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Woman Discovers A Hole Behind Her Bathroom Mirror – Decides To Go In And Finds An Entire Apartment

Woman Discovers A Hole Behind Her Bathroom Mirror – Decides To Go In And Finds An Entire Apartment

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On Wednesday, the TikToker Samantha Hartsoe began the four-part saga of her investigation into the gaping hole hidden behind her bathroom mirror. It all started when she came back from a hiking trip and noticed that her bathroom was really cold. “It was weird, because I don’t have a vent that I know of in there that blows cold air.”

What followed after in her rented three-bedroom (plus the mystery extra space) apartment on Roosevelt Island that she shares with two roommates has been likened to a script from the films Candyman and Parasite. So when Samantha realized the air is coming from the mirror area, she decided to lift it and see what’s up.

Little did she suspect, it was an entire other apartment accessible through the generous hole. And so the video investigation into the weird and thrilling discovery began. She posted the clips on TikTok and they went viral, amassing millions of views, with part 1 alone being watched a whopping 8.7M times.

So let’s see what the whole buzz is all about, which will likely make you check your bathroom mirror immediately.

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26-year-old Samantha’s videos blew up all over social media in the past day, as her 4-part investigative saga captured the imagination of many. People likened the apartment behind the mirror to horror movies like Parasite and Candyman, while others said they would have never had the guts to go into that hole.

So she realized the cold wind was blowing from the direction of the mirror

Samantha would have never found the hole in the wall, if not for the cold weather in her apartment. “It was weird, because I don’t have a vent that I know of in there that blows cold air,” she explained to the press.

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@samanthartsoeseriously never would I have expected to find this… and I documented all of it #mystery #fyp #nyc #secret #foryou #apartment #storytime♬ Mysterious – Andreas Scherren

It’s the mysterious hole!

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That’s when her eyes fell on a draft from the mirror hanging over the bathroom sink. At that point, she noticed that the mirror was not quite connected to the wall and the cold air beneath it felt suspect. So she lifted the mirror only to discover there was no wall beneath it, but a dark hole gaping in the wall, and the air was coming straight from it.

So Samantha decided it would be best to investigate the weird finding further

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@samanthartsoeHOW IS THIS IN MY BATHROOM WALL ##mystery ##nyc ##apartment ##secret ##storytime ##fyp♬ Mysterious – Andreas Scherren

And while you’d expect it to be a niche with a wall somewhere further inside, there was no such a thing. Samantha soon realized there’s an entire empty space the size of a room that she felt an urge to investigate.

The suspicions turned out to be true, but it wasn’t just a sole room she had found; it was, in fact, an entire apartment with some “signs of life” just casually sitting there in the middle of New York.

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@samanthartsoeTRULY a new meaning to a “hole in the wall” #mystery #nyc #apartment #secret #storytime #fyp #foryou♬ Oh No – Kreepa

But it turns out, according to Samantha herself, even her building’s management doesn’t quite know what is going on with that odd vacant unit that could easily fit an entire family.

And once she was there on the other side, things got pretty serious. Talking to Curbed, she remembered thinking: “I have to find my way out of here,” and added: “I have to go back through that hole, which is pretty much impossible, or I have to find the exit of this place, which means I have to, at this point, explore it all.”

And… signs of life detected!

It turns out, there’s a whole other apartment there

As she looked around the place, it became clear: it’s not a niche, not even a room, it’s a three-bedroom apartment with its windows open, which, as it became obvious, was a source of a cold draft.

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It’s not entirely clear what’s the purpose of the apartment, but Samantha believes it’s probably uninhabitable.

“I’m not sure if it was being renovated or if it is empty. It’s really old, and nobody’s been in there a while. The shower-bathroom area is all piping—there’s no actual bathtub or toilet. The floor, and what I think would be the kitchen, was ripped up.”

So her landlord’s phone is about to get a fun call

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@samanthartsoecrawled through a wall for this mystery so enjoy the finale 🕵🏻‍♀️ #mystery #nyc #apartment #secret #storytime #storytime #fyp #foryou♬ Mysterious – Andreas Scherren

After the investigation was over, she managed to find a different way back into her own place. According to Curbed, she exited that apartment through the main door, which led her to a hallway elsewhere within her apartment complex.

As Samantha had to make her way through her building to get back to her own apartment, it suggested the apartment was, in fact, not nextdoor, as some viewers assumed.

