Thanks for the Bradford Bishop house link. But the murders happened back in 1976, so it must have sold before 2008? Even an estate sale wouldn't have taken over 20 years.

I rented an apartment next to a unit where an unsolved murder occurred. The worst part is that for months after I moved in, when I found out that the murder happened on my floor, I had no idea what unit it was in. But here my unit has just had brand new carpet put in before I moved in. So I was freaked. Especially since I learned from the article that the woman was found shot in her bed. So at night I'd lay in my bed wondering if I was in the exact same spot as she was. I learned later that it was in the unit next to mine. Still freaked me out big time. Especially since the interior of the building looked like an old, fancy hotel with patterned carpet and wallpaper in the halls. Just freaks me out even retelling this. Logically, I know that it should be no big deal, but I just can't help being freaked out.

http://dc.blockshopper.com/property/10-008-00873190/8103_lilly_stone_drive/


this was the link to the property.

The Bradford Bishop house sold as part of an estate auction in 2008 to an LLC for around $535K which is crazy low, then sold to a couple in 2009 for $750K when the original list price was $895K. I assume it was completely updated in the interim. 2009 was a crappy market but that is a steal if you can deal with the history.

Anonymous wrote:Years ago, we went to look at a lovely house in Chevy Chase, just behind Blessed Sacrament church. We found out later thatday (upon talking to a realtor friend) that it was the scene of a horrible murder suicide by a woman who murdered her very young son. I was so spooked just by knowing I was in the house, walking through the dining room where this awful crime occurred. There's no way I could live there. No way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reetika_Vazirani

This sold in 2007
http://dc.blockshopper.com/property/18620018/3619_quesada_street_nw/

Sheinbein can't travel to the U.S. or to any country that cooperates with Interpol as he would be subject to extradition. The U.S. does not recognize his conviction and sentence in Israel and wants his ass in prison here.

On topic: the houses involved in that case were on Birch Tree Lane and Breeze Hill Lane in Silver Spring. They both sold in early 1998 for almost the same way-below-market price, only months after the murder took place. The former, the home of the Sheinbeins, sold again 3 years later; for the latter, the guy who bought it in 1998 still owns it now.

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Anonymous wrote:Googling the address won't necessarily do any good for a lot of homes anyway.
I grew here in Maryland and there was a murder suicide in our neighborhood. The house sat empty for most of my childhood, but now a young family has bought the house and fixed it up. I'm sure they have no idea since most of the people that knew either have died or moved out. Nothing comes up on google, and I'm sure they paid over 700k for the place.
Also what about this place
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Sheinbein
I wonder if the owners know what happened here

Ugh, this was such a disgusting crime, and the fact that his parents helped him flee was particularly awful. What a gross, entitled family.

Shocking and disgusting that Israel would not extradite either.

sounds like people in Israel thought the same thing since they changed the law so it could not happen again. anyway, they will probably have to keep him there after he is release, and having that kind of psycho-garbage walks the streets of Tel Aviv, with his nice family, is a punishment big enough for me.

Anonymous wrote:My issue wouldn't be so much the murder house....it would be the murder neighborhood. I wouldn't want to live anywhere near that neighborhood.

Actually, Woodside Park is a great neighborhood. Seminary Road/Dale Drive are too busy for me, but the neighborhood in general is fabulous.

Anonymous wrote:That house was priced at least $100k below market value, but it seemed like everyone knew the story. Definitely google the address of any house before you buy it, in this case many news articles appear. It's definitely a very unfortunate situation, I wouldn't feel comfortable living in that house for any price.

The seller changed the address of this house before putting it on the market.

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Anonymous wrote:My issue wouldn't be so much the murder house....it would be the murder neighborhood. I wouldn't want to live anywhere near that neighborhood.

Avoid DC then and this is just since 2005.

http://www.burgersub.org/totals/washingtondctotal.htm

yes, because 99% of these murders happened in the streets among young men over stupid beefs with each other... while you can pick on crime in the city for things like robberies and such, I would bet the probability of getting killed in one of these bizarre crimes is just as high in the suburbs...

Whatever gets you through the night.

Years ago, we went to look at a lovely house in Chevy Chase, just behind Blessed Sacrament church. We found out later thatday (upon talking to a realtor friend) that it was the scene of a horrible murder suicide by a woman who murdered her very young son. I was so spooked just by knowing I was in the house, walking through the dining room where this awful crime occurred. There's no way I could live there. No way.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reetika_Vazirani

Anonymous wrote:Cheap flippers. They should have knocked the house down. I would buy a new house, but never the renovated, old house.

Cheap flippers who priced the house too much initially. Over 200K more for a quick reno done in 5 weeks? After a series of price reductions it looks like it is going for less than what they put into it, factoring in realtor's fees and holding costs.

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Anonymous wrote:My issue wouldn't be so much the murder house....it would be the murder neighborhood. I wouldn't want to live anywhere near that neighborhood.

Avoid DC then and this is just since 2005.

http://www.burgersub.org/totals/washingtondctotal.htm

yes, because 99% of these murders happened in the streets among young men over stupid beefs with each other... while you can pick on crime in the city for things like robberies and such, I would bet the probability of getting killed in one of these bizarre crimes is just as high in the suburbs...

Anonymous wrote:My issue wouldn't be so much the murder house....it would be the murder neighborhood. I wouldn't want to live anywhere near that neighborhood.

Avoid DC then and this is just since 2005.

http://www.burgersub.org/totals/washingtondctotal.htm

Another terrible murder house, I suppose it sold eventually. In Carderock.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willam_Bradford_Bishop