Another house on the edge of Rock Creek Park (DC), this one with a disturbing history
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I've driven past this house several times a week and seen "for sale" signs (as well as a huge American flag on a pole) and wondered why I hadn't seen it on Redfin, so I finally noted the address and looked it up. I thought: neat location, facing the woods but not in them, possible midcentury blank slate for decorating, would be curious to see inside.
It's not on Redfin for some reason, but Zillow has it: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3001-Chestnut-St-NW-Washington-DC-20015/460152_zpid/? First, I thought, that is some weirdly unironic old-school furniture. A lot of it. I'd expect it in a granny house, but not in a house where there are clearly kids' rooms. It looks like the furniture in friends' houses in deepest suburbia in the '70s. The house last sold in 2005, so the owners brought all that with them in this millennium. The basement is quite something. That must be a serious (read: over-serious) rare book collection in climate-controlled cases, or something? Usually I decry staging, but this is a house I would have staged. Clear it out, paint everything white, move your vacuum-sealed valuables out of there. And take down the crucifixes. And then I looked at PropertyQuest to see who the owner was. https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/district-man-sentenced-46-months-prison-possession-child-pornography There's much more detailed and more triggering stuff out there if you care to google, but I won't link to it. |
Anonymous
| Feeling pretty judgmental ? It’s a house. It has the owners furniture. No one is forcing you to buy granny’s house even if you could afford it. |
Anonymous
| Of course the creep has crosses up all over the house. |
Anonymous
| Haven't driven by in a while but they used to have up all sorts of political signs and anti-abortion messages. |
Anonymous
| I Googled him and now I regret it. Deeply. |
Anonymous
Same. Fair warning to others, the newspaper articles have fairly detailed descriptions of his abuse of minors. Spare yourselves. |
Anonymous
| This is one of those houses that makes me wonder if I could live there knowing what happened there. It's almost more disturbing to contemplate than a murder house. |
Anonymous
And he only received FORTY-SIX MONTHS in jail! Outrageous, he should never be admitted into society again!! |
Anonymous
How did the house commit the crimes? If I liked the house and could afford it than I would buy it. Murder is a different story! |
Anonymous
The abuse was video recorded in the home. And I’m with pp. Its insane that he only got 46 months. Horrifying. |
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Here’s how you know White privilege is real: a pedo gets to keep and sell his $1.2m home.
And of course he was a prominent Republican fundraiser and his wife a Republican political hack. The article describing the abuse is INSANE. How did this pedo monster only get 46 months? Something stinks. |
Anonymous
| I definitely could not live there. |
Anonymous
| The furniture is fine but 7,000 child porn videos filmed in the master bedroom are definitely not |
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I live nearby and its just horrible. Every time I walk or drive by it I get a little nauseous.
I'm sure the prior family that sold them the house is horrified as well. The other problem is that the house was also purchased at the top of the market back in 2005. I believe this is the second time its been up for sale by the same owner. I just wish a nice family would purchase the house so all of us can move on. It really is a nice house - they need to lower the price. |
Anonymous
| The crucifixes all over the house are a nice touch. jfc. |