Morbid Real Estate: April Edition
153 Northampton St., Easton. Spring is a popular time to buy a house, but real estate is not something one should buy in haste, lest you end up with a property tainted by the ghosts of long-forgotten tragedies. This month's offerings include a two properties which were the scene of dramatic murder-suicides, a home cursed with a 3-year-streak of peculiar deaths, and a house once inhabited by a murder victim with a laughably bad description proving that real estate agents have the moral compass of 19th century snake-oil salesmen. Enjoy! 153 Northampton St., Easton (Lehigh County). Price: $949,000 153 Northampton St. With a history of settlement dating back to the early 18th century, Easton is one of our most historically-important cities. It was here where injured soldiers of the Continental Army were treated during the war, where the Declaration of Independence was read aloud for the first time on July 8, 1776, where the bamboo fly-fishing rod was invented, and where Crayons ...
