“All houses wherein men have lived and died
Are haunted houses. Through the open doors
The harmless phantoms on their errands glide,
With feet that make no sound upon the floors.”
–Henry W. Longfellow, “Haunted Houses”
Recently deceased alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan and Palm Beach, Florida, homes are on the market for a total of $110 million, about a sixth of the estimated value of the estate the hobnobbing financier left behind after an apparent prison suicide while he was awaiting trial.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jeffrey-epsteins-new-york-palm-beach-homes-to-list-for-110-million-11595509221?mod=hp_major_pos3#cxrecs_s
A real estate agent is quoted in the above article saying Epstein’s notoriety shouldn’t deter buyers because it’s not as though the houses committed any crimes. I don’t know. If I were a buyer, I would want the homes thoroughly fumigated, with the cleaning costs subtracted from the purchase price. Maybe exorcisms for any genii locorum (locational ghosts) would also be in order. If you want a pretty good film meditation on a genius loci, Brad Anderson’s Session 9 is worth a watch.