The history of certain places seems to be marked by misfortune.Such is the case of the famous and luxurious Mansion Greystone .Is it a series of unfortunate events, by chance and bad luck or Is there really a curse around this property?
The curse on the Greystone Mansion
The Greystone Mansion is a of the Hollywood's most famous properties .In fact, it is one of the most used places as a recording set for movies and series, however, before the Hollywood glamor appropriated it, a series of events happened in that place, giving life to the legend of the Greystone curse.
The Greystone Mansion, also known as Doheny Mansion, is an impressive construction dating from the 1928.With a Tudor Revival style, this mansion has 55 rooms in its more than 4300 square meters, in addition to 16 to cres de jardin.
The oil tycoon Edward L.Doheny wanted to give this property to his son, Edward «Ned» Doheny, Jr. and his family.Just four Months after Ned and his family moved to the mansion, a misfortune occurred.In the guest room there was the murder-suicide of Ned and his secretary, Hugh Plunket.
There are those who assure that this mansion changed people completely.Since they moved, Ned became an irritable man and the same happened with Plunket, whom the family allowed him to temporarily stay in the property.
After these unfortunate events, a series of legends about the property were woven .There are those who say that there is an evil portal in it, which affects those remain in the mansion for a certain time.After Ned's death, it was said that the mansion belonged to an important gangster .Apparently, a clandestine casino began to operate between the walls of the building and it is believed that other people, besides Ned and Plunket, lost their lives there.
Official history, however, indicates that Ned's widow remarried and remained on the property until 1955.Then she sold the land to Paul Trousdale and the mansion to the businessman Henry Crown.
In 1963, Crown wanted to divide the property and demolish the mansion.However, the municipality avoided it and today this mansion is a of the most used to make filming for the Hollywood film industry .Moreover, its immense gardens are open to the public.
Do you think that Is there really a curse, something dark and twisted, in this property or is it a simple legend?
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