A man committed suicide two months ago in a house my wife and I are about to rent, will it be a problem?

Question

The man was grief stricken after the loss of his own wife. (I don't know how or where he did it in the house and don't really want to, although I suppose eating sleeping pills would be better than something violent) This troubles my wife, understandably, but I think that there is no proof that he will be a ghost at at all or be an angry or malicious ghost AND we really need to find a place to live ASAP, and this is pretty much the best deal we've come across. I also suggested that the ghost might be good natured and helpful. Where we live currently a man was shot to death by his wife (20years ago) and thats not been a problem. I need advice on this matter from people who feel they understand the ghost world (my wife claims there is some rule about 7 years until a ghost can go away). The house is perfect except for this.......what do I do?

Answer 1

best solution: listen to your wife. cause if she finds something suspisious, then she'll be complaining a lot more than she is right now.

Answer 2

You two seem to have a habit of living in places with bad pasts, don't you? jk... well.. sort of.

First off, tell your wife there is no seven-year rule. I'm sorry, but she's absolutely wrong. That's an old wive's tale. Although it may not exactly comfort her, a ghost stays as long as it once until it's ready/capable to move on. (This explains why there are still ghosts haunting old Civil War batttle sights, such as Gettysburg.)
Second, just because someone dies in a certain place does not mean it automatically becomes haunted. Stress the fact that you lived in a residence that a man was shot in, but nothing paranormal ever happened. (My grandfather, for example, passed away in his house and my grandmother & aunt - who lives there now as well - have never had any sort of paranormal activity).
Third, you say the man committed suicide to join his wife in the afterlife. So why would he still be hanging around his old home if she's not there anymore?
Like you said, if there is a ghost, it is most likely benevolent - a majority of ghosts are and mean no harm.
If it will make her feel better, have the house cleansed by a priest or New Age.. specialist (sorry, I'm not sure what the specific term would be), or do it yourself.
If after all this, your wife STILL does not want to move in, don't. You both should feel safe in your house, and if she doesn't, it could create problems neither of you should have to deal with.

Best of luck!

Answer 3

I would go for it. If its a nice place then take it. Even if there may be ghosts there I doubt they will bother you much in a harmful way. Good luck with your new place Im sure everything will be fine. Maybe point out to your wife that you have lived in the last place for a long time and never had any problems. If you were gonna encounter a ghost it would of happened already in the home that had the murder because those types of deaths are the ones that usually have lingering spirits around. So go for it and good luck!

Answer 4

Buying or renting properties where someone was murdered or committed suicide is often a good way to get an affordable price. The reason is that there are many superstitious people who believe in ghosts. Another is that it gives people a "creepy" feeling even if they don't believe in the supernatural.

Someone will buy the house, even if it isn't you. They will never see a ghost, but whoever owns it will probably get a good price. Later, they'll sell the property long after everyone has forgotten that it was a scene of violence years before--and the owner will earn a tidy profit.

Answer 5

If you and your wife respect a particular religious doctrine, most faith traditions provide for some type of simple ceremony like a blessing or an exorcism to deal with precisely this sort of situation. Sharing the information in this question with your pastor or spiritual advisor seems like the thing to do.

One Asian friend of mine suggests going to where the man is buried, if you know where that is, and making a simple verbal declaration that you are moving into such-and-such address. Remember also that since the house is a rental, he was probably renting also and would have known that he held a moral prerogative over the house only as long as he paid up the rent.

Answer 6

In my spare time, one of my serious hobbies (and if I could make a living off of it, it'd be my career) is studying ghosts, what they are, what causes them, what makes them tick and all that. So far, I have not seen any particular patterns in cases like this were the deceased haunts his last known location.

Admittedly, it's always a risk, but even if he did haunt the home, it's not very likely he'd be mean about it. You just might hear him every once in a while. I've been looking for accounts of mean ghosts for years, and all the alleged true stories of ghosts are usually something miniscule, like hearing footsteps are something like that.

Then again, it might not be anything. I would think you're current home would have more of a likelihood of being haunted than this prospective home, but I'm just going off what I know.

Hopefully, it'll all work out perfectly for you guys. Good Luck

Answer 7

I would go ahead and take the house....There's no such thing about a 7 yr rule. Ghost or super natural can not hurt you...and if there is one just tell them to leave that their died, lol...There's a book out about super natural tell your wife to go and pick one up it by Ms.Brown...If ghost were a problem trust me we'd all have some problems...Get your wife on some info to clear her mind but if she still refuses then I guess you'll be looking at another place...Ask her to just try it out and if anything goes wrong that you'll find another place to move in...

Answer 8

I would take the deal.

Certainly this person's karma remains...(that's why the house is a deal). But this was a gentle soul who's heart was broken after his wife passed away.

Not really an impossibly improper response to his life situation. I'm sure he was warmly accepted into Nature's sunlight, and the karmic power of the love these folks shared overcomes this gentleman's final act.

Go for it. Sounds like a wonderful situation.

Answer 9

Get some nice smelly water and some mumbo jumbo and do a little ceremony, if your wife is superstitious you might have to hire an actor or a fakir to carry out the ceremony, burn a few candles and have her offer a prayer for his soul to find peace in a Church. Hopefully that will take care of it. people are always dying in houses and if this was a problem for real we would have no houses for the living. good luck

Answer 10

I am Native American.

Whenever we rent or buy a home, it is customary to smudge the home to release the home of the bad demons or entrapments.

Simply go to an herb store or a new age store, buy a smudge stick and an abalone shell.

Start at the entry and light the stick...let it burn, and go through each room in the home, counter clockwise, bidding the spirits good day, and welcoming good spirits to come visit.

When you get back to the entry, make a point to make an "ushering" motion, saying something like "spirits of darkness, we bid you farewell, may the spirits of light shine whenever they want".

Walk out your front door, and extinguish the stick. Bury it at the front door, or close to it if you can for extra "protection".

Answer 11

There will be no problem. If she is worried about it though, have a priest, pastor, minister etc. come and bless the place. For the most part, ghosts have nothing to do with the living. They go to wait for the final judgement, not hang around.