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NY Post
New York Post
19 Jul 2023


NextImg:I bought my house sight unseen — it has a basement jail cell

Talk about house arrest.

A TikToker who claims she purchased a 1920s Florida home sight unseen at auction gave viewers a tour of the “creepy and strange” $59,000 abode, which she says once housed inmates in the basement.

On the second floor, DIY enthusiast Mallory pointed out outdoor siding and noted all the doors have individual knockers and independent lights.

“I find that so creepy,” she admitted in the recently resurfaced clip from 2020.

The other standout is the basement — which Mallory claims used to serve as a small jail cell when the house was owned by a state patrolman.

She found a jail cell in her basement.
@malloryonthemoon/TikTok

“The state patrol would keep people down here when the jail was closed, and then they would take them in the morning,” she explained.

In a clip posted in May, Mallory confessed she was confused when she learned about the cell during her initial house tour.

“Who has a jail cell in their basement besides serial killers?” she wondered.

She also noted the home’s quirky wallpaper, which now hangs in her dining room, and that the basement door leading upstairs locks from the inside out and not the outside in.

Woman sitting on green table.
Mallory shared some quirks of her 1920s Florida home.
@malloryonthemoon/Instagram

The Post reached out to Mallory, who goes by @malloryonthemoon on TikTok, for comment.

Her followers were quick to hypothesize what the house could have been used for over the years.

“At one point the house was added onto and it was divided into multiple living areas,” one TikToker wrote, in reference to the outdoorsy look of the second floor.

“It was probably a boarding house at one stage,” another added. “The separate lights are probably due to those rooms being rented out at one point, thus everyone having their own lighting.”

Others thought she was being a tad dramatic.

“I don’t find any of that creepy,” one commented. “You get scared too easy.”

Also in Florida, a Panama City property once listed for $1.65 million went viral on TikTok over its baffling nature.

Images from the listing depict closets with seemingly endless shelves and racks — as well as a spacious kitchen with a carpeted floor, boarded-up doors and windows, and a display of antique furnishings amassed in random corners inside.