{"id":2876,"slug":"house-of-death-new-york-new-york","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["The House of Death is the '50s — the Greek Revival that's the 10th Street, the Twain that's the '00-01. The 22 are the claimed — the deaths that are the legend, the Bartell that's the '74 memoir. The 'problem' is the quote — the Clemens who appeared '30s, the 'gotta settle' that's the line.","The Steinberg was the '87 — the Lisa that's the 6-year-old, the beating that's the real horror. The cat is the ghost — the spectral that's the reported, the woman in white that's the other. The House of Death is the layered — the Twain that's the famous, the Steinberg that's the true crime.","The file keeps the House of Death: the Twain residence, the Bartell memoir, the '87 Steinberg, and the 22 legend.","The House of Death is the archive's NYC file — the Village's dark house."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["The House of Death is the archive's NYC file — the Twain ghost.","A house keeps its writer — the file's suggestion being that the House's hold is the layered: the Twain that's the ghost, the Steinberg that's the real, and the '22' that's the legend."]}],"name":"House of Death","aliases":[],"type":"HOUSE","type_label":"House","cats":["DARK_HISTORY","LOCAL_FOLKLORE","HAUNTED_PLACE","HISTORIC_BUILDING"],"groups":["dark-history","hauntings","historic-sites","legends"],"desc":"14 West 10th—\"22 ghosts,\" Mark Twain, and the murders.","full_desc":"House of Death is a house in New York, New York. 14 West 10th—\"22 ghosts,\" Mark Twain, and the murders. HauntHunt files it with dark history, local folklore and haunted places. The presence its accounts keep returning to is the one they call the 22. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"New York","county":null,"state":"New York","postal":null,"region":"Northeast","lat":40.662712,"lon":-73.938677,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"NYC batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":2601,"type":"NAMED_GHOST_LEGEND","description":"The 22 ghosts—including Twain—are reportedly seen. A house with New York's history behind it gives the reports a setting that needs no exaggeration. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. 'House of Death' carries the account. A ghost with a name outlasts a ghost without one; the reports keep it employed.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The 22","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"House of Death","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_West_10th_Street","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":2602,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported figures in the brownstone. House of Death wears the claim the way old houses do: visibly, and without comment. The claim comes from paranormal investigation work: suggestive results, no accepted proof. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped. The report keeps its place in the record.","evidence":"PARANORMAL_INVESTIGATION_CLAIM","evidence_label":"Investigation claim","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"House of Death","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_West_10th_Street","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The Twain residence and the 1987 murder are documented. House of Death's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 'House of Death' documents the entry. It anchors the timeline the rest of the file hangs from. The lore keeps its witness.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"House of Death","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_West_10th_Street","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The 22 ghosts—including Twain—are reportedly seen. The house's rooms are where the accounts concentrate — old houses keep their stories in the walls they were built around. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. 'House of Death' carries the account. It's the version the place will be remembered by, whether or not it's the true one.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"House of Death","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_West_10th_Street","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The 22","claimed_identity":"The 22","verified":null,"summary":"The 22 ghosts—including Twain—are reportedly seen. The house's rooms are where the accounts concentrate — old houses keep their stories in the walls they were built around. 'House of Death' carries the account. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease. The lore keeps its witness.","behavior":"The 22 ghosts—including Twain—are reportedly seen.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"House of Death","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_West_10th_Street","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Historic house; many are private residences—verify public access before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"House of Death","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_West_10th_Street","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}