The 10 Million Dollar Catch of Carleton Island Villa
Discover the tragic and haunting history of the Carleton Island Villa, an abandoned 44-room mansion built by a typewriter tycoon who died on his very first night inside.
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Discover the tragic and haunting history of the Carleton Island Villa, an abandoned 44-room mansion built by a typewriter tycoon who died on his very first night inside.
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This forty-four-room island castle is yours for practically nothing. But its first owner died the very night he fell asleep inside. In 1894, typewriter tycoon William Wyckoff built his ultimate dream fortress. One hundred stone masons labored to raise the towering island walls. But the immense stress of the project carried a lethal price. Just one month before completion, his wife's heart suddenly failed. Devastated, Wyckoff moved into the silent stone giant completely alone. He climbed the grand, sweeping staircase under the flickering shadows. He closed his eyes in his massive, empty master bedroom. Before dawn, a sudden heart attack took his life on night one. His son inherited the estate, only to lose everything in 1929. Looters stripped the stained glass, leaving the grand halls to rot. Today, this legendary ruin is listed for under five hundred thousand dollars. But you must spend ten million restoring the bedroom of a man who slept there once.