I haven't even clicked on the link and already I find this to be the most terrifying listing ever. If I somehow walked into that house not having seen the pictures beforehand, I'd run screaming to my car.
July 2, 2009 at 5:52 AM
blake said...
Aaaaah. That is so incredibly creepy. It has to be hard with guests, since a fear of clowns is more common than people (me) expect.
The clown behind the pool table looks kinda like David Bowie. (now i have the song "bowies in space" in my head from flight of the conchords)
July 2, 2009 at 6:12 AM
Anonymous said...
Did you notice the scythe leaning against the wall in the second picture? If you look just below that, there is another "person."
Yes, BUT! If you suddenly find yourself in flames on the couch, there is a convenient fire extinguisher to help you prevent damage to the upholstry. I say buy it!
Way to make it look like the house from Poltergeist, redecorated and updated. What makes it particularly unnerving is that the rest of the decorating looks positively normal. What is the owner doing? Trying to menace teens dating his daughter into behaving themselves?
"It's nice to meet you, Ted. I expect you to be home by eleven sharp." Nodding pleasantly as maniacal clown leers in the background.
And that same "person" that's under the scythe is also in the first picture and he's LOOKING RIGHT AT ME.
July 2, 2009 at 6:44 AM
Anonymous said...
I've never gotten goosebumps from a listing until now. yikes! I'm glad I don't go to bed for another 12 hours, maybe I'll be able to forget about this one.
THat girl doesn't even look like a clown. She looks like some Japanese horror film come to life.
July 2, 2009 at 7:08 AM
Anonymous said...
@Leigh - Although both sets of couches are red, I believe they are two different rooms. Notice the different coffe table. It appears there are three "visitors" in that home. Well, three "visitors" that we can see...wonder who or what else will be there if we tour?
OMG I'm gonna have nightmares about this one! I don't even think I could take that listing! Yes check out that 3rd picture I missed the scythe but saw the head looking up from the floor. The one behind the pool table looks like the girl from the Exorcist.
July 2, 2009 at 8:50 AM
dissimilitude said...
Can't sleep. Clown will eat me.
If it wasn't for the clown infestation....it's a nice enough house! Maybe if the owners would throw in extermination prior to closing.
I don't think those are clowns. I think they are the ghosts of clowns, these clowns. I think the owner murdered them. Anyone who moves into this house is going to need a ghost clown exorcism.
July 2, 2009 at 9:51 AM
knitorpurl said...
What are these people thinking? And why would the realtor not insist on moving those?
That is positively creepy. "Shows better than a model" the listing says. But when was the last time people ran screaming from a model home?
if you check out the picture of the kitchen, you can view the third visitor from a different, much more disturbing, angle.
July 2, 2009 at 10:49 AM
Anonymous said...
That is positively the most horrifying thing I've seen in a long long time. Seriously, they couldn't have thrown a sheet over the clowns? I'd prefer a sheet-ghost to a clown ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.
July 2, 2009 at 10:50 AM
Anonymous said...
I bet the neighbors will be thrilled when that craziness is gone...
And if you look at the first picture, the one taken of the kitchen, you see just a head in the next room, on the floor. And why does there have to be a little mirror on the floor in the bathroom? Why, for the little Zuni voodoo doll that lives there, obviously!
My problem is, it makes absolutely no sense. I can't get my brain around why there are these intensely creepy "things" just hanging out in this house when everything else looks totally normal.
It's totally disturbing. Give me the flying vampire, coffin and noose in the "grunge" house any day. At least it all made sense.
July 2, 2009 at 12:38 PM
dangermike said...
Can't sleep... Clowns will eat me... Can't sleep... Clowns will eat me... Can't sleep... Clowns will eat me... Can't sleep... Clowns will eat me... Can't sleep... Clowns will eat me...
July 2, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Bryan said...
Horrifying. Simply horrifying. Maybe the realtor didn't see "them". Maybe they only show up on film. Either way, I'm making sure all the doors are locked. Right now.
I think you're right, Ash. The creepiness is intensified by the fact that it is otherwise normally decorated. When it's an entire theme, like that condo in Phoenix a while back, it's seems more kitschy and less creepy.
It also makes it even more peculiar that the real estate agent didn't simply move the darned things. It's a short sale, so that means the owner is at least theoretically invested in trying to sell their home, and save their credit.
Hey, you know what would help with that?!? Get rid of the stuff from the House of the Rising Phobia.
July 2, 2009 at 2:29 PM
Anonymous said...
