Subby doesn't know what "half-naked" means (though that statue is a bit creepy). Also, except for the self-aggrandizing royal stuff, it's not particularly bizarre.

Robert1966: Subby doesn't know what "half-naked" means (though that statue is a bit creepy). Also, except for the self-aggrandizing royal stuff, it's not particularly bizarre.

Don't bother. There are some people around here who are narrow-minded and bigoted, and who believe everything Diane Diamond and Gloria Aldred tell them on Court TV.

cool link. Interesting look at the mind of Michael Jackson

Barnacles!: cool link. Interesting look at the mind of Michael Jackson

i'd say

What a beautiful house with "secret" rooms.

The life-size Lego Darth Vader owns.

/and the house is gorgeous

He should have hired some neighborhood kids to pull those weeds.

looking at pic 1-12, Is it me or the place looked kinda depressing and badly lit?

Ladies and Gentlemen: NAMBLA's corporate retreat.

It may be neat but there's no way I'm clicking through 42 pages.

Neverland in its heyday:


Neverland today:


/no carnival rides for you. Not yours.

subby: Includes obligatory half-naked young boy statue and some of the most bizarre MJ-themed 'art' you'll see, well, ever


That's ignorant.

I think the emptiness of the place is very ...symbolic.

what a sad sad life he led. I can almost see him begging to be put down now.

How many children's souls are forever locked behind that door?

Walker: Neverland today:

/no carnival rides for you. Not yours.

I can has the go-kart track?

...oh my. I can't decide if that's awesome or kind of sad looking.

thenateman: He should have hired some neighborhood kids to pull those weeds.

That railroad house makes me sad.

But the Star Wars stuff is nice!

Kind of hard to feel sorry for the guy for being bankrupt when he had all that shiat.

That prick had a Han Colo in carbonite? Bastard.

elvis in 24 makes me laugh and cringe at the same time.

Solo

He had rooms with wall to wall carpeting and hallways with windows!

Like Elvis, for a guy with so much money he sure had lousy decorating sense.

Oh and that Han Solo carbonite thing you could pick up at FAO Schwarz for like $5k. Big frickin' deal.

DarthBrooks: Like Elvis, for a guy with so much money he sure had lousy decorating sense.

no way, that house is gorgeous.

but i'll agree with others; all the emptiness is pretty sad.

leahruthie: no way, that house is gorgeous.

but i'll agree with others; all the emptiness is pretty sad.

Imagine that Tudor style house full of plastic Superman statues and then tell me all about MJ's fashion acuity.

Ah, a Star Wars fan. They're all weirdos.

/Trekkie

DarthBrooks: Oh and that Han Solo carbonite thing you could pick up at FAO Schwarz for like $5k. Big frickin' deal.

Yeah! Chump change!

gadian: Ah, a Star Wars fan. They're all weirdos.

/Trekkie

You mean the vast migration of star wars fans?




/hot like 25 star generals

What Neverland looks like now:

The house itself looks wonderful. The man certainly had an eclectic taste. Reminds me a bit of Sir Walter Scott's home, Abbotsford, which is filled to the brim with all sorts of crap.

The actual house is surprisingly banal. Some parts are odd (the railroad section), but the rest looks to be pretty generic. Could put them in a slideshow saying these are from mansions and castles in Europe, and not be out of place. Definitely not something I'd associate with a man-child.

The toys, yeah, man-child. Though to be honest, not nearly as creepy as I expected. Star Wars stuff? If I had millions of dollars, I'd get a crapload of that stuff too. Motorcycle and Rolls Royce are a few things that any rich man might have, man-child or not. Most of the portraits are more narcissistic than immature - Jackson as the King and the Prince? They don't scream out man-child, by themselves at least.

Really, I'm surprised at the banality of most of those pictures. I honestly expected, particularly after the creepy statue at the beginning, that it would descend into madness and depravity. But that first slide is the only one that fits the bill - the rest are boring.

The name of the website it will be sold on? E-Boy.

It's a bizarre mix of English Tudor and Disneyland. I think that's what bothers me about it. It looks like a movie set, where everything is fake, like you could peek around the corner and see it's all an illusion. It's what a child pretending to be a grownup would choose.

I don't think the man even liked any of his possessions, he just bought them to have them.

Anybody else catch the spelling mistake in the URL?

ZOMG A FULL SIZE TUB!!!

Barnacles!: cool link. Interesting look at the mind of Michael Jackson

I came across an article last week about his child molestation court case. A group of court-appointed psychiatrists basically said that Jackson had the mind of a 10-yo. He wasn't having sex w/the kids--he was just surrounding himself with like-minded individuals.

Seeing these pictures, I'm inclined to agree.

The house is gorgeous. The amusement park ruins and train track need demolition, as does all the MJ royalty crap. What a narcissist.

Of course, this has more value with the MJ memorabilia to whichever Arabic oil sheikh is going to buy it, so I'd imagine all that'll stay.


The auction photographers seem to have confused the unique things (MJ was sculpture, glove, awards) with the junk (most of those sculptures look like Sharper Image stuff).

Anybody else catch the spelling mistake in the URL?

Wow. I'd say the fact that the same 'error' appears TWICE means someone at the Daily News has a sense of humor.

I'm a fan of Michael Jackon, I have "HItory" on CD

MJ without makeup?

cretinbob 2009-07-04 01:13:52 PM
what a sad sad life he led. I can almost see him begging to be put down now.

Came in to say essentially THIS.

I think he committed suicide.

Look, I'm not a fan, don't worship him, blah blah blah but not too much of a hater either and after reading all I have over the past week and seeing the interviews I have come to the conclusion that he REALLY didn't want to grow up/become an adult.

I saw a clip last night on ABC and with the make-up he looks to be in his mid 20s and he was 50.

The guy was a washed up, broke, pedophiliac drug addict with very deep mental health issues.

Doing the shows in London was going to force him to deal with at some of his responsibilities and he didn't want to do and killed himself.

Another aspect is that he was committing suicide in slow motion, over the couse of the past 20 years.

E.T. phone gift

The good life was wasted on that douchenozzle.
Pictures of yourself? Good grief, Charlie Brown.

I think Neverland Ranch should be turned into a museum, and serve as a monument to human madness. Kind of like the Winchester house in San Jose.

/still need to go there one of these days

So when does this stuff go up for auction?

SupremeLeader: Cameron_Talley: The house itself looks wonderful. The man certainly had an eclectic taste. Reminds me a bit of Sir Walter Scott's home, Abbotsford, which is filled to the brim with all sorts of crap.

Did he pretend to kill Michael Paine for sleeping with his wife?

No, but Scott did go broke and was in debt in the end....

What a lonely man he must have been. I've always felt sorry for Michael Jackson - he just seemed so endlessly unhappy.



But man, I totally want those Scissorhands!

And I think the 'iconic white glove' will be going for more than $15k. A lot more.

anfrind: I think Neverland Ranch should be turned into a museum, and serve as a monument to human madness. Kind of like the Winchester house in San Jose.

Few things can compare to the Winchester house when it comes to monuments to madness. I would have loved to have seen it before the 1906 earthquake.

\The ghosts of Indians your father helped kill want you to build a magnificent mansion.
\\Really, they do.

To The Escape Zeppelin! Few things can compare to the Winchester house when it comes to monuments to madness. I would have loved to have seen it before the 1906 earthquake.

Went a few years ago. Its still a neat tour. Stairwells to a wall, 2nd story doors that open to air, etc.