Bizarre Lawsuits
Man Sued Real Estate Agent After Buying “Haunted House”
The quiet town of Nyack, New York, is the home of a genuine "haunted house" which became the center of a crazy lawsuit.
The story started in the late 1980s, when Jeffrey Stambovsky, unaware of the home's notoriety, put down a deposit on what appeared to be a charming Victorian house.
The previous owner, Helen Ackley, had lived there for years.
She had often regaled the media with tales of her family's otherworldly encounters.
She claimed to have seen phantoms at the foot of her bed and spirits watching over her grandchildren.
Her stories had become well-known locally and had even captured the attention of national publications like Reader’s Digest.
However, Stambovsky was oblivious to the spooky tales, and agreed to purchase the home.
Strangely, it also slipped the minds of any of the real estate agents tasked with selling it.
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