sbrister: I want that kitchen

THIS. I saw the pictures of the house somewhere and that's the first thing I thought.

And fark Joe Jackson for turning a huge talent into a self-hating freak.

The interior of the small "secret room" with three deadbolt locks used by Jackson to store valuable items.

Does it strike anyone else as strange that the deadbolts are on the OUTSIDE of this door? who or what was he locking in there... ? generally deadbolts on the outside of a door are to lock something inside that has the ability to open said door...

doctorwormwood: The interior of the small "secret room" with three deadbolt locks used by Jackson to store valuable items.

Does it strike anyone else as strange that the deadbolts are on the OUTSIDE of this door? who or what was he locking in there... ? generally deadbolts on the outside of a door are to lock something inside that has the ability to open said door...

No, it's not strange at all. Look who we're talking about.

SwingingJohnson: EVERYBODY had lousy decorating sense in the 70's.

"Lousy"? That's awesome!

Like the impulsive earthy atmosphere more than the brand-loyalist faux-corporate track lighting and barren suburban soullessness that's been in vogue since Gordon Gecko.

/which would you rather fark in? You could tear some pussy up on that crazy green carpet!

doctorwormwood: The interior of the small "secret room"

Does it strike anyone else as strange that the deadbolts are on the OUTSIDE of this door?

I took this to mean that this is a shot of the door from the inside of the room, and the outside presumably is blended in or obscured from view.

/All this crazy expensive shiat all over the property and there is still a need for a secret room for "valuables"?

doctorwormwood: The interior of the small "secret room" with three deadbolt locks used by Jackson to store valuable items.

Does it strike anyone else as strange that the deadbolts are on the OUTSIDE of this door? who or what was he locking in there... ? generally deadbolts on the outside of a door are to lock something inside that has the ability to open said door...

Uhhh, Dude? thats the inside of the room in the photo.
So, yeah, all of the handles for the deadbolts would be on that side.......and the keyholes would be on the other side.

John Buck 41: doctorwormwood: The interior of the small "secret room" with three deadbolt locks used by Jackson to store valuable items.

Does it strike anyone else as strange that the deadbolts are on the OUTSIDE of this door? who or what was he locking in there... ? generally deadbolts on the outside of a door are to lock something inside that has the ability to open said door...

No, it's not strange at all. Look who we're talking about.



He only used it once a month, anyway...

So THATS what a buttload of money and no accountability look like....

For such a great creative artist, his imagination seems limited.

/you know what I'm talking about

glompoc: I drove by the Neverland ranch back in 2005 when the trial was going on to check out the media circus. What stuck me as creepy was that there was a boarding school for boys across the street to the entrance, plus it was kind of out in the middle of nowhere.

Not just for boys, girls go there also:

http://www.midland-school.org/

They're pretty hard core students, not much to worry about from ol MJ. The classrooms all have three walls with one side open to the outside.

gadian: numb3r5ev3n: WhyteRaven74: numb3r5ev3n: Just.....gahhh. D: It really does say it all.

Pretty much going to be death what he was in his early life sadly, or at least Joe hopes he will be.

I am soooo glad the kids are either going to Michael's mom or Diana Ross instead.

Why can't the mother have the kids? They are her kids after all and her agreement was with Michael. If he's not around, isn't the mother the next in line? I'm not being snide, I'm truly asking why mom(s) isn't/aren't around.

She didn't keep the receipt when she sold them to MJ.

John Buck 41: doctorwormwood: The interior of the small "secret room" with three deadbolt locks used by Jackson to store valuable items.
Does it strike anyone else as strange that the deadbolts are on the OUTSIDE of this door? who or what was he locking in there... ? generally deadbolts on the outside of a door are to lock something inside that has the ability to open said door...

No, it's not strange at all. Look who we're talking about.

Exactly what I thought. You can't hold MJ to one standard when you're deciding that he's a pedophile (he's perfectly normal, except he diddled kids), and ignore that he did a lot of other very weird things that probably had nothing to do with diddling kids.

