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‘You will recall,’ the doctor began, ‘the houses described in Leviticus as “leprous,” tsaraas, or Homer’s phrase for the underworld: aidao domos, the house of Hades; I need not remind you, I think, that the concept of certain houses as unclean or forbidden—perhaps sacred—is as old as the mind of man. Certainly there are spots which inevitably attach to themselves an atmosphere of holiness and goodness; it might not then be too fanciful to say that some houses are born bad. Hill House, whatever the cause, has been unfit for human habitation for upwards of twenty years. What it was like before then, whether its personality was moulded by the people who lived here, or the things they did, or whether it was evil from its start are all questions I cannot answer. Naturally I hope that we will all know a good deal more about Hill House before we leave. No one knows, even, why some houses are called haunted.’

-- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

houses featured:

Filoli Estate (Woodside, CA)

4267 Roxbury Street aka the Poltergeist house (Simi Valley, CA)

Empire Cottage (Grass Valley, CA)

Winchester Mystery House (San Jose, CA)