I was all "look, it's a perfectly cute living room. Why's it on here?" and then I saw the clown. That is seriously creepy. WHY would you do that?
Beetlejuice, sitting on a keg of TNT. And WHAT is that silver object to the left of the sofa?? Could it be some kind of canister? Of what... do you suppose?
Really Sarah this listing beats all the others on the top ten freakyness list.... Now I was thinking, there is no real way to tell if they are representations or real people, which is what I find really creepy.
July 2, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Tony Paul said...
PS, I just showed the original posting to a friens via Messenger, and he found the explanaition for the contrast between the, um, "clowns" and the rest of the house. Those people ARE the owners, shown comfortably welcoming us into their wonderfully ordinary pad.
I'd burn this house down before I'd live in it. Looking up clown phobia a few years ago I came across one of the most inadvertently funny things I've ever read. It was the website of CTRN and included their "Trusted, Effective Treatment for Clown Phobia". Unfortunately they've changed the site but I found a blurb of the original here:
wait...those arent like people dressed up right? I assume they are dolls....
this is so bizarre.
n-i-g-h-t-m-a-r-e-s
July 2, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Tim said...
Oooo that is just so creepy. What's even odder is that there is a bicycle in the last pic, when of course we all know that clowns ride unicycles.
July 3, 2009 at 5:38 AM
Anonymous said...
I literally jumped when I hit the second picture. Zombie Clown Girl there is just beyond creepy. I can't bring myself to click on the listing link--I'd like to get to sleep some time this century.
July 3, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Anonymous said...
This blog could exist for 50 years (hope it does! LOVE) and there would be no end to the examples of idiot realtors' photos. Possible explanation btw: the owner tidied up and decorated the house for Halloween, took photos, and because the house was so tidy in those pictures the lazy realtor used those photos instead of cleaning up again and taking new ones. I've seen that before, Winter exteriors or Christmas photos in a listing in July. Just makes me wonder what most of America's homes look like if people can't be bothered to clean the house when they're attempting to earn six figures selling what is for most the biggest investment they've ever made in their lives.
July 4, 2009 at 6:59 AM
Anonymous said...
These are people who took the song "Send in the Clowns" too seriously.
I thought it was a joke. I mean those two clowns look like kids dressed as clowns, especially the girl by the curtain.
Maybe, for some weird reason they thought it would be funny to scare people a little, and have them talk about it. Words get around and it would be like the talk of the town. And like spooky hotels or haunted towns supernatural hunters will always be there and the haunted house/hotel becomes the main attraction.
BTW that 'David Bowie' under the scythe is, IMHO, definitely only a bust and it doesn't look creepy at all.
Those are SERIOUSLY creepy. I mean, I don't know which would be worse: If they were actually dressed up for those photos, or if they were manakins. I think manakins. Anyone who'd want that look permanently in their pool room has some pretty whacked out taste.
Dammit...I am home alone on and just looking at this freaked me out! WTF?! Why wouldn't the realtor remove them?! Are they nuts?! Jeez....I hope my husband comes home soon!
July 18, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Anonymous said...
OMG...I'm not normally afraid of clowns...but this is too freaky!...notice the girl at the window is holding a baby doll too...creepy...can't imagine anyone is bidding on that place...
July 22, 2009 at 5:39 PM
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Sorry about how bleak the sink with the razor was in that listing down there. How about this to cheer you up? Look! Clowns! Jenny found some clowns! Aren't you happy now? Whee?
(If you need me, I'll be hiding under my covers. Let me know when they're gone, please.)
"No no no no no no no"
48 Comments -
I haven't even clicked on the link and already I find this to be the most terrifying listing ever. If I somehow walked into that house not having seen the pictures beforehand, I'd run screaming to my car.
July 2, 2009 at 5:52 AM
Aaaaah. That is so incredibly creepy.
It has to be hard with guests, since a fear of clowns is more common than people (me) expect.
The clown behind the pool table looks kinda like David Bowie.
(now i have the song "bowies in space" in my head from flight of the conchords)
July 2, 2009 at 6:12 AM
Did you notice the scythe leaning against the wall in the second picture? If you look just below that, there is another "person."
July 2, 2009 at 6:16 AM
Yes, BUT! If you suddenly find yourself in flames on the couch, there is a convenient fire extinguisher to help you prevent damage to the upholstry. I say buy it!
July 2, 2009 at 6:21 AM
Way to make it look like the house from Poltergeist, redecorated and updated. What makes it particularly unnerving is that the rest of the decorating looks positively normal. What is the owner doing? Trying to menace teens dating his daughter into behaving themselves?
