This treasure comes to us courtesy of Jessi from the comments on the previous post.
When you are a football fan but also a vampire.
Additional pictures available on Redfin. I have to say, the dedication to the theme is truly impressive. The backyard is so on point.
The description of the house is equally impressive. Not a word about vampires. Thank you to Elizabeth in the comments for mentioning this awesome interview with the listing agent and to ModR for finding it and sending it to me with the caption of Interview with the Realtor.
It’s just so happen that a certain friend is shopping for houses in Baltimore right now and vampires are dear to her heart as she kept their company since October of 2007. So of course, I sent her the link with the following text.
“Hey, don’t buy that house! I just emailed you a link for a place that’s absolutely perfect for you!”
Her response: “Hahahahaha!”
I don’t think she appreciates my sincere efforts on her behalf.
Wow! What commitment. I don’t know whether to be impressed or worried.
Depends on if you live next door or not>>>>
+1
Ha ha! Your certain friend is just not a football fan. ????
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There’s an interview with the realtor out there, and he is 100% professional hustler. Two car garage! Wide driveway! It’s precious. Meanwhile, I’m 100% enamored with the spiderweb balustrade.
Thank you Elizbeth, that was such a gem! I love his entire “When will you people just let vampires get on the property ladder in peace” vibe.
I’m glad for him that he was able to get the mannequins removed, but that would have been something to see! ????
That cobweb iron work is gorgeous, balustrade, window, garage door all of it.
WOW just wow …ahahahahahahahha
Aesthetically pleasing, the black items aren’t in one’s face glaring however the mix of football with erm vampire/Goth, oh well now, words fail. Dang that’s one tidy looking abode. I mean, no blood smears, no astroturf ????
I personally like the photo of the guillotine in the photo labelled Football Fans
That was in the “vampire” side of the room. I’m sure it was just accidentally included into the football fan picture. ????
Yeah, I saw that photo, too. Interesting, um, artwork.
That last picture…are those mirrors? And a massive TV? And a suspiciously sturdy industrial frame on the footboard? I think these people maybe friends with that house from Pennsylvania from a while back. To each their own.
Real question: if you put a mirror over your bed…are you not afraid the stupid thing will fall on you while you’re asleep (or not asleep)?
Granted, we don’t get that many earthquakes on the East coast but they’re not entirely unheard of. The Washington Monument was closed off for months after one.
LOL, couple of years ago in Baltimore I had just had a knee replacement the day before. My husband went to grab dinner. I felt the bed shake, looked over yup the lamp was swaying. Husband came hurrying back in with his armsful. Told him we had just had an earthquake. His loving response was to raise an eyebrow and as “How many of those pain pills did you take?”
I feel bad for him, he had the house setup so perfectly, with a cemetery, crypt and kinky bedroom, etc.
From the interview with the realtor, apparently there were over 30 mannequins in the basement that he removed to make it more palatable to prospective buyers. But the paintings on the wall were firmly affixed, and removing them would require patching and painting.
He must be heart broken, he’s put so much work into it.
Is that a coffin in the living room next to the recliner (Redfin photos)???
(And awkward viewing angle from the couch, but they have a great view of the COFFIN!)
I was going to say it isn’t a real coffin because the next picture showed it was very thin. However, if you’re a dessicated vampire…
And what looks to be a church pew on the second floor. I’m loving this house.
Zillow gone wild did not have as many pictures as Redfin but the comments. ???? The best was the one about the bedroom wondering what they took out before the pictures were taken since it appears the bed posts have holes and the mirrors.
Wow, you have to wonder where the owners will go and what their house will look like next?
Very nice. Maybe a little close to the airport. Still, a great value. Maybe whoever leaves the rose at Poe’s grave will buy it.
Or…maybe that *was* the guy?
I admit, I loved the spiderweb staircase railing, and I laughed out loud at the signed Michael Meyers photo framed on the wall.
I guess if you’re a goth football fan, the Raiders are your only choice. Also, randomly, apparently a Smiths fan, as the backyard bar may or may not be called the Cemetery Gates. I feel like they get props for continuing to feature Bo Jackson photos and jerseys…
the photo of the two skeletons in the boathroom is hilarious. I’s a diehard Raiders fan but this goes WAAAAYY to far! The vampire stuff I might be able to live with! HA
I love the house’s architecture!
