What’s Behind the Mirror – The Weird Side of the Internet

What’s Behind the Mirror – The Weird Side of the Internet – by Liam Sweeny.

I remember my parents and I going halves on a two family house. I remember that when I first was shown the house, what I wanted to see was the basement. This is, of course, practical, because if you want to know what it looks like behind the walls, you can get a good idea by looking at what’s beneath the floorboards. But another reason, one that I have to admit is a bit silly, is that I want to see how creepy it is. I have to admit that I doo look for lumpy earth in dirt floor basements, in case there’s a body down there. Because there’s no way I’m affording a house that doesn’t have a hundred and twenty years of history in the basement.

But I read about this guy who bought a house, first time buyer, and he decided to reno the bathroom. Upon pulling the mirror off the wall, he found a cavity filled with five dolls. Doolls. Now I’m picturing those Victorian dolls that have the kids’ real hair, but even crappy dollar store dolls would be creepy as hell in a wall cavity. The mind races as to what reason someone would have for “burying” dolls like that.

First thing is, it was probably a joke. I would definitely do this if my bathroom had a cavity. Hell, I’d throw a plastic skeleton in a crawlspace too, maybe like ten of them, do a John Wayne Gacy thing. I mean it’s not going to affect the closing. Hell, you could charge extra for the story you’re giving them to tell.

Of course, there could be a genuinely creepy reason for them being there. Voodoo, for example. Or maybe they represent all the children who died of cholera and held court in the parlor, back when it was used for the viewings.

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