Top 5 Scary People Caught Living In The Basement
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Have you ever had that creeping feeling that there’s someone watching you?
You’re home alone and there’s /something/ not quite right.
All of a sudden your front door’s wide open, your T.V’s blaring at full volume and your
cat’s climbing up the walls.
Well,
in a time where hide and seek is at it’s most difficult, and home surveillance at it’s
most advanced.
Trying to remain hidden is a task that even Frodo Baggins would struggle with.
Nevertheless, terrifying tales of people living in basements, sometimes undiscovered for years,
are staggeringly common across the internet.
Which is insane, people - lock your doors!
Coming in at Number 5, we have a story that found college students, Brett Mugglin and
Mark Hartman, questioning whether they would even finish their senior year.
In 2013, the pair moved into an absolutely huge student house at Ohio State University.
Things were going great, until one morning when they woke to find every door in every
room - /wide open/.
Bedroom doors, the dishwasher, the dryer, the washing machine - even the microwave.
Talking to their college newspaper, they said, ‘we had been telling everybody the story
of the ghost in our house coming and opening all our cupboards - the microwave and oven,
and all this stuff.
We weren’t really sure how to explain it.’
Things got even weirder when they would start to hear strange noises - like dings and alarms,
late at night.
They thought it was coming from downstairs - so they decided to investigate.
Brett and Mark scoured the house - but didn’t find /anything/… until they reached the
basement - where they discovered a locked door that no one had a key to.
The sounds, they were coming from inside.
The noises and strange occurrences continued for weeks.
Until Brett had a weird encounter.
He was fixing the power downstairs when he came across a man that he’d never seen before.
Without skipping a beat, the man told Brett,
‘I was wondering when I would get to meet the people who live here.’
He introduced himself as Jeremy.
Later that day, when Brett and Mark were hanging out with the house’s downstairs lodgers,
Brett made a comment that he had met their roommate Jeremy recently.
To which they replied, ‘we don’t *have* a roommate named Jeremy.’
In fact, no one had ever even heard of a man named Jeremy.
So of course, they called the landlord - who then called the police.
Who then pried off the mystery basement door - and inside found a livable bedroom, with
photos, a T.V, and a wardrobe full of clothes.
There were even family pictures on the walls - to which Brett later identified as the man
that he had met.
I told you guys … lock your doors!
Next up at number 4, is something … pretty different.
In August of 2010, amateur antique collector, Gloria Gomez, was keen to explore the basement
of an abandoned Los Angeles apartment building.
She had caught word of three large trunks that had been left behind from the 1930s - and
was eagerly hoping to find some treasure.
Unluckily for Gloria, the first two trunks were empty - but as she broke the lock on
the third, she was astounded by what she had found.
A gleaming crystal bowl, stacks of beautiful books and an incredibly rare copy of “Peter
Pan”.
There were also two leather doctor’s satchels - which Gloria had hoped would be worth a
pretty hefty sum.
Inside *those* bags were small bundles of LA Times newspapers from the 1930s.
But what she found wrapped up in the print made her shrink back in horror.
The bundles contained the mummified remains of two babies.
Initially, not knowing if they were human, she feared that she had disturbed their spirits.
Her friend had asked if they should bury them, but Gloria was adamant that they call the
police.
Police investigators estimated that the babies had passed away up to eight decades ago - but
as to how they had died - or why they were even there, remains a mystery to this day.
Bringing it in at Number 3, we’ve got another golden-oldie, with the bizarre story of Theodore
Edward Coneys.
In September 1941, America was still in the grips of the Great Depression, and Theodore
Edward Coneys had fallen on hard times.
*I just love saying that name*
He had decided to visit his old friend, Philip Peters, in the hope that his fortune would
take a turn for the better.
When he arrived at Philip’s place in Denver, Colorado -- no one was home.
Philip was out to see his wife in the hospital, who was out with a broken hip.
So - ever the opportunist, Theodore let himself in.
Now, Teddy was a pretty small man, and he had managed to slip through a tiny door that
led to a cozy little room inside the house.
Facing a harsh winter, he figured it was probably best just to stay put.
Now, this is where things get a little bit out of hand.
Instead of just coming clean and letting Philip know that he’d snuck in while he was out,
Theodore remained hidden -- and lived in the tiny room for weeks.
Whenever Philip would leave his house, he’d sneak out, help himself to food and use the
bathroom.
This latest until October 17th - an entire month’s worth of hiding and seek.
On that day, Teddy did his usual routine and slipped out of his hiding hole to cook some
lunch -- except Philip hadn’t gone out this time.
He was actually napping and was terrified by the man walking about his house.
Theodore attacked Peters, brutally pistol-whipping the 73-year-old man to death.
Instead of fleeing the scene, Teddy had gotten used to his hiding spot and returned there
after the crime.
Police was called after Philip’s friends hadn’t heard from him in a while and discovered
his body while checking the house.
The investigators were completely perplexed by the crime and left the case cold.
Philip’s wife hired housekeepers shortly after his death, but they all quickly left
- convinced that the house was haunted.
Teddy remained in the house for an insane 11 months until he was caught.
It was only until a stubborn police surveillance officer saw him twitch a curtain - where he
was chased through the house, back to the tiny hole that he had been hiding in.
Now at Number 2 - we’re going back to the basement, in Beijing.
In 2017, a Chinese state report highlighted the existence of an entire underground city
of workers - right underneath a luxury Beijing apartment complex.
Homeowners of the Julong Gardens residence first became suspicious when they’d started
to notice more and more unfamiliar faces in the apartment’s lobby.
After notifying officials, an investigation led to the discovery of a warren of hidden
rooms, starting at the building’s basement.
The underground space had been subdivided into separate worker dorms, kitchens - and
even a smoking room.
Space was incredibly cramped - and a stark contrast to the luxurious Julong Gardens above.
The inhabitants of the warren were migrant workers, who had risked an unsafe living environment
just to earn a wage.
Sadly enough, similar stories have been increasingly common, with Beijing reported having the least
affordable rental housing in the world.
Finally - coming in at Number One…
We have the story of Davis Wahlman, an employee of Seattle’s KOMO news, who heard rustling
in the upper levels of his Washington home.
When he tried the door, he found it locked - which was odd, considering that it was - you
know… - his house.
In the unusual position of knocking on a door in his own home, it took a while before he
heard a voice reply, “Jimmy?
Is that you, Jimmy?”
He heard more rustling, as well as odd noises making their way closer and closer to him.
Before he knew it, the door had swung open, and Davis was confronted by the face of a
strange-dark haired woman.
A complete stranger, in his own home.
Davis asked the woman who the heck she was, and why she was in his house - but the woman
insisted,
‘This is my house.
I live here.
Jimmy said I could live here.’
… what.
While sneakily calling 911, Davis tried to keep the woman distracted until police could
arrive.
Unfortunately, they took almost 20 minutes to get there - and the strange, dark-haired
woman had disappeared.
Davis says he has no idea how the woman had entered his house - nothing was stolen, and
there was very little out of place.
Police are still investigating the case…
And Davis has since changed all of his locks.
Good job, Davis.
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