But many people found Samantha’s odd discovery spine-chilling

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Others pointed out that it has all the horror film features

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CATMONSTER2018
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aww (I dont swear often) Fuc... Its 2:58 AM for me rn... How an i supposed to sleep with that creepy bloody face in my mind? >:(

Rob
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Should have waited with this story until the landlord's response was in. Now we'll never know how and why and what...

Shelp
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would have been terrified at first! If she was able to get her, whoever lives in the other apartment could perfectly visit her place as well!...

Al Jones
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That was my first thought. I wouldn't be able to sleep properly until that hole got sealed.

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Earl Grey
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3 years ago

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M O'Connell
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That only happens in movies. If you're looking at a two-way mirror, you can tell because the reflection is much poorer in quality than a normal bathroom mirror.

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Raven Sheridan
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Am I the only one who remembers the original version of Candyman with Virginia Madsen and Tony Todd!? The exact same things happened in that film! Hell no!!!

SirPatTheCat
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's exactly what I was thinking of! It's also based off of real murders in the projects in Chicago so that just adds a whole other level of hell no!! https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/they-came-in-through-the-bathroom-mirror/Content?oid=871084

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Must Be Bored Again
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really like how she "MacGiver'd" the head lamp on her forehead. Smart, funny!!

Debra Hapke
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

did...she...kick...the heater on in the other unit, you know to warm her place up for once?

Loralie Chase
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, I'm not crazy? Cause I definitely would have used it as more space, after cleaning the trash up of course.

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Beeps
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought this thing was really common in the US? A bit like the undivided attic spaces in Victorian terraced houses here in the UK?

M O'Connell
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is completely common. The wall she went through is a "wet wall" which contains all the plumbing for the two back-to-back apartments. It really simplifies construction and maintenance. The holes are either there from the removal of in-wall medicine cabinets, or were left intentionally to service exhaust fan venting, or the plumbing stack itself.

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Anita Pickle
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How could you ever take a shower again?! At any moment someone can just busy in. The stuff of nightmares.

Seabeast
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In a rental market as tight as New York City has, why on earth would someone leave an apartment vacant for a long time?

Mewton’s Third Paw
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s super cool! Not a lot you can do but close up the windows, lock the doors and such. I don’t think I’d be able to sleep at night if I didn’t clean that place up and maybe slap some drapes up or something so it isn’t so freezing. NYC is cold enough as it is.

Afrooz
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Am I the only one who would put the mirror back on and lock the door to the bathroom? I couldn't use the bathroom until the hole was sealed or someone would come over :s

Seabeast
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd get a half-sheet of drywall and patch it myself, but not everyone would want to go to that trouble. Best to contact the landlord and request it.

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qwerty
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a dream like this. There is a closet in which things like towels are stored, but there is a white panel of wood beneath the bottom shelf. I dreamed that it opened up to reveal another house, beneath this one! It was huge, one story, but fully furnished. I dreamed that it was like three times the size of the house on top. I think about this dream alot.

CatWoman312
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I haven’t seen parasite, but I have seen candyman and just remembering that movie I wouldn’t have gone through 😆

Xan A. Du
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Am I the only one who expects to see blood starting to drip from the walls?

Nica Van
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd quietly fix it up and take advantage of the extra living space. Boom. Deluxe Apartment In The Sky!

Nicky
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Being John Malcovich''s portal to his brain.... (John Cusack finds a hidden tiny apartment in his bldg. that leads to Malcovich's brain control room.) Am I seriously dating myself?

Katinka Min
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would have definitely explored it. I explored several abandoned buildings as a kid, including a bunker with WWII ammounition boxes (emptyy, no worries). Big hurray for the 1980s where horror movies were not on tv and my explorations where a bit creepy but not mindboggelingly scary.

Toni
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i would have gone in, too. nothing would have stopped me.

TexasWoman
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd be the same way, just crawl in there n investigate...........

Nudge
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bruh this was my childhood dream tbh to find something cool in my house/someone else's house

Emperor Kitten
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's just under renovation. Guarantee the landlord knows all about it. They're likely the ones that left the trash inside.

Jayna Shin
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

oh my gosh what if someone was murdered there just what if gash check if the shampoo there is dry or still in good condition MAN this is creept.

Pepper McGowan
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not sure if it's a butterfly effect kind of thing, but I think I will send this link to my BFF who will probably say I caused it. The first Candyman movie came out when we were juniors in high school and the piano part of the score I couldn't stop playing it I'm kind of a jerk so I kept doing it cuz it freaked everybody out and somehow almost 30 years later I started playing that the other night when we were hanging out she said "Just, don't DO that-cuz I'm going to go home and someone's going to be in an apartment behind my bathroom mirror like Candyman.... " Actually just don't say that four more times in a row.. m

WubiDubi
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If this woman had watched Candyman in the 90's , she would never go there, is the same plot haha

Hans
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Make this a film...throught he mirror she entered her own apparment in an alternate timeline, in which terrifying thigns are happening.

