The Devil Queen

How my wife and I sold our souls to the Queen Anne Victorian we tried to save.

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Location: Crow Mountain, Arkansas, United States

Synopsis: This is a cautionary tale. A seriously disturbed couple find the charming, old ruin of a Queen Anne Victorian in Russellville, Arkansas, and buy it for $1.00. They tore the roof off, cut it in half, and had it moved to some land they owned sixteen miles away because they didn't know any better. Since then, they have hired and fired contractors, had all of their tools stolen, re-wired, re-plumbed, insulated, and essentially rebuilt the entire house. Their only problem is that after four years it still isn't finished. Now they are tired, broke, and wonder what in the hell it is they've done to themselves. And, it's haunted.
(Last updated on April 3, 2008)

Press: Russellville Courier Article - December 2003, HGTV website article, AP story - October 2006, and Victorian Homes Magazine - February 2008 (link coming soon).
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Wednesday, January 04, 2006

Crazy

My wife told me about this conversation over dinner the other night:

My wife was telling one of her co-workers about the Devil Queen Experience, i.e. three plus years in our own private hell.

Co-worker: “So, did you know anything about plumbing, or wiring, or houses in general when you decided you’d move this house and fix it up?

Wife: “Nope. We didn’t know anything.”

Co-worker: “Did you just figure that you’d get a book and read how to do it or what?”

Wife: “Yeah, pretty much.”

Co-worker: “You’re crazy.”

Wife: “Well, if you put it that way, it does sound crazy, doesn’t it?”

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