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* ''Literature/TheMadScientistsClub'': In "The Voice in the Chimney", the boys of the Mad Scientists' Club use various mechanical and electronic gimmicks to turn an old house on the outskirts of town into a fake "haunted house".
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* In ''Literature/WhereAreTheChildren'', there's a large old house by the sea that overlooks the rest of the town, known as The Lookout by the locals. It was originally built by a sea captain back in the 1690s and has been added to over the centuries, though no one has owned it in years. The villain Courtney Parrish has rented the top floor, which was converted to an apartment, for the past six years until a buyer can been found. He uses the location to spy on the Eldredge house and brings Mike and Missy Eldredge to The Lookout after abducting them.
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* The setting of ''VideoGame/{{Insanity}}'' is an old, seemingly abandoned mansion on the edge of town, which is rumored to be haunted. [[ClosedCircle The protagonists become trapped there and can't call for help because all the phone lines have been cut.]] It turns out to have a very dark and tragic history.
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* The setting of ''VideoGame/{{Insanity}}'' ''VideoGame/{{Insanity|Uri}}'' is an old, seemingly abandoned mansion on the edge of town, which is rumored to be haunted. [[ClosedCircle The protagonists become trapped there and can't call for help because all the phone lines have been cut.]] It turns out to have a very dark and tragic history.
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Expect many [[SecretPath passageways]] hidden [[BookcasePassage behind bookcases]], usually operated [[LuckBasedSearchTechnique by candlesticks]], [[PortraitPaintingPeephole portraits with removable eyes for spying]], and the ubiquitous [[DramaticThunder thunder and lightning]]. Almost inevitably, all methods of communication with the outside world will have [[ClosedCircle somehow ceased to function]], if they ever existed at all... especially [[CutPhoneLines telephones]]. (This was more plausible in the early [[The20thCentury 20th century]], a.k.a. [[GenteelInterbellumSetting Agatha Christie Time]], when many old dwellings had not yet been fitted with telephones and service in general was commonly more apt to fail.) You can also expect the lights to go out several times during the night. (Usually [[LightsOffSomebodyDies when it's least convenient]].)
May or may not be [[HauntedHouse haunted]] or have some curse or be hiding a DarkSecret. If the mystery is set in {{UsefulNotes/Europe}}, this may be a [[HauntedCastle castle]] instead of a [[BigFancyHouse mansion]]. See also HauntedHouse and HauntedCastle, which usually ''are'' haunted. SymbolicGlassHouse is the inverse, but often has the same effect.
In this trope, while a haunting may be real, it is more likely that the mysterious poltergeist is an [[ScoobyDooHoax elaborate hoax]].
Please keep in mind that ''not'' any old house with poor lighting will do for this trope. This is a classic trope of, and a great set piece for, [[MysteryFiction whodunnit murder mysteries]].
May or may not be [[HauntedHouse haunted]] or have some curse or be hiding a DarkSecret. If the mystery is set in {{UsefulNotes/Europe}}, this may be a [[HauntedCastle castle]] instead of a [[BigFancyHouse mansion]]. See also HauntedHouse and HauntedCastle, which usually ''are'' haunted. SymbolicGlassHouse is the inverse, but often has the same effect.
In this trope, while a haunting may be real, it is more likely that the mysterious poltergeist is an [[ScoobyDooHoax elaborate hoax]].
Please keep in mind that ''not'' any old house with poor lighting will do for this trope. This is a classic trope of, and a great set piece for, [[MysteryFiction whodunnit murder mysteries]].
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Expect many [[SecretPath passageways]] hidden [[BookcasePassage behind bookcases]], usually operated [[LuckBasedSearchTechnique by candlesticks]], [[PortraitPaintingPeephole portraits with removable eyes for spying]], and the ubiquitous [[DramaticThunder thunder and lightning]]. Almost inevitably, all methods of communication with the outside world will have [[ClosedCircle somehow ceased to function]], function]] – if they ever existed at all... all – especially [[CutPhoneLines telephones]]. (This was more plausible in the early [[The20thCentury 20th century]], a.k.a. [[GenteelInterbellumSetting Agatha Christie Time]], when many old older dwellings had not yet been fitted with telephones and service in general was commonly more apt to fail.) You can also expect for the lights to go out several times during the night. (Usually [[LightsOffSomebodyDies when it's least convenient]].)