Don Quixote
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All these people fantasizing about horror movies but no one talking about anyone being able to access her apartment or watch her in the bathroom?

???
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I told my Mexican heritage coworker that this is some White People S**t right here.

Zet
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

question, how do you live next to an empty flat and do not know about it?

K Tigress
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's something I would have loved to have found if I was a kid back in the day. I use to dream of finding secret rooms like that. Even written little story snippets and even a script for college based on that concept. 🤔🙂

AzKhaleesi
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My other thought is, if I were me I'd be like, "If I see one mfing honey bee come out my mirror, I'm burning this place down."

AzKhaleesi
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

for real though I'd be knocking down a wall or two and having an extra large place, I'd rennovate my damn self. I'd be the only one with a huge apartment. I'd then make a "hidden" door just in case the landlord did pop in. lol

Aroace tiger
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To all the people saying extra space. DIDN'T YOU SEE THE BIT WHERE THERE WERE SIGNS OF LIFE!?

Amery
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

SO WHAT THE HOLEY (haha) EF HAPPENED ?!?!? DOES SHE GET TO LIVE RENT FREE, FOR FINDING ANOTHER APARTMENT FOR HER LANDLORD TO RENT ?!?!??! In NYC, yes should be.

Sandy D
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, whoever else finds their way in from the other entrance / exit can just come into her apt by pushing out her cabinet? I would demand that be fixed immediately. How does the owner not know about a 3 bedroom apt in their building? Very weird

922Terry
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's NYC... who know WHAT could be in there.. they show up any time & come looking for you.. creepy. I woulda left.

Vicky Z
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would never ever go in there! You have the perfect set of a horror movie in your house!😱😱😱

A B C
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kinda funny how they split this 3 min video into four parts to generate more clicks. I f***ing hate toktok.

Cassie
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, I get why it might be there, but why the heck is there a hole to it behind the mirror in a bathroom??

Pernille Dyre
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For me.... off course... i've had this dream about hidden apartments 3 or 4 times these last months.... So quite normal here 🙈😂🤷‍♀️

Grumble O'Pug
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would not be super happy about that, I'd put a lock on my bathroom from the outside. And maybe pee in a Jar over night. eep.

Mad Mar
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd start renovation. Make a fake door into there. Start using it. Bolt that door to common hallway. Extra space. And when leaving make sure to find next tenant of your place an let them know about it. Who doesn't need closet or sleeping area??? Make ur bathroom jack n Jill an rent out that space!

Gerry Higgins
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you can get through, how do you know they haven't been coming through while you sleep ?

Martha Meyer
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because to do that, they would have shattered her mirror. It's not possible to grab it and lower it carefully from the other side.

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Gabi
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Theremis a whole movie on such a thing, Au-dela des murs (Beyond The Walls) with Veerle Baetens. She inherits a whole house, and discovers a secret apartment... only to be trapped in a giant house with plenty of rooms and no windows - and the mysterious Others. Worth to see.

WubiDubi
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Haha, she would not do that if she watched the original Candyman in the 90's, is the same exact thing!

Foxxy (The Original)
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

F**k, why the hell did you have to post that creepy ass picture? Gonna give me nightmares now.

Marcellus the Third
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, tell your landlord your apartment is larger than you thought and see your rent increase, good call. While you're at it, start reading "The House of Leaves" which deals with such parasite rooms...

Solrac
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This story seems fake to me. The "I can't heat my apartment because there's wind coming" part doesn't make sense and nobody enters like that to another, unknown place because you simply don't know if someone's living there. She knew all along, that's why she made the story into several parts.

Si
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Semi renovated apartment next door to apartment shocker

BonnyDK
Community Member
3 years ago

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Look for a pin size dot on the mirror. Some had a camera and was watching the bathroom no doubt. Vacant apartment? Had to be the owner or the super.

Cathleen cat lover
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3 years ago

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it looks like a twister came through, and they did not fix that room. it would be $1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 to fix that. in other words, infinity money to fix it.

Robert T
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3 years ago

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This is called breaking and entering. You live in an apartment. What did you expect was going to be next door to you? The only real issue is the shoddy constuction of the apartment that aparently allows you to break into the neighbouring property. It is also a fire risk, as it could allow a fire to spread between apartments.