"It's nice to meet you, Ted. I expect you to be home by eleven sharp." Nodding pleasantly as maniacal clown leers in the background.
July 2, 2009 at 6:43 AM
And that same "person" that's under the scythe is also in the first picture and he's LOOKING RIGHT AT ME.
July 2, 2009 at 6:44 AM
I've never gotten goosebumps from a listing until now. yikes! I'm glad I don't go to bed for another 12 hours, maybe I'll be able to forget about this one.
July 2, 2009 at 6:48 AM
"Mommy, that dead girl is in the billiards room again."
July 2, 2009 at 6:55 AM
THat girl doesn't even look like a clown. She looks like some Japanese horror film come to life.
July 2, 2009 at 7:08 AM
@Leigh - Although both sets of couches are red, I believe they are two different rooms. Notice the different coffe table. It appears there are three "visitors" in that home. Well, three "visitors" that we can see...wonder who or what else will be there if we tour?
July 2, 2009 at 7:11 AM
Talk about unwanted company.
July 2, 2009 at 7:26 AM
Great ..... I'm never gonna sleep again ......
July 2, 2009 at 8:08 AM
OMG I'm gonna have nightmares about this one! I don't even think I could take that listing! Yes check out that 3rd picture I missed the scythe but saw the head looking up from the floor. The one behind the pool table looks like the girl from the Exorcist.
July 2, 2009 at 8:50 AM
Can't sleep. Clown will eat me.
If it wasn't for the clown infestation....it's a nice enough house! Maybe if the owners would throw in extermination prior to closing.
July 2, 2009 at 8:51 AM
I don't think those are clowns. I think they are the ghosts of clowns, these clowns. I think the owner murdered them. Anyone who moves into this house is going to need a ghost clown exorcism.
July 2, 2009 at 9:51 AM
What are these people thinking? And why would the realtor not insist on moving those?
That is positively creepy. "Shows better than a model" the listing says. But when was the last time people ran screaming from a model home?
July 2, 2009 at 10:40 AM
if you check out the picture of the kitchen, you can view the third visitor from a different, much more disturbing, angle.
July 2, 2009 at 10:49 AM
That is positively the most horrifying thing I've seen in a long long time. Seriously, they couldn't have thrown a sheet over the clowns? I'd prefer a sheet-ghost to a clown ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.
July 2, 2009 at 10:50 AM
I bet the neighbors will be thrilled when that craziness is gone...
July 2, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Mommy, I'm scared.
I'll need therapy to get over this listing.
July 2, 2009 at 11:17 AM
AUGH WHAT THE HELL?
July 2, 2009 at 11:21 AM
Ok. That is seriously the creepiest thing I've ever seen. Reminds me of "IT". Ugh. What were these people thinking??
"Hey Honey, how should we decorate these rooms?"
"I know! Let's add some really creepy looking clowns"
"Great idea!"
And WHY is there a bicycle in the house? They have a garage...
Maybe the clowns take it out for a spin at night.
July 2, 2009 at 11:29 AM
Hold my hand, Chair.
I'm afraid.
(It's only a listing. It's only a listing.)
July 2, 2009 at 11:43 AM
And if you look at the first picture, the one taken of the kitchen, you see just a head in the next room, on the floor. And why does there have to be a little mirror on the floor in the bathroom? Why, for the little Zuni voodoo doll that lives there, obviously!
July 2, 2009 at 12:16 PM
Whyyyyyyy??? That seriously creepy!
I want my mummy...
July 2, 2009 at 12:33 PM
My problem is, it makes absolutely no sense. I can't get my brain around why there are these intensely creepy "things" just hanging out in this house when everything else looks totally normal.
It's totally disturbing. Give me the flying vampire, coffin and noose in the "grunge" house any day. At least it all made sense.
July 2, 2009 at 12:38 PM
Can't sleep... Clowns will eat me... Can't sleep... Clowns will eat me... Can't sleep... Clowns will eat me... Can't sleep... Clowns will eat me... Can't sleep... Clowns will eat me...
July 2, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Horrifying. Simply horrifying. Maybe the realtor didn't see "them". Maybe they only show up on film. Either way, I'm making sure all the doors are locked. Right now.
July 2, 2009 at 2:04 PM
I think you're right, Ash. The creepiness is intensified by the fact that it is otherwise normally decorated. When it's an entire theme, like that condo in Phoenix a while back, it's seems more kitschy and less creepy.
It also makes it even more peculiar that the real estate agent didn't simply move the darned things. It's a short sale, so that means the owner is at least theoretically invested in trying to sell their home, and save their credit.
