Comments by "Andrew Brendan" (@andrewbrendan1579) on "Why Are People Fascinated with Chris Watts' House | What is a Murder House?" video.

It's an ugly house. The Watts house makes me think of the hilarious Facebook page "McMansion Hell".
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Very interesting point about how simply the layout of a house can cause stress. Not only the layout but even the decoration. I have a book about the interiors of "Gilded Age" mansions here in the U.S. and just looking at the photos can cause stress: the mix of patterns and prints and designs in rugs, wall coverings and the carving of wood and stone and furniture; the number of pictures and statues and figurine and plants. What has been called "visual noise" by an expert in working with hoarders is very loud in these places. Looking through those photos from the late 1800's I've seen not one room that has a restful or calming quality. Even the one or two uncluttered rooms are unappealing. To use a term no longer in use, even in black-and-white most of the rooms have a "psychedelic" quality. I can't imagine being comfortable in or truly enjoying such surroundings.
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@CitrusandCapri I think it depends on the style of the house and the location. A rustic style house in a wooded setting could look good. For a house I prefer lighter colors myself.
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Fascinating discussion, Dr. Grande. This may be a little off-topic but if you or any of your viewers are interested in the idea of Is-there-something-wrong-with-the-house? I'd like to recommend Anne Rivers Siddons' 1974 novel "The House Next Door". Not a well-know book but up there with Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House". This might be a topic for another video: In "...Hill House" the Crain mansion was deliberately designed to have a strange, confusing, disproportionate floor plan. Things were intentionally "off" for some reason. I would think that would have some kind of negative effect on people. In the Kubrick movie "The Shining" the interior floorplan doesn't match the outside of the hotel. Even inside the Overlook Hotel, doors and the sizes of rooms didn't match. Someone made a comment about how we might not quite consciously notice things being not quite right "...but your brain notices".
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I've seen videos from recent years of the interior of the house. The improvement that has been made is remarkable. The interior of the Ocean Avenue house is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen.
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@meagancobb1417 I knew about the house from back in the 70's but only in recent years got interested in it and realized how big it is. I'd like to suggest just looking around on You Tube and you should find some videos about the Ocean Avenue house, there were quite a few last time I looked. I think the wall between a couple of bedroom was removed to create a larger space, maybe the master bedroom; there's a huge Palladian window over one of the staircase landings. The window was once obscured by drapes but was later uncovered. Paint has been removed from woodwork. If you like cooking there's a big new kitchen. I've seen photos from the time of the murders; the interior was awful but now years later, as I mentioned, is one of the most beautiful I've ever seen.
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The disclosure may depend on where you live. I live in Indiana and a co-worker of mine was also a realtor. She told me that realtors aren't required to tell possible buyers that someone died in a house but are required to say if they are specifically asked.
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@mysteryjunkie9808 Same here! I saw a You Tube video about the Clutter murder case and exchanged some comments with someone who had actually been a visitor to the house. He said that the house is much the same as the Clutters knew, the only significant difference is that the kitchen had been modernized after a fire.
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