CATMONSTER2018
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aww (I dont swear often) Fuc... Its 2:58 AM for me rn... How an i supposed to sleep with that creepy bloody face in my mind? >:(

Rob
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Should have waited with this story until the landlord's response was in. Now we'll never know how and why and what...

Shelp
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would have been terrified at first! If she was able to get her, whoever lives in the other apartment could perfectly visit her place as well!...

Al Jones
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That was my first thought. I wouldn't be able to sleep properly until that hole got sealed.

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Earl Grey
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3 years ago

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M O'Connell
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That only happens in movies. If you're looking at a two-way mirror, you can tell because the reflection is much poorer in quality than a normal bathroom mirror.

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Raven Sheridan
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Am I the only one who remembers the original version of Candyman with Virginia Madsen and Tony Todd!? The exact same things happened in that film! Hell no!!!

SirPatTheCat
Community Member
3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's exactly what I was thinking of! It's also based off of real murders in the projects in Chicago so that just adds a whole other level of hell no!! https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/they-came-in-through-the-bathroom-mirror/Content?oid=871084

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Must Be Bored Again
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I really like how she "MacGiver'd" the head lamp on her forehead. Smart, funny!!

Debra Hapke
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

did...she...kick...the heater on in the other unit, you know to warm her place up for once?

Loralie Chase
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, I'm not crazy? Cause I definitely would have used it as more space, after cleaning the trash up of course.

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Beeps
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought this thing was really common in the US? A bit like the undivided attic spaces in Victorian terraced houses here in the UK?

M O'Connell
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is completely common. The wall she went through is a "wet wall" which contains all the plumbing for the two back-to-back apartments. It really simplifies construction and maintenance. The holes are either there from the removal of in-wall medicine cabinets, or were left intentionally to service exhaust fan venting, or the plumbing stack itself.

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Anita Pickle
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How could you ever take a shower again?! At any moment someone can just busy in. The stuff of nightmares.

Seabeast
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In a rental market as tight as New York City has, why on earth would someone leave an apartment vacant for a long time?

Mewton’s Third Paw
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s super cool! Not a lot you can do but close up the windows, lock the doors and such. I don’t think I’d be able to sleep at night if I didn’t clean that place up and maybe slap some drapes up or something so it isn’t so freezing. NYC is cold enough as it is.

Afrooz
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Am I the only one who would put the mirror back on and lock the door to the bathroom? I couldn't use the bathroom until the hole was sealed or someone would come over :s

Seabeast
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd get a half-sheet of drywall and patch it myself, but not everyone would want to go to that trouble. Best to contact the landlord and request it.

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qwerty
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a dream like this. There is a closet in which things like towels are stored, but there is a white panel of wood beneath the bottom shelf. I dreamed that it opened up to reveal another house, beneath this one! It was huge, one story, but fully furnished. I dreamed that it was like three times the size of the house on top. I think about this dream alot.

CatWoman312
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I haven’t seen parasite, but I have seen candyman and just remembering that movie I wouldn’t have gone through 😆

Xan A. Du
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Am I the only one who expects to see blood starting to drip from the walls?

Nica Van
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd quietly fix it up and take advantage of the extra living space. Boom. Deluxe Apartment In The Sky!

Nicky
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Being John Malcovich''s portal to his brain.... (John Cusack finds a hidden tiny apartment in his bldg. that leads to Malcovich's brain control room.) Am I seriously dating myself?

Katinka Min
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would have definitely explored it. I explored several abandoned buildings as a kid, including a bunker with WWII ammounition boxes (emptyy, no worries). Big hurray for the 1980s where horror movies were not on tv and my explorations where a bit creepy but not mindboggelingly scary.

Toni
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i would have gone in, too. nothing would have stopped me.

TexasWoman
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd be the same way, just crawl in there n investigate...........

Nudge
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bruh this was my childhood dream tbh to find something cool in my house/someone else's house

Emperor Kitten
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's just under renovation. Guarantee the landlord knows all about it. They're likely the ones that left the trash inside.

Jayna Shin
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

oh my gosh what if someone was murdered there just what if gash check if the shampoo there is dry or still in good condition MAN this is creept.

Pepper McGowan
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm not sure if it's a butterfly effect kind of thing, but I think I will send this link to my BFF who will probably say I caused it. The first Candyman movie came out when we were juniors in high school and the piano part of the score I couldn't stop playing it I'm kind of a jerk so I kept doing it cuz it freaked everybody out and somehow almost 30 years later I started playing that the other night when we were hanging out she said "Just, don't DO that-cuz I'm going to go home and someone's going to be in an apartment behind my bathroom mirror like Candyman.... " Actually just don't say that four more times in a row.. m

WubiDubi
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If this woman had watched Candyman in the 90's , she would never go there, is the same plot haha

Hans
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Make this a film...throught he mirror she entered her own apparment in an alternate timeline, in which terrifying thigns are happening.