Maybe I have read too many vampire books but I sort of like it.
It way too intense for me , but I like the staircase and chandelier.
Love the bench with the red pillows.
Not a football fan , so I would remove all those helmets and replace it with books. I thought the bedroom was cozy in a vampire sort of way. But no mirrors over the bed. No coffins or crosses.
It was so pristine . Needs some plants , maybe succulents.
You know I have a wonderful poppy painting that would great in the living room. Way too pristine.
Kitchen kind of small, don’t think anyone cooks in the kitchen.
And my cats would have happily shedded all the leather .Next,
the basement just scares me. Never been fond of basements.
It’s not cookie cutter , it’s not boring.
So I like it.
“I don’t know if vampires are a protected class.”
This was one the most fun reads… thank you to all who helped
I’m going to keep on wondering how you do the entire house gloriously up like this, and then decide that you need exactly 2 blood-red pillows in the entire house to bring some color….
I must say, I love the railing upstairs.
I’m a proud Baltimorean. I’m confused why that house has ZERO purple in it if they are such football fans. Do vampires not see color??
They are Raiders fans whose colors are black and silver.
I do admire their dedication to the theme, whatever you want to call it. Not my taste, but definitely interesting! Thanks for sharing! ????
And here’s an interview with the actual owner in the Baltimore Sun lol: https://www.baltimoresun.com/business/real-estate/bs-bz-goth-house-20210329-seybhhhr4zf67mmko6hs7bepxi-story.html
Thank you for sharing!
This is awesome and only 15 minutes from me! I do love that they went all in!
Um – why do the bedposts have holes in them? what / who are they looking to tie down? exorcisms r us? Hence the bed surrounded with crosses? My inquiring mind wants to know 🙂
That is a lot of mirror going on around the bed, which has attachment points, looks fun!
This must be house all the kids flock to at Halloween. I bet they gave out a lot of black licorice.
And the only thing missing in the kitchen photos was a shot of the stovetop turned on with all the burners on “high.”
First we had Moloch’s stove, now we have Ghastek’s side of the house shared with someone who likes American football. Priceless. ????????????????????
Moloch’s stove. Hah!
I wondered when someone got the inference. ????
omg
I live in Baltimore and a friend shared this with me earlier this week.
I’m gonna give you the same response I gave them.
Why does a vampire needs mirrors above the bed?
Also look at that basement. Look at it.
You’re telling me that’s not a sex dungeon? You left everything else in the photos, why can’t I see your setup??
That is the home of a couple who has compromise and cooperation down pat
THAT is amazing! So close to Baltimore too … heh.
Lack of handrails on the stairs is a big no-no.
I’m kinda surprised they ever got a CO.
Oh, yeah. Second that motion and call the question. Should not have passed any inspection at all.
That was actually my first thing to notice about this house! I live where there are zero building codes to enforce that type of thing, but that house can’t be that far out because the lot is too small for it to be that way. Even my house has a railing on one side of the stairs! I’m too old to live without railings on the stairs, but I suppose his mother lived there so long that she didn’t even notice it, then he inherited it and knew it was that way because he had been there often enough that it didn’t bother him, either. Big expense to make railings match the spiderweb look of all the rest, I’m sure. Pretty to look at, but impractical as it is.
Thank you, Ilona Andrews, for the post. Great detective work by moderator R.
ROFLOL. Thought about Ghastek.
Hope Gordon and kid 1 and kid 2 are all getting better. I know last post didn’t say kid 2 sick but Murphy’s law…..
I would love to see my local HOA dealing with this little beauty.
And the interview with the realtor. This is simply priceless.
“Interview with the Realtor” hahaha
How interesting. It does boggle the mind. I thought my house of early eclectic was livable. The time invested to achieve what they want is amazing. I have done many open houses but nothing like this. I wonder what it will look like a year after it sells. Good luck to all concerned
The mirror over the bed is not for the vampire to view itself, but to view the throes of the bitten. The holes in the bed posts are to provide an anchor for the restraining straps.
Those mirrors on the ceiling…and on the ceiling slant…and on the walls…just making sure they can’t see themselves from. Every. Single. Angle.
