Homes With Infamous Criminal Connections

Take one look at this cozy, beige home in Long Island, New York, and you'll be hard-pressed to believe that evil was once afoot. This house is located at 108 Ocean Ave., but its former address was listed as 112 Ocean Ave. It was later modified to confuse spectators who wanted to visit the location due to its grisly history. In this unassuming house, Ronald DeFeo Jr. murdered his entire family after hearing voices, as per New York Post. However, the tragic deaths of his two parents and four siblings were just one piece of the Amityville Horror puzzle.

Just one year after the 1974 murders, the house seemed to have a new start when married couple George and Kathy Lutz moved in. They thought they scored the deal of the century when they paid only $80,000 for the 10,900 square foot property, which was an extremely discounted rate (via Biography). But after less than a month living there, strange happenings at home sent them packing. Just a few of their experiences included a green substance seeping out of the walls, the entire family seemingly floating above their beds, a voice heard by a visiting priest urging him to "get out," and a red-eyed monster watching George and his son from afar. But despite the fact the house conjures up scenes straight out of a horror movie, the home continues to be bought by various families. It was last purchased in 2017 for $605,000.

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Take one look at the century-old house far from the suburbs of New Jersey, and it's clear that the French country-style estate has seen some history. And that it has: It's the location of one of the most talked-about historical moments in the Garden State. That moment is the kidnapping and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh's baby son, who was snatched from his bed while his parents were home, according to the Charles Lindbergh House and Museum. It became apparent the child was kidnapped when the family found a ransom note demanding $50,000 and a ladder outside the window.

Unfortunately, Baby Charlie's body was discovered near the same home where he was taken, according to House Crazy Sarah. After two years of investigating, German immigrant Bruno Richard Hauptmann was indicted and later found guilty of the crime, despite his pleas of innocence. Some of the evidence which sent him to the electric chair included a scientist claiming the wooden ladder was made with the same wood used to construct Hauptmann's attic. However, although he was convicted, the case continues to be enshrouded in conspiracy theories, partly due to the home itself. The Lindberghs had just moved to the mansion before the kidnapping, and most people close to the family hadn't even been there yet, let alone know which room Baby Charlie slept in. So how did a stranger know? The world may never know.

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We typically think of serial killers as lurking in the darkness, but even the most depraved people had to grow up somewhere. That includes Jeffrey Dahmer, who murdered 17 men before engaging in necrophilia and cannibalism with their corpses over 13 years, according to Biography. When he was eight years old, the seemingly innocent young boy moved to a three-bedroom home in Akron, Ohio. Like the Clutter family home, before the 2,170 square foot residence's dark notoriety, photos of it were published in the local newspaper due to its distinctiveness and flair (via Velvet Ropes).

Ten years after that young boy moved in, he would commit his first killing in this same home, which featured large windows overlooking the lush backyard. Here, hitchhiker Steven Hicks took his last breath before Dahmer buried him nearby. These days, the house continues to carry Dahmer's shadowy past. The house's owner, musician Chris Butler, has put it on-and-off the market for several years with no takers, reported USA Today. Butler's asking price has ranged from $295,000 in 2014 to $329,000 in 2017, but it still appears to be owned by the '80s songwriter and guitarist. One of the few interested parties was, oddly enough, the nonprofit organization PETA, who planned to open a vegan restaurant here. Those plans fell through, however, due to zoning issues.

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Despite claims of domestic violence, a car chase watched by 95 million people, an unaccounted-for hour, and a nasty divorce, former football running back OJ Simpson was acquitted of the stabbings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron Goldman, according to ABC News. Although most of us will never know the truth of what happened on that 1994 night, the walls of 875 South Bundy Drive in Brentwood, California, certainly do. According to the Los Angeles Times, Brown Simpson's former condo, which now has a new address to deter tourists, is a 3,400-square-foot home that attracted many curious visitors following the murders. But although people were flocking to see the three-story, four-bedroom home due to its sinister significance, no one wanted to buy it.

Not long after Brown Simpson and Goldman were buried, the home hit the market but remained there for three years before finally selling for $200,000 less than the asking price. The new owners did all they could to help themselves and future buyers forget what had happened there, and they did so by changing the address, hiding the front entranceway behind lush greenery, and even moving the walkway where Brown Simpson's body was found on that fateful night. It worked –- the condo sold for $1.7 million a little more than a decade later.

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Little did the builders of 658 N. Skyline Drive know that the same year they would complete the modest, four-bedroom home, its most famous resident would be born. About nine years after serial killer Ted Bundy entered the world, he and his family of six moved into the 1400-square-foot house, reported The News Tribune. While he began his reign of terror long after leaving home, some believe he might have killed an eight-year-old here when he was 14. After Bundy was caught for his crimes, residents and contractors have reported creepy happenings here.

According to a contractor hired to renovate the home, his 11-year-old daughter refused to be left on her own while on-site and began to feel so anxious that she started to cry and had to leave. Another time, the contractor entered the locked home to find that each cabinet drawer and door was oddly opened. And, perhaps strangest of all, the renovation team once saw the words "help me" etched onto a glass window in the basement, which is right where some reports say Bundy's room once was. All of this was before the contractor ever knew about the house's former occupant. However, people continue to live here even as the haunted stories pile up. According to Morbid Tourism, the last owner purchased the property for about $335,000 in 2017.

Al Capone's Florida respite may be something to gawk at, but his two-unit South Prairie Avenue home in Chicago is much more modest. It's the home he lived in before crime began to pay him the big bucks. With nearly 3,000 square feet and in need of renovations, it sold for $226,000 in 2019. Clearly, the unidentified buyer wasn't too deterred by the home's history or its derelict state since they paid more than twice the $109,900 asking price, reported CBS Chicago. Capone paid about $243,000 in today's currency for the home in 1923.

Capone's abode, which he shared with his wife and mother, was built in 1905. Currently, it has a brownstone façade, a kitchen with now-dated red cabinets, wood floors, pastel-colored walls, and, according to USA Today, possible secret tunnels. The tunnel's existence would make sense since Capone lived there when he initially joined ranks with crime boss Johnny Torrio. However, the home, which was rejected as a historic site by both the Commission on Chicago Landmarks and the Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Council, hasn't been owned by the Capone family since the 1950s. Capone himself went to his Florida mansion post-prison, while his mother stayed at this brownstone until she died.

Fans of both the book and film "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" know all about the Mercer-Williams House. It was immortalized in pop culture after author John Berendt used it as the backdrop for his book about the killing of Danny Hansford. According to Ghost City Tours, Hansford was a young man who was supposedly shot by his boss and possible lover Jim Williams. Before it became a museum and reported haunted house, Williams, a preservationist, purchased and restored what's now known as the Mercer-Williams House. During the home's heyday, the entirety of Savannah's elite gathered for grand parties. Williams thought he could keep the good times rolling after he was found not guilty of Hansford's murder, but he died just a few months later of pneumonia complications. Ironically, he died in the exact spot where Hansford was shot in the home. The party was definitely over.

These days, tours are conducted at the museum, owned by Williams' sister (via Mercer Williams House Museum). But don't expect to hear much talk about "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" or the murder that brings many tourists there in the first place. Instead, all you'll hear about is Williams' antique collection and red-bricked abode, which is, at the least, stunning in its own right.