Rumor of murder, strange lights and noises: relive the history of the haunted house of Toulouse
By Quentin Marais
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Ghosts, paranormal, horror: for Halloween, scary scenarios are king. And for the 2022 edition of this festival, which is the source of countless stories, come back, this Monday, October 31, to one of the buildings the most mysterious of Toulouse.
Near the Pont Saint-Michel
An address: 1 Allées, Paul-Feuga. After crossing the Pont Saint-Michel from west to east, head left. Figure then a building giving off neo-gothic style. Built in XIXe century, it features a cross above the front door. The windows have a very particular shape as well.
Very imposing, the house also overlooks rue de la Chaussée and has long been isolated from the rest of the city center, in the middle of a vacant lot. Something to animate the collective imagination…
A suspicious builder
This house was the work by Henri Rachou (1856-1944), a painter author of The Beautiful Paula, a painting that decorates the Capitol and its Hall of Illustrious. But it is precisely this same artist who will arouse lots of questions. scientist specializing in the paranormal, Yves Lignon explained a few years ago to Toulouse news, that “for a long time there were rumors that the painter would have killed his model.
The young victim would then haunt the place, since several generations of Toulouse residents said they had seen strange lights at the windows, when the house was no longer occupied. Residents also reported having heard suspicious noises, still coming from the building located at 1 allées Paul-Feuga.
“The rooms were decorated as followers of spiritualism might have done. Its neo-Gothic architecture was quite strange. Glows on the glass roof were visible, while the house was unoccupied… But it was only a rumor and more likely homeless people who had taken refuge inside.”
Several apartments
Since the 1980s, the building is divided into several apartments. In 40 years, no owner has complained of paranormal signs in the building. But any series is made to be stopped: does it end this October 31, 2022?
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