The house on the corner of Ben-Maimon Boulevard and Ibn Ezra Street in Jerusalem is not called the “house of death”. “This is a terrible place,” say the old-timers, “where many find their end.”
Thirty-five years ago, a fire broke out in this then two-story house, which destroyed all of its interior rooms, leaving behind a charred stone skeleton. All residents of the house were saved, except for the owner, Mrs. Adetto. The old owner of the apartment building burned down with him in terrible agony.
The building passed under the wing of the State Department for Inheritance, and from there - to the relatives of the deceased woman. They repaired the building and began renting out apartments in it again. But soon, to their horror, they discovered that the house once burnt down continues to demand human sacrifice, like Moloch.
The tenants began to die in the house. It is clear that the demise of the elderly is not surprising. But when young, strong guys begin to suffer from oncological diseases, muscular dystrophy, die in car accidents, in army exercises, simply die in their sleep for no reason, this leads to terrible thoughts.
The residents began to flee from the enchanted house. A certain rabbi, who wished to remain anonymous, announced that the graves of the old Jewish cemetery of the era of the Second Temple are located under the house, and the dead, disturbed by the construction site and the fire, get up at night from their graves and take living people to the other world. Nevertheless, the city government forbade demolishing the house to the ground in order to check the rabbi's statement. The old building was declared a "monument of antiquity", which, according to the law, cannot be destroyed.
The half-empty two-story house was bought by a well-known Jerusalem lawyer: he paid compensation to the tenants and issued a permit for the completion of three floors. But he did not complete his good undertakings. No one really knows what reasons prompted the lawyer to soon abandon the house and sell it to the wealthy English Rosenberg family.
Nevertheless, it was Mr. Rosenberg who was destined to complete the construction of the additional three floors. Rosenberg left the lower apartment for himself, personally nailing a huge mezuzah (amulet) to the doorframe, designed to keep the home from everything bad. And the rest he put up for sale.
The Rehavia quarter and especially Ben-Maimon Boulevard, where the "house of death" is located, is one of the most prestigious and expensive areas of Jerusalem. Built during the British Mandate in the Bauhaus style, these beautiful, rugged houses stand among huge old green trees.
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The peace and quiet of narrow straight streets, flower gardens, and neat public gardens attract wealthy buyers to Rehavia, and very little real estate in the area is empty - especially against the backdrop of a boom in real estate purchases in Jerusalem in recent years. However, only one apartment was purchased in the “house of death”. And its owners are the only ones who inhabit the cursed building.