockingly Cheap -- But There's A Big Catch The Huffington Post | by Joseph Erbentraut More: Hiram B. Scutt Mansion Joliet Haunted Mansions Video Barb Villa Joliet Scutt Mansion Joliet Joliet Haunted Mansion Haunted House for Sale Scutt Mansion Haunted Joliet Mansion Barb Villa An elegant suburban Chicago mini-mansion has hit the market at an almost shockingly low price. But, of course, there's something of a catch. The Hiram B. Scutt Museum in Joliet, Illinois was built in 1882 and designed by architect James Weese for Scutt, who held a number of early patents for barbed wire. The three-story, 4,960-square-foot red-brick mansion is on the National Register of Historic Places and has been listed at $159,000 after the property was foreclosed on. scutt The Hiram B. Scutt Museum in Joliet. (Anna Aaron) The home has something of a dark history, however, and some say it is haunted. In 2004, a 19-year-old man named Steven Jenkins was fatally shot during a party in the home. A few years later, a John Wilkes Booth impersonator named Seth Magosky bought the home and died suddenly there in 2007, just six months after he began work on turning the mansion into a Victorian museum, Patch's Joseph Hosey reports. Real estate agent Maria C. Cronin told Patch an energy reader she had come to the home said it was not haunted, but paranormal investigators who have flocked to the mansion over the years would likely disagree. One paranormal group claims the spirits of children, as well as the home's two original owners, can be encountered there. scutt 2 Inside a parlor room of the home in 2012, when the mansion was still decked out in a Victorian style. (Anna Aaron) Spiritual observer and psychic reader Edward Shanahan also wrote in 2010 on his Chicago Paranormal and Spiritual blog that the mansion, which also came to be known as "Barb Villa," is very haunted and pointed to compelling videos from multiple paranormal groups as alleged proof. The home's third floor "doll room" has allegedly been a particular hotspot of paranormal activity. scutt doll Inside the mansion's infamous "doll room" in 2012. (Anna Aaron) more dolls Another look inside the "doll room" in 2012. (Anna Aaron)  Whether there's any truth to the haunted rumors, we're thankful all those dolls are out of there today, as evidenced by the listing's photos -- even if we still can't get their creepy little faces out of our heads. CORRECTION: A previous version of this story incorrectly spelled listing agent's first name. 
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I would have to pass because it is in Chicago, the haunted part is laughable. I seem to be the only person who has never seen the ghost in my house, but many others have so that wouldn't phase me a bit. Might sell off the dolls and offset the cost of the place
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The dolls may be gone but the eyes are still watching over the residence.
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Yes, that doll room is creepy. Off to Ebay they go. I would have no problems with a "haunted house" otherwise. But I'd worry about other family members, i.e. kids, they go to school and tell the other kids where they just moved to ...
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That town wouldn't be my first choice to live in. It most likely plays a role in the listing price. The name of the town gets mispronounced in a way that rhymes with toilet.
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I'm curious about the house. Just sent off for some more information about it. I wonder how up to date the elecrical system is... Dang... just while writing this, the listing agent called. The house sold on May 2nd to a cash buyer. That place cold have been cool as hell.
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The heating bill would kill you if the taxes didn't. I lived in Chicago for three years. Trust me... Nice place to visit but you definitely don't want to live there...
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Go for it. I can guarantee it's not haunted. Joliet's a schit hole though.
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You missed the sale? Try this....
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/12/draculas-castle-for-sale_n_5308000.html
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Wow, that place is less than a mile from my house. Might have to do a drive-by on my way home to check it out. BTW, there are lots of houses like that in my neighborhood.
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Too bad it's sold, cause Joliet being a schit-hole or not, I would have considered it for the sheer volume of space.. and the price, unless it were a complete dump. Would have been neat to go all "Munsters" with a place like that. Quote:
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It is not that nice a place to visit.
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