The houses were built in the late 1800's over a series of hills, all connected with wooden walkways and all lavishly decorated. It was expected that hundreds of people would move into the area creating more jobs and boosting the economy. This, unfortunately, didn't come to pass.
Officially the reason is that the homes were too remote and the transport to the nearby business areas wasn't developed enough for the amount of people they were planning to attract. If you ask the neighbouring towns about it they'll tell you about a plot to create cheap meat that was covered up as fast as it had been uncovered in the first place.
Finding this believable is a task in itself, what with similar tales being made into media fodder but apparently if you go up to the houses (not the one made into a tourist museum but the one past the fenced off walkway that's been covered in graffiti) and get in through one of four broken windows you'll see the all the signs clear as day.
The locals talk about blood stains in the kitchens and desperate pleas for help hastily scratched inside of cupboards, under stairs and loose floorboards - plenty of testament to the brief but gory occupation the people contended with. They don't mention which meat company was behind it all in the first place which is odd, given their vehement displays of disgust to begin with.
Its enough to make one wonder if the new housing estate will always have "For Sale" signs up and when the local butchers gets their deliveries, even when the roads flooded out for almost a month.
Officially the reason is that the homes were too remote and the transport to the nearby business areas wasn't developed enough for the amount of people they were planning to attract. If you ask the neighbouring towns about it they'll tell you about a plot to create cheap meat that was covered up as fast as it had been uncovered in the first place.
Finding this believable is a task in itself, what with similar tales being made into media fodder but apparently if you go up to the houses (not the one made into a tourist museum but the one past the fenced off walkway that's been covered in graffiti) and get in through one of four broken windows you'll see the all the signs clear as day.
The locals talk about blood stains in the kitchens and desperate pleas for help hastily scratched inside of cupboards, under stairs and loose floorboards - plenty of testament to the brief but gory occupation the people contended with. They don't mention which meat company was behind it all in the first place which is odd, given their vehement displays of disgust to begin with.
Its enough to make one wonder if the new housing estate will always have "For Sale" signs up and when the local butchers gets their deliveries, even when the roads flooded out for almost a month.
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