Secret rooms are secret for a reason. Obviously - whats inside is often not meant to be discovered
- just hidden away, hopefully forever. That doesnt always go to plan though - sometimes
people find them, and whats inside isnt always pretty. Maybe the person who created them
thinks they should have stayed secret, maybe the world wishes they had never been found
- either way, my name is Danny Burke and this is the Top 10 Scary Rooms That Should Have
Stayed Secret.
Starting off at number 10 we have The Abortion Clinic. Were starting off with a really intense
one so I hope youre all ready - I have warned you. In 2012 it was reported that workers
on a house in Missouri discovered a secret basement which used to be an illegal abortion
clinic. The workmen found two human fetuses stored in jars. They were protected by ceramic
containers and covered with a cloth beneath an old medical examining table. The owner
didnt seem to surprised as he had heard rumours from his parents that the house was being
used as an illegal abortion clinic back in the 1950s. Police were called to decide on
what to do with the fetuses but said they would not be investigation any further … if
that sounds like a strange discovery we are only just getting started …
Moving on to number 9 we have Joshuas Room. A pair of house hunters in America were seriously
disturbed by what they found in the basement of one house. There were strange lookout holes
in the stairs coming from the basement - when they went down, they found grafiti written
for what seemed to be a little boy called Joshua. The walls were covered with messages
like -Josh, stop reading this and go to bed! Mom- … another read -Joshs Rules - 1) No
watching Isaiah through the hole and 2) no writing or drawing on the walls- … another
said -Don't climb into my room Isaiah- but for me, the most creepy one simply read -Stop
watching me- Who were Joshua and Isaiah? Why were they living in the basement and who was
watching them? People still discuss this story even today …
At number 8 now we have The Gargoyle. In 2014, Imgur user hickinsauce shared their discovery
of a secret room in their house. They said they were walking around the house when they
noticed a window for a room they didnt know existed - it looked like a cellar. Inside,
there was a workbench fastened to the wall. Then, he found a wall panel cut which he peeled
back to reveal a door behind the workbench. Through that door laid a creepy looking room
filled with junk. There was newspapers from the 70s, old playing cards, a strange looking
machine and perhaps creepiest of all, an old Gargoyle, surrounded by broken bits of wood.
Gargoyles are pretty creepy anyway - extra creepy when you find them in a secret room
under your house.
At number 7 now we have The Squatter. This one comes from Imgur user TwoBiteBrownie who
shared pictures of a creepy discovery in his house. He said he and his younger brother
were messing around one day when one of them fell into a bookcase - it moved, revealing
a hidden room behind. They found a black staircase that spiralled downwards - by this point they
were already freaked out. About halfway down they found a crawlspace - to their absolute
horror it looked like someone had been living there. There was a makeshift bed covered in
THEIR Halloween candy. They realised that whoever was living there must have crawled
into their bedroom when they werent there to steal candy from them before retreating
back to their hiding spot behind the bookshelf. At that point, Id either be running out the
front door or just jumping straight out the window …
Moving on to number 6 we have Black Mould. Jason and Kerri Brown were a couple from South
Carolina who were renovating their new home in 2005. They began to remove some bookcases
in one of the bedrooms when they discovered a hidden passageway that led to a hidden room.
Nervously, they walked down the dark corridor and there, in the small room, they found a
mysterious note from the previous owner. It read -You found it! Hello. If youre reading
this, then you found secret room. I owned this house for a short while and it was discovered
to have a serious mold problem - one that actually made my children very sick to the
point we had to move out- … Kerri and Jason were shocked … they eventually made contact
with the previous owner who went into more detail. After some tests they found it was
true - the house had levels of black mold 4 to 5 times higher than the outside - potentially
dangerous for young children. It seems that the house broker may have hid this information
when selling them them the house - perhaps they should be thankful to the stranger and
their slightly creepy note …
Moving on to number 5 we have Bad Stomach. In 2013, some Norwegian students said their
landlord told them there was a secret room somewhere in the house. Thats creepy enough
- but they actually found it and took pictures. One of them said it took them a long time
to discover it and that it was actually found by accident when one of them was in the attic
and stretched out - suddenly the wall moved. Behind it they found a tiny area filled with
items from WW2. There was a mysterious sign that read -If you have a bad stomach, you
do not have access- … there was also an alarm made of a single light bulb, an old
map of Europe and perhaps the most creepy object - a single white doll shoe. It was
a mystery until they visited by some local historians who saw the post. It turns out
the room was used to secretly make newspapers during Nazi occupation in WW2. Although they
tried, the Nazis never found the room. All they needed to do was just stretch and push
the wall!