May or may not be [[HauntedHousehaunted]] haunted]], or have some curse cursed, or be hiding a DarkSecret. If the mystery is set in {{UsefulNotes/Europe}}, this may might be a [[HauntedCastle castle]] instead of rather than a [[BigFancyHouse mansion]]. See also HauntedHouse and HauntedCastle, which usually ''are'' haunted. SymbolicGlassHouse is the inverse, but often has the same effect.
In Actual hauntings are fairly rare in this trope, while a haunting may be real, it is type of story, in any case. It's far more likely that the mysterious poltergeist is {{poltergeist}} bedeviling the characters will turn out to be an [[ScoobyDooHoax elaborate hoax]].
Please keep And please bear in mind that ''not'' any not just ''any'' old house with poor lighting will do make for this trope.a proper Old, Dark House. This is a classic trope of, and a great set piece for, [[MysteryFiction whodunnit murder mysteries]].
May or may not be [[HauntedHouse
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePagemaster'': Dr. Jekyll lives in a big, dark mansion on the edge of a cliff. While Richard comes across a few ghost stories, the much bigger threat is Jekyll himself once he transforms into Mr. Hyde.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePagemaster'': Dr. Jekyll lives in a big, dark mansion on the edge of a cliff. While Richard comes across a few ghost stories, the much bigger threat is Jekyll himself once he transforms into Mr. Hyde.
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May or may not be [[HauntedHouse haunted]] or have some curse or be hiding a DarkSecret. If the mystery is set in Europe, this may be a [[HauntedCastle castle]] instead of a [[BigFancyHouse mansion]]. See also HauntedHouse and HauntedCastle, which usually ''are'' haunted. SymbolicGlassHouse is the inverse, but often has the same effect.
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May or may not be [[HauntedHouse haunted]] or have some curse or be hiding a DarkSecret. If the mystery is set in Europe, {{UsefulNotes/Europe}}, this may be a [[HauntedCastle castle]] instead of a [[BigFancyHouse mansion]]. See also HauntedHouse and HauntedCastle, which usually ''are'' haunted. SymbolicGlassHouse is the inverse, but often has the same effect.
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Expect many [[SecretPath passageways]] hidden [[BookcasePassage behind bookcases]], usually operated [[LuckBasedSearchTechnique by candlesticks]], [[PortraitPaintingPeephole portraits with removable eyes for spying]], and the ubiquitous [[DramaticThunder thunder and lightning]]. Almost inevitably, all methods of communication with the outside world will have [[ClosedCircle somehow ceased to function]], if they ever existed at all... especially [[CutPhoneLines telephones]]. (This was more plausible in the early [[The20thCentury 20th century, century]], a.k.a. [[GenteelInterbellumSetting Agatha Christie Time]], when many old dwellings had not yet been fitted with telephones and service in general was commonly more apt to fail.) You can also expect the lights to go out several times during the night. (Usually [[LightsOffSomebodyDies when it's least convenient]].)
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* The majority of ''Film/AHauntingInVenice'' takes place inside Rowena Drake's crumbling palazzo in the centre of Venice. According to legend, the palazzo was an orphanage and when the plague swept the city, the doctors and nurses abandoned the orphanage and sealed the children inside; leaving them to die. The palazzo is supposedly haunted by the spirits of the children who hate all doctors and nurses.
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* ComicStrip/TheAddamsFamily resides in one of these, in the original cartoons as well as the [[Franchise/TheAddamsFamily various adaptations]].
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* ComicStrip/TheAddamsFamily resides in one of these, in the original cartoons as well as the [[Franchise/TheAddamsFamily various adaptations]].
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** The similarly-themed 1954 short ''WesternAnimation/ClawsForAlarm'' has the same duo spending the night in an abandoned Old, Dark Hotel in a GhostTown.
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* Agatha Christie's ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'' takes place in a mansion on an isolated island, where the boat to the mainland won't be coming back for several days. The house itself is actually an aversion, having the finest modern amenities available for the era with plenty of windows to allow light to come in. Vera Claythorne comments on this.
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* Agatha Christie's ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'' takes place in a mansion on an isolated island, where the boat to the mainland won't be coming back for several days. The But the house itself is actually an aversion, having the finest modern amenities available for the era with plenty of windows to allow light to come in. Vera Claythorne comments on this.