Don Quixote
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All these people fantasizing about horror movies but no one talking about anyone being able to access her apartment or watch her in the bathroom?

???
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I told my Mexican heritage coworker that this is some White People S**t right here.

Zet
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

question, how do you live next to an empty flat and do not know about it?

K Tigress
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's something I would have loved to have found if I was a kid back in the day. I use to dream of finding secret rooms like that. Even written little story snippets and even a script for college based on that concept. 🤔🙂

AzKhaleesi
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My other thought is, if I were me I'd be like, "If I see one mfing honey bee come out my mirror, I'm burning this place down."

AzKhaleesi
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

for real though I'd be knocking down a wall or two and having an extra large place, I'd rennovate my damn self. I'd be the only one with a huge apartment. I'd then make a "hidden" door just in case the landlord did pop in. lol

Aroace tiger
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To all the people saying extra space. DIDN'T YOU SEE THE BIT WHERE THERE WERE SIGNS OF LIFE!?

Amery
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

SO WHAT THE HOLEY (haha) EF HAPPENED ?!?!? DOES SHE GET TO LIVE RENT FREE, FOR FINDING ANOTHER APARTMENT FOR HER LANDLORD TO RENT ?!?!??! In NYC, yes should be.

Sandy D
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, whoever else finds their way in from the other entrance / exit can just come into her apt by pushing out her cabinet? I would demand that be fixed immediately. How does the owner not know about a 3 bedroom apt in their building? Very weird

922Terry
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's NYC... who know WHAT could be in there.. they show up any time & come looking for you.. creepy. I woulda left.

Vicky Z
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would never ever go in there! You have the perfect set of a horror movie in your house!😱😱😱

A B C
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Kinda funny how they split this 3 min video into four parts to generate more clicks. I f***ing hate toktok.

Cassie
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So, I get why it might be there, but why the heck is there a hole to it behind the mirror in a bathroom??

Pernille Dyre
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For me.... off course... i've had this dream about hidden apartments 3 or 4 times these last months.... So quite normal here 🙈😂🤷‍♀️

Grumble O'Pug
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would not be super happy about that, I'd put a lock on my bathroom from the outside. And maybe pee in a Jar over night. eep.

Mad Mar
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd start renovation. Make a fake door into there. Start using it. Bolt that door to common hallway. Extra space. And when leaving make sure to find next tenant of your place an let them know about it. Who doesn't need closet or sleeping area??? Make ur bathroom jack n Jill an rent out that space!

Gerry Higgins
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you can get through, how do you know they haven't been coming through while you sleep ?

Martha Meyer
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because to do that, they would have shattered her mirror. It's not possible to grab it and lower it carefully from the other side.

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Gabi
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Theremis a whole movie on such a thing, Au-dela des murs (Beyond The Walls) with Veerle Baetens. She inherits a whole house, and discovers a secret apartment... only to be trapped in a giant house with plenty of rooms and no windows - and the mysterious Others. Worth to see.

WubiDubi
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Haha, she would not do that if she watched the original Candyman in the 90's, is the same exact thing!

Foxxy (The Original)
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

F**k, why the hell did you have to post that creepy ass picture? Gonna give me nightmares now.

Marcellus the Third
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, tell your landlord your apartment is larger than you thought and see your rent increase, good call. While you're at it, start reading "The House of Leaves" which deals with such parasite rooms...

Solrac
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This story seems fake to me. The "I can't heat my apartment because there's wind coming" part doesn't make sense and nobody enters like that to another, unknown place because you simply don't know if someone's living there. She knew all along, that's why she made the story into several parts.

Si
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Semi renovated apartment next door to apartment shocker

BonnyDK
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3 years ago

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Look for a pin size dot on the mirror. Some had a camera and was watching the bathroom no doubt. Vacant apartment? Had to be the owner or the super.

Cathleen cat lover
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3 years ago

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it looks like a twister came through, and they did not fix that room. it would be $1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 to fix that. in other words, infinity money to fix it.

Robert T
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3 years ago

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This is called breaking and entering. You live in an apartment. What did you expect was going to be next door to you? The only real issue is the shoddy constuction of the apartment that aparently allows you to break into the neighbouring property. It is also a fire risk, as it could allow a fire to spread between apartments.

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