Hey, you know what would help with that?!? Get rid of the stuff from the House of the Rising Phobia.
July 2, 2009 at 2:29 PM
I was all "look, it's a perfectly cute living room. Why's it on here?" and then I saw the clown. That is seriously creepy. WHY would you do that?
July 2, 2009 at 2:34 PM
Hang on! I've been thinking about this all day.
Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!
Beetlejuice, sitting on a keg of TNT. And WHAT is that silver object to the left of the sofa?? Could it be some kind of canister? Of what... do you suppose?
This has got to be a joke.
July 2, 2009 at 2:59 PM
She looks like Pris from "Blade Runner"!
July 2, 2009 at 3:14 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
July 2, 2009 at 3:31 PM
Really Sarah this listing beats all the others on the top ten freakyness list....
Now I was thinking, there is no real way to tell if they are representations or real people, which is what I find really creepy.
July 2, 2009 at 5:34 PM
PS,
I just showed the original posting to a friens via Messenger, and he found the explanaition for the contrast between the, um, "clowns" and the rest of the house.
Those people ARE the owners, shown comfortably welcoming us into their wonderfully ordinary pad.
See?
you can all sleep now.
Nighty Night.
:-)
July 2, 2009 at 5:50 PM
I'd burn this house down before I'd live in it. Looking up clown phobia a few years ago I came across one of the most inadvertently funny things I've ever read. It was the website of CTRN and included their "Trusted, Effective Treatment for Clown Phobia". Unfortunately they've changed the site but I found a blurb of the original here:
http://blograma.blogspot.com/2005/08/trusted-effective-treatment-for-clown_24.html
July 2, 2009 at 9:15 PM
wait...those arent like people dressed up right? I assume they are dolls....
this is so bizarre.
n-i-g-h-t-m-a-r-e-s
July 2, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Oooo that is just so creepy. What's even odder is that there is a bicycle in the last pic, when of course we all know that clowns ride unicycles.
July 3, 2009 at 5:38 AM
I literally jumped when I hit the second picture. Zombie Clown Girl there is just beyond creepy. I can't bring myself to click on the listing link--I'd like to get to sleep some time this century.
July 3, 2009 at 4:32 PM
This blog could exist for 50 years (hope it does! LOVE) and there would be no end to the examples of idiot realtors' photos. Possible explanation btw: the owner tidied up and decorated the house for Halloween, took photos, and because the house was so tidy in those pictures the lazy realtor used those photos instead of cleaning up again and taking new ones. I've seen that before, Winter exteriors or Christmas photos in a listing in July. Just makes me wonder what most of America's homes look like if people can't be bothered to clean the house when they're attempting to earn six figures selling what is for most the biggest investment they've ever made in their lives.
July 4, 2009 at 6:59 AM
These are people who took the song "Send in the Clowns" too seriously.
July 5, 2009 at 5:53 AM
Imagine if the owners had listened to the realtor's advice and put the creepy clowns away... say, oh I don't know, in a closet...
~chuckles at mental image~
July 6, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Say I just noticed something else that is creepy ... are those weapons on the wall near the mirror in the living room?
It's all so bizarre but should appeal nicely to gothics, especially if the oddities are included with the house as a package deal.
July 6, 2009 at 8:42 PM
I thought it was a joke. I mean those two clowns look like kids dressed as clowns, especially the girl by the curtain.
Maybe, for some weird reason they thought it would be funny to scare people a little, and have them talk about it. Words get around and it would be like the talk of the town. And like spooky hotels or haunted towns supernatural hunters will always be there and the haunted house/hotel becomes the main attraction.
BTW that 'David Bowie' under the scythe is, IMHO, definitely only a bust and it doesn't look creepy at all.
July 6, 2009 at 10:35 PM
Those are SERIOUSLY creepy. I mean, I don't know which would be worse: If they were actually dressed up for those photos, or if they were manakins. I think manakins. Anyone who'd want that look permanently in their pool room has some pretty whacked out taste.
July 8, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Mortifying!!
July 16, 2009 at 7:36 AM
Dammit...I am home alone on and just looking at this freaked me out! WTF?! Why wouldn't the realtor remove them?! Are they nuts?! Jeez....I hope my husband comes home soon!
July 18, 2009 at 7:51 PM
OMG...I'm not normally afraid of clowns...but this is too freaky!...notice the girl at the window is holding a baby doll too...creepy...can't imagine anyone is bidding on that place...
July 22, 2009 at 5:39 PM