Like paying off the kid who accused him in the first place--weird behavior, makes him look guilty? of course. Weird behavior that would go along with him having the emotional maturity of a 10-year-old, tons of money, and a terror of having his private life exposed? Yeah, that too. It may not NOT make him a pedophile, but it might explain why he'd do that even if he wasn't guilty.

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

/Trekkie

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

I never went for the faux Bavarian Castle look. Especially in Cali. It's in such a beautiful spot but the house looks dark and small, like some mouldy theme restaurant with a suit of armor by the door and lots of cabbage on the menu. Of course, he never struck me as a sun worshipper, so the darkness may have been intentional. Does anyone know if the house was there when he bought the land, or if he had it built?

Fano: What Neverland looks like now:

HAHAHA I totally thought of this image when I heard he died. Clown face rusting in the weeds, all the children are safe at home.

To The Escape Zeppelin!: 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.

I remember some show about him that showed him in Vegas with the veiled children. He waled into the tackiest tourist trap store packed full of fake sarcophagus lids, fake marble statues, gold plated everything and basically walked around going, " I want that, I want that, I want that, I want 2 of those, I want that, I want that......". He bought enough in one 5 min. spree to fill half that house. Of course the store staff just smiled an nodded the whole time. I wonder if he actually got 1/2 the stuff he pointed at? I'm sure he was charged for it.

itazurakko: 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.

/still need to go there one of these days

The house in TFA was big enough and weird enough (at least from those camera angles) that it was reminding me of the Winchester house, actually.

And I'll recommend the Winchester house tour. True, it's just a regular Queen Anne style house, just like houses all over the US Midwest including my neighborhood, so it's probably more exotic to Californians who don't have so much of that style around.

HOWEVER, while it's "just an ordinary house," it's about 10 minutes into it when you realize that you're walking down more hallways that you've NEVER SEEN YET, and you've been walking for a solid 10 minutes at a pretty quick pace. The sheer SIZE of the place is staggering - it's like a maze. Plus, all those hallways are full of amazing built-in shelves and drawers and all of it.

That's even before you get to some of the truly bizarre features of the house like stairs which go to nowhere, cabinets which open to become stairs, spy holes so the owner could look down on the first floor kitchen workers from the third floor, etc etc ETC.

If you like crazy architecture or just surreal stuff, it's worth it. Very weird house.

We call the house next door "the Winchester mansion" because the landlord is nuts and keeps adding more crap to it. First he put siding over it, then added brick trim over the siding. The siding covered half the windows up. One window was covered from inside, but not from the outside. The venetian blinds cooked in the summer sun. A few days ago we noticed he'd finally covered the dead window from the outside.

Inside, everything has been covered in "texture". The electrical socket plates, light switch plates, toilet paper holders, and towel bars---all covered in the texture of a popcorn ceiling. An entire bathroom and laundry nook have been walled over / in. Oh, and he's added barnwood trim to blank walls. He's a loon.

gadian: numb3r5ev3n: WhyteRaven74: numb3r5ev3n: Just.....gahhh. D: It really does say it all.

Pretty much going to be death what he was in his early life sadly, or at least Joe hopes he will be.

I am soooo glad the kids are either going to Michael's mom or Diana Ross instead.

Why can't the mother have the kids? They are her kids after all and her agreement was with Michael. If he's not around, isn't the mother the next in line? I'm not being snide, I'm truly asking why mom(s) isn't/aren't around.

She signed custody rights away.

atomic-age:
Inside, everything has been covered in "texture". The electrical socket plates, light switch plates, toilet paper holders, and towel bars---all covered in the texture of a popcorn ceiling. An entire bathroom and laundry nook have been walled over / in. Oh, and he's added barnwood trim to blank walls. He's a loon.

I WANT TO GO THERE.

Holy crap

Holy crap

Holy crap

Holeeeee crap

Max Awesome: atomic-age:
Inside, everything has been covered in "texture". The electrical socket plates, light switch plates, toilet paper holders, and towel bars---all covered in the texture of a popcorn ceiling. An entire bathroom and laundry nook have been walled over / in. Oh, and he's added barnwood trim to blank walls. He's a loon.

I WANT TO GO THERE.

It's pretty unspectacular. I could probably take some photos for you though.