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Here at Dateline>City of Angels we love to dissect and examine historic ghostlore and other longstanding urban legends. However, it’s not very often that we get to see a real, living example of an oddball tale taking root. Yet here you have it, a Hollywood Hills mansion on its way to being known as “cursed.”
Perched over Runyon Canyon, the 16-room home on Solar Drive has sat forlorn and unoccupied since its building, prompting rumors of the supernatural. Yet as the New York Times article points out, there’s really no basis for the hearsay, other than a few meth-head “Satanists” crashing the place and scrawling devil art on the walls from time to time. Still, passersby somehow feel the need to concoct weird stories as to why a big pink mansion with majestic views can’t seem to hang on to an owner.
Can you say recession? Or maybe even eyesore?
But no…it’s far easier to turn to the paranormal to rationalize the home’s continued vacancy.
Now all we need is for a few strange accidents or an untimely death or two to strike the property over the new few decades. (Something that could pretty much happen anywhere given enough time.) Before you know it, we’ll have future generations musing over yet another great Hollywood ghost story that “everyone swears is true.”
