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Hidden Rooms / Secret Rooms & Spaces

If you have a sufficiently well-hidden hidden room you can go missing in it.
Missing Minnesota man found dead in previously undiscovered 'hidden room'

A dayslong search for a missing St. Louis County man ended with tragic news.

William Terry had been reported missing earlier this week, with family members saying nobody had heard from the 60-year-old since Nov. 27. The St. Louis County Sheriff's Office asked the public to keep an eye out for Terry, who lived in Grand Lake Township just outside of Hermantown, with "extensive search efforts" having turned up nothing.

On Thursday, the St. Louis County Sheriff's Office said Terry's body had been found in a hidden room in his home on Munger Shaw Road.

"After receiving new information concerning the layout of his residence, Deputies conducted a follow-up search and located his body in a previously undiscovered hidden room," the sheriff's office wrote.

The sheriff's office said his death does not appear to be suspicious and that there are no signs of foul play. Authorities believe he took his own life. ...
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FULL STORY: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/missing-minnesota-man-found-dead-in-hidden-room
 
XEPER_ said:
Have to wonder why he had a hidden room.
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It's difficult to know whether an overlooked space or room was a deliberate / designed feature or a side-effect of (e.g.) renovation / remodeling. I've known some older houses where there were non-obvious 'closets' or 'rooms' created in the course of moving walls, subdividing a floor into apartments, eliminating or re-using a corridor, etc.
 
I had a friend who's parents had a 'secret room', created by a space under the eves of the roof behind a fitted bedroom wardrobe. As there was a washbasin beside it, the 'handle' was a towel rail. It wasn't locked - you just pulled it open or pushed it shut.
They used the space as a cold store for their home made jams and preserves.
 
Secret room found in castle dating back to Norman era.

A secret room has been discovered during conservation works at a castle in County Wexford. The discovery was made at Johnstown Castle on Sunday by a carpenter who was working on window.

The contractors from National Gates and Joinery Company broke through a section of wall only to uncover a hidden room which had remained untouched for many years.

It will now be assessed by the Irish Heritage Trust to find out more about what it was used for, when and who by.

Worker and secret room at Johnstown Castle
IMAGE SOURCE, IRISH HERITAGE TRUST Image caption, The contractors from National Gates and Joinery Company uncovered the room

The gothic-revival castle outside Wexford town has been undergoing substantial conservation and restoration works in recent years and has been reopening to the public in stages.

The original castle on the site dates back more than 850 years to Norman times.

It was owned by a number of different aristocratic families before entering public ownership in the late 20th century.

Parts of the castle were opened to the public for the first time in mid-2019 and more followed during the past two years, following a €7.5 million makeover.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c03xl35r20jo
 
ramonmercado said:
Secret room found in castle dating back to Norman era.

A secret room has been discovered during conservation works at a castle in County Wexford. The discovery was made at Johnstown Castle on Sunday by a carpenter who was working on window.

The contractors from National Gates and Joinery Company broke through a section of wall only to uncover a hidden room which had remained untouched for many years.

It will now be assessed by the Irish Heritage Trust to find out more about what it was used for, when and who by.

Worker and secret room at Johnstown Castle
IMAGE SOURCE, IRISH HERITAGE TRUST Image caption, The contractors from National Gates and Joinery Company uncovered the room

The gothic-revival castle outside Wexford town has been undergoing substantial conservation and restoration works in recent years and has been reopening to the public in stages.

The original castle on the site dates back more than 850 years to Norman times.

It was owned by a number of different aristocratic families before entering public ownership in the late 20th century.

Parts of the castle were opened to the public for the first time in mid-2019 and more followed during the past two years, following a €7.5 million makeover.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c03xl35r20jo
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The window in the hidden room looks suspiciously modern. This is not a Canterville Ghost scenario.
 
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