This Couple Received An Anonymous Letter Detailing All The Secret Rooms And Hidden Compartments Tucked Away In Their 130-Year-Old Home
A millennial couple on TikTok named Courtney and Matt (@living_in_history) share all about the restoration projects they’re conducting on their 130-year-old house.
In a building that old, it’s almost a guarantee that they will come across a few surprises at some point.
In 2022, they received a mysterious letter from an anonymous sender who claimed to be the “last surviving member” of the family that previously owned the estate. It detailed all the secret rooms and hidden compartments in the house.
The letter came all the way from Canada and was addressed to the purchaser of the home. The writer was from the Madison family and had grown up in the house that Courtney and Matt were now living in. Apparently, there were three secret rooms and a compartment concealed within the fireplace.
In a viral series of videos, the couple took a tour around the house, uncovering the features that the letter described.
They started searching around the fireplace in the front parlor. Above the fireplace, there was a vertical mirrored panel.
According to the letter, “the panel slides up to reveal a secret compartment.” When Matt slid the heavy panel up, a collection of dusty, unopened vintage bottles of alcohol was revealed.
Next, they followed the letter to a secret room “in the washroom directly opposite the door in the wall” with a knob in the paneling.
When they hunted down the hidden room, it turned out to be a small, attic-like crawl space rather than an actual room.
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Courtney then revealed a small, locked door that was situated right across from the toilet, which was mentioned in the letter, but the couple already knew about the feature before they bought the house. As the door swung aside, the cramped entrance opened up to a huge trunk room.
The last secret room was in the basement. Courtney headed downstairs to search for the entrance. Unfortunately, the former owners had fortified the opening, which blocked access to it.
Courtney was only able to take a peek inside. It appeared to be another crawl space used to store furniture, but it was still super spooky.
All these rooms were not shown in the house’s blueprints because it was built before permits existed.
Several other TikTok users took to the comments section to discuss the secrets they uncovered in their own houses.
“I love old homes. Mine has a secret staircase, secret passage, and a secret attic in the attic,” chimed in one user.
“Cool. My friends lived in a Henry Ford house in Detroit. In spite of being a self-declared non-drinker, the house had several hidden bars,” commented someone else.
“So cool!!! We lived in our house for 5 years before we found a secret safe hidden behind a fake wall in a bookcase (it was empty but still exciting),” added a third.
@living_in_history We have secret rooms!?!? #secretroom #secretroomcheck #historichome #livinginhistory #hiddencompartment
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