I found the realtor article on Slate .
https://slate.com/human-interest/2021/03/baltimore-sexy-funeral-goth-house-realtor.html
Still to much of a fixer upper for me. This is why you try to keep your fan obsessions to one room of your house.
That’s just awesome. Does anyone really believe that basement was created to watch TV in?
While the basement was well ‘sanitized’ by the removal of incriminating evidence, there’s just no mistaking the bondage posts and eyelets attached to the bed…
RAIDERS! My brother would love this house. I hate the fact that they moved to Vegas.
Raider Nation. ‘Nuff said.
This place made the local news tonight in Baltimore.
I did not know vampires bar-b-qued.
They eat their bar Saud very, very , dry rare. As in still twitching and very bloody.
They eat their barbecue …
Good thing I am not trying to make a living as a proofreader.
The black is okay, but the silver needs to be painted over with purple and gold. The “cemetery” in back yard is not in good taste.
Very interesting. Obviously vampires and football fans don’t garden. Very scorched earth look
I live outside Baltimore and we love kitsch:pink flamingo, orange lights for Halloween and giant plastic Easter eggs. We love our sports teams too (Orioles and Ravens).Edgar Allen Poe is also local guy so no surprise we have a football / vampire house, haha.
http://honfest.net/honfest-history/
Well, what else would expect from a Raiders fan?
Is anyone else wondering what’s down the well in the garden like me?
That bedroom got a few kinks they’ve tried to hide. Wonder what else they’re trying to hide.
It’s looks to me like it’s quite well executed, and is aesthetically kind of fascinating (though obviously *extremely* taste specific). The outside almost qualifies as “prim,” which I find hilarious, and not necessarily incongruous given some of the, ah, “thematic elements.”
Wow. If I lived next door to those vampires, I would stock up on holy water, salt and stakes–and I would have dreamcatchers, many many many of them–in all the rooms. And, lots and lots of heavy duty drapes on all the windows. You have to watch out for those pesky vampires.
WOW…..what dedication to a theme and blending two different styles so….ummmm….uhhhhh…….WOW!
I have to say the full mirroring around the bed leads to to wonder what was in the basement? I have to image something much more interesting than your typical man cave:)
Thank you for sharing!!
This home is half football fan/half vampire. If only we knew someone with a real “thing” for half-vampires. Hmmmm…
HAHAHAHA this is great. Thanks for putting a smile on my face. It’s been a day
When the personal property of the current owner is removed, it will be a seemingly well-kept house in need of some color with magnificently large rooms, although the mirrors in the bedroom kind of give me the creeps, which could just be my age talking there. All the football stuff will be gone, and the crosses on the bedroom ceiling mirrors look as if they’ll go, too. I do love the spiderweb design on the railing around the stairs and elsewhere, and I love that it’s open and very big up there, but seriously! What’s with all the mirrors? I know they give the illusion of a larger room, but how many do you really need? One bedroom, one bath, $225,000. Yeah, not a dream home. Honestly, remove the current owner’s stuff, and you have the perfect little house to live alone in, if you cook and entertain large parties. It’s very open and inviting, but unless you turn the basement into a bedroom for someone who doesn’t mind sharing a tiny bathroom with you, it’s a single person’s or a couple’s home.
Interesting, but I would not care to meet the person who did the decorating! LOL! Thanks for a good time looking at it, though. That was fun.
All we need is for Tom Cruise to buy it!!
I’m getting ready to decorate a new home. Now I feel intimidated and find all my planning to be quite pedestrian.
Thank you for the laughs
I asked our realtor once what was the oddest request he had ever received. “Oh,” he said, thinking for a minute. “Probably the guy who wanted enough property with enough woods that he could run naked through the woods every month during the full moon and not upset the neighbors.”
Me: Are you messing with me?
Realtor: Nope (he was one of those people where you could tell when he was joking, and he wasn’t joking).
Me: Did you find him a place?
Realtor: Yep, took about a year and a half, but we found it.
Me: O.o
Realtor: There’s a place that fits every person, sometimes it just takes awhile to find it.
Me: O.o
So, somewhere out there is a were living happily with their woods every full moon.
The weird carpeted black basement… the mirrors above the bed… the goth decor… clearly bdsm orgies occurred in this house
Oh dear oh dear. In need of some white paint. Or bling, or something cheery…
Anyone notice the custom brackets to the bed post? Kinky