Next up at number 4 we have The Crawlspace. This one is a small room - very small - only
enough room to crawl. It was discovered in 2014 by Reddit user lmbrjack. He posted the
pictures to Reddit and what he had discovered so far. The crawlspace contained a strange
looking locked door. Through that there was a room where the walls, floor and ceiling
were totally covered in soundproofing boards and a plastic tarp. There were also 4 power
outlets and a small area that looked like a raised single bed. The creepiest was yet
to come though - he found a briefcase - inside was an old jewellry box, envelopes with currency
from all over the world an 4 one ounce silver ingots. There was also a safe containing some
old tapes. He couldnt play them and decided to hand everything over to the police. They
refused to reveal the results of their investigation - sparking debate about what this creepy room
was all about. My guess is spies - what do you guys think?
At number 3 now we have The Stranger. This is another squatter story. In 2013, Brett
Mugglin and Mark Hartman moved into their new off campus house for their senior year
at Ohio State University. After a few days in their new home, they woke one morning and
found every door in their has house been opened - rooms doors, the dishwasher door, the fridge,
dryer, washing machine, oven and microwave - all of them. At first they thought it was
a college prank but one day they heard noises from downstairs. They grabbed a baseball bat
and a knife and went to investigate. When they reached the basement, they found a locked
door no one had a key to - and there were sounds coming from inside. A few days later,
one of there friends who was visited said that he had met their housemate Jeremy in
the basement. Brett and Mark froze and said - we don't have a housemate called Jeremy.
They called the landlord and the police who went straight to the mysterious door. They
prised open the door to find a secret room that a man had been living in the whole time.
There were pictures of him with his friends and family, an unmade bed, books! The room
even included a toilet and bathroom. He had been using a secret side door to sneak in
and out of the house. It turns out the mans cousin had lived in the house the year before
and when they all left, he set up in his secret basement room - I wonder how long he was planning
to stay for …
Next up at number 2 we have The Last Supper. In Hannys restaurant in bar, there is a secret
room you can visit if you know where to look - you may not want to though. Deep in the
basement you can find these dolls on display. At firstly it looks like theyve been randomly
placed but on closer inspection - the dolls seem to be set up to mimic the famous painting
of the last supper - I presume the doll in the middle is meant to be Jesus. Either way,
its a creepy sight to see even if youre expecting it - if you stumbled across it while looking
for the bathroom - well its probably a good job youre already on your way to a toilet.
And finally at number 1 we have Peter Pan. In 2010, two women clearing out an abandoned
basement in an old building LA made a gruesome discovery. They found the bodies of two babies
from the 1930s. Their bodies were wrapped in sheets and hidden in two doctors bags along
with some crumpled 1930s newspapers and other belongings. The trunk had the name J M Barrie
on it - a nurse from Scotland - she had the same initials as James M Barrie - the Scottish
author of Peter Pan. Yes, the Peter Pan. Whats strange though is that there appears to be
no connection between the two of them. A copy of Peter Pan and membership papers for a the
Peter Pan Woodland Club resort. Coroners said there were so signs of trauma on the babies
or that they had aborted. One had reached full term while the other was much smaller
and could have been born prematurely. This mysterious and grizzly case is still ongoing
and many people online have taken it upon themselves to solve the mystery …
Well we opened up those rooms - did you like what we found? If you did enjoy that, Ive
got good news for you - there are a lot of secret rooms in the world. Humans seem to
love making secret rooms. Were kinda weird like that. So, would you like a part 2? Let
me know, I am Danny Burke, thanks as always for watching and Ill see you all in the next
one.