In the Belgian countryside not far from the Verdun there is a fairy tale castle nestled in a green valley called Chateau Miranda or Chateau de Noisy (Noisy Castle). The castle which looks like something from a Brothers Grimm story but it is abandoned! Yes it is empty and slowly rotting away.
Chateau Miranda was built by Liedekerke-Beaufort family in 1866 after they had fled their previous castle during the French Revolution. Designed by English architect Edward Milner in the Gothic style popular in the 19th century the Chateau Miranda is a rambling building with a huge clock tower that tops off at 183 feet tall. Built has a summer home and occupied by the family until World War II when it was occupied by the Nazis. After the war the chateau was taken over by the National Railway Company of Belgium as a home for children until 1980. Now abandoned and fallen into disrepair the castle sits empty and beckoning adventurous tourists. The city of Celles has offered to take over the property but the family who still owns the Chateau has refused. There is no reason given by the family for retaining the decomposing castle which is located near their current castle.
What could be better than traipsing through a rotting eerie castle? There is rumour that the clock in the clock tower still works. Want to go to Belgium anyone?
Like Charles Dickens' Haversham mansion in "Great Expectations" there is an empty house in the hills of Los Feliz looking down upon the city of Los Angeles. Unoffically known as the Los Feliz Murder Mansion, 2475 Glendower Place is the site of a murder that took place on December 6, 1959. The house at the time was occupied by a Dr. Harold Perelson and his family. On that night Dr. Perelson beat his wife to death with a hammer. In the house were his three children. The eldest Perelson daughter escaped the house and ran to a neighbor's home for help. The younger children awoke but were convinced by their father that it was just a bad dream. Dr. Perelson then commited suicide by drinking a glass of acid.
Standing empty today the house has been unoccupied since the time of the murder. The Perelson family sold the house a year later to Emily and Julian Enriquez who never spent a night in the house. Neighbors reported seeing them bring boxes in and out of the house but never spend time there. The house is fabled to have been left in the state it was the night of the murder. The rumour has it the family christmas tree is still in place but it has never been proved or disproved as no one is allowed in. In 1994 Rudy Enriquez inherited the house from his parents and has follwed in their footsteps by not living there. He has been seen by neighbors feeding cats.
The Los Feliz Mansion still sits behind its walls slowly decomposing still uninhabited surrounded by multi-million dollar mansions and celebrites. Dark and ominous in the LA sunshine the Los Feliz Murder Mansion is a real life Scooby-doo mystery!
