The Perelson children were passed into the custody of their aunt. Soon thereafter, the house at 2475 Glendower Place was essentially abandoned. It was sold in a probate auction to Emily and Julian Enriquez, neither of whom lived on the property. Decades passed, and the house gained a reputation for being virtually untouched since the murders.

According to one of the more popular legends, the Perelsons’ Christmas tree and wrapped gifts still sat in their living room, rotting away among dusty furniture. The time capsule aspect of the house was at least partly true. Amateur investigators peered into the windows and spotted items like old Life magazines and Spaghetti-O’s. However, these materials did not date back to the murders—they were placed in the home after December 1959.

Aside from being used as a storage site by the Enriquez family, the house remained empty of residents for decades. After Emily and Julian died, the house was passed on to their son Rudy Enriquez, who continued to use the house to store things. There were plenty of reports of Rudy visiting the house to drop off and pick up items, but never staying there.

Neighbors apparently complained that squatters had moved onto the property, especially the yard. According to Jude Margolis, a neighbor, “Hookers were coming in. Everybody was bringing guests up there. One night I was sitting outside and I noticed that people were over there having a picnic in the backyard.”

Eventually, a security system was installed in the house. But that didn’t stop people from trying to get inside to see what was inside the infamous Los Feliz Murder House. It also did nothing to quell reports of strange and terrifying things happening within its walls.

In the 60 years since the murders, some brave souls snooping around the house have reported a range of supernatural phenomena around 2475 Glendower Place. A neighbor named Sheree Watson, for example, claimed that her friend visited the house at night, where she was bitten by a black widow spider. Then, she accidentally tripped the burglar alarm. “Two nights later,” Sheree said, “the alarm kept going off at my house on my back door. But there was no one there. It was like the ghost was following us.”

According to author Brian Clune, whose book Hollywood Obscura details the history and hauntings of various sites around LA, ghost hunters have recorded a large number of sightings near the house:

“[A] common occurrence seems to be the sounds of screams and moans being heard by intrepid ghost hunters in the wee morning hours. The hunters have reported hearing the sound of a woman calling out “No!” in a terrified voice, followed by her frantic screaming and then silence.”

Another supposed sighting involves ghostly apparitions:

“Perhaps the most reported events coming from these ghost hunters are the sightings of faces that stare out of the windows of the old mansion…The hunters tell of seeing the face of a woman staring at them through one of the upstairs windows; she will gaze at them for a few minutes and then simply vanish from sight.”

Clune also mentions the appearance of ghostly, floating orbs wandering the house. When asked about the supposed hauntings at the house, Rudy Enriqez dismissed the claims:

“I’ve never looked at it as being haunted,” he said. “The only spooky thing there is me. Tell people to say their prayers every morning and evening and they’ll be OK.”

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