27 People Who Moved Into New Homes And Found Something Super Creepy

They thought they knew where they were moving, but they had no idea.

Moving into a new home is supposed to be an exciting time.

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But sometimes that new home has secrets...secrets that you really, really wish you never learned.

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What kind of secrets, you ask? Well, here are some that new homeowners discovered IRL, and god help them:

1. This person discovered a hidden door in the basement that the previous owner had blocked off with an upended shelf:

Previous owner of new house blocked this hidden basement room off with a shelf (door does not lead outside) from creepy

2. And this person explored their new basement, only to find this...tightly sealed:

Just bought a house. Found this in the basement. Sealed tight. from creepy

3. Of course, basements aren't the only places creepy discoveries can be made — exploring the attic can be every bit as regrettable:

I should never have opened the attic from pics

4. I don't know about you, but if I opened my new attic and found a battered cymbal-banging monkey just sitting there all by itself, I'd be forced to burn the home to the ground:

So I found this monkey in the attic... from creepy

5. This person had an equally unsettling first trip into their new attic:

Had to go to the attic to check for moisture in a house I'm renting. This is the only thing stored there and it sits directly above my bed... from creepy

6. And this person found a disturbing Polaroid photo that asked, "DO YOU SEE HIM?":

Found this in the attic of my vacation home. from creepy

7. This person found out their new home had a bunker below, so they squeezed their phone down through a crack and snapped a photo...which they definitely wished they hadn't:

Found out the house we are living in has a bunker below. I managed to squeeze my phone in one of the cracks of the door to take this creepy picture. from creepy

8. This person discovered a creepy corner of their new place filled with knives of all shapes and sizes:

Just rented a house. It comes with our very own knife room. from creepy

9. This person was checking out a bedroom in their new home when they spotted the faintest of writing on the wall:

So my parents just moved into a new house and found this on the ceiling in one of the bedrooms. I know which room I won't be staying in. from creepy

I'm under the bed.

10. These people discovered something even more sinister written above a bedroom door:

Boyfriend and I move into house and discover this engraved above his bedroom door. "It Never Stops." from creepy

It never stops.

11. And — perhaps most unsettling of all — this person discovered "The End" painted on the top step of their new basement stairs:

Moving into a new house built circa 1940 and we found this painted on the top of the basement stairs from creepy

12. These people discovered a secret room hidden under the stairs that just feels so ominous:

The new house my parents bought has a secret room hidden under the stairs. from mildlyinteresting

13. This person's new home came with telltale signs of the previous owner's end:

My friend just bought a new house and showed me where the ex owner was found. from WTF

14. And this person found this painting behind the washer and dryer in their new home, and it feels like the start of a horror film, doesn't it?

I found this painting tucked away behind the washer/dryer in the laundry room of my new house. from creepy

15. This person went underground and found a locked door leading away from the basement:

This is a locked door at my aunts house. It is underground and points away from the basement... from creepy

16. And this person found an even more foreboding locked door in their basement, and I'd probably pee myself if I came across this, even without the black cat there:

There is a door bolted closed in the basement of the house my friend is renting from creepy

17. This person found a very large and heavy padlocked box that had been left behind for some reason (and I pray they never give in to their curiosity and try to learn why):

Just moved into a new rental, previous tenant left this very big, very heavy, double padlocked box, over 5 years ago. What would be so important to padlock but useless enough to leave in a vacant house? from creepy

18. This person moved into a new place that had this creepy handprint on the basement door:

Just moved in to a new apartment. Found this in the basement. from creepy

19. This person found this creepy-ass doll in a basement, and I'd rather tangle with Annabelle AND Chucky than this thing any day of the week:

Found in basement at an estate sale from creepy

20. This person bought a home to renovate and probably wished they hadn't after discovering this in the basement bathroom:

I’m a contractor. Bought an abandoned/foreclosed home to renovate. This was in the basement bathroom. What. The. Fuck. from WTF

21. This person found an old, weathered, and very creepy Ouija board in their new basement:

I bought an old house and found this ouija board hidden in the basement from creepy

22. These people moved into a new home and found a not-at-all-suspicious locked safe hidden in the floor:

My sis and BIL moved into a new house today, found this safe in the floor and can't open it. Yet. from pics

23. This person cut into the wall of their home and — what? — found a hidden bathroom:

A friend of mine cut a hole in his house because they found a drain pipe on the other side and wanted to know where it went, and there was dead space. This is what they found. With a kleenex box and wall art still there. from WTF

24. And this person found a secret door in their room, and they're probably better off not wondering too hard what it was for:

Found this secret door in my room today. from creepy

25. This person found a recorder and cassettes hidden in a power box that a (suspicious and creepy) previous owner had used to illicitly record his wife's phone conversations:

Today we found all of this stuff in an old power box in my house—it turns out the previous owner tapped the phone line to listen to his wife’s calls. All of the cassettes are filled with phone conversations called from my houses landline ~20 years ago. from WTF

26. This person — oh boy — found an actual tattoo that had been removed from someone's arm a century ago and preserved with cotton in an envelope:

Found this in my friends old house. Actual tattoo removed from man's arm in in 1926, placed on a sheet of cotton and cataloged in an envelope from WTF

27. And this person came across a small hidden room under their house that contained this very disturbing letter that says — among other things — "Human kind has been diverted onto a darker path and you must assist in arresting this regression":

Found a small room under our house containing this letter and some candle. More info in comments! from WTF

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