Who Ya Gonna Call?

(How can I work when there's so much bizarre shit out there?)

I'm probably the last person in America to be aware of this, but I just heard a radio spot for a web-based service which promises to research any property to determine if any person has ever died in that house.  Predictably enough, their web address is www.DiedInHouse.com.  For a fee of $11.99, they'll do a records search on any house -- yours, mine, anyone's -- and let you know if anybody ever croaked there.  They claim it's important, when buying or selling real estate, to identify "stigmatized properties."  If the search results on a given home are clear, then they'll issue an official DiedInHouse.com "death-free certification."  Oh, goody.  At the end of their radio ad, the ultra-serious voice-over guy says, "Because you have a right to know!"

I don't know if any such "right" exists, but if they help you discover that indeed someone once died in your home, then what do you do?





Call Ghostbusters!