Mystery Houses

The Mystery Houses
General Information
User(s)	Katie Bender (The House of Refuge) Cassandra Cillian (The House of Refuge)
Function(s)	Haunted house Place of refuge for those in need (The House of Refuge)
Location	Various: at least one house is known to move locations, while others may exist in multiple locations at the same time

The Mystery Houses are magical buildings that are the basis of all stories and legends of haunted houses.

History

The Mystery Houses are listed in the Heisserer Index. According to Jenkins, the legends of haunted houses--from the haunted house on the hill to the sorority house stalked by a psychopath--are all based on these houses. He does note that there is some argument about the methodology used to identify the houses.

Known Mystery Houses

Their are currently four active mystery houses, and one inactive one:

• The Dionaea House
• The House of Refuge (also known as the Shatterbox)
• The Soul Cage
• The Ur Adobe
• The Final Rest (inactive; destroyed in 1350)

Trivia

• The Dionaea House is from the multimedia novel written by Eric Heisserer, whose name was used for the Heisserer Index.
• The Final Rest may be a reference to Imladris, aka Rivendell, aka The Last Homely House, from Tolkien's Middle-Earth.
• The idea of a prototypical haunted house was a combination of the Dionaea House stories and "that one house" in the neighbourhood that local children find creepy.