The Mystery Of The “World’s Loneliest House” – And The Dark Truth About Why It’s Empty

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A windswept rock emerges from the Atlantic Ocean, waves battering it from every angle. This is Iceland... but only just.

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The mainland is a hazy blur way off in the distance, and the only inkling of human activity here is a single, solitary house. It’s a home so remote, so incredibly isolated, that it’s known as the “loneliest house in the world.” And if that’s not unsettling enough, it has a dark history. After all, why would anybody build something so far from civilization if they didn’t have sinister intentions?