Wake the Lakes “Weird and Wacky Wednesday” 11-1-23

Homebuyers Are Willing To Purchase Haunted Houses 

(Undated)  —  Turns out ghosts aren’t a deal-breaker for homebuyers.  A Zillow survey found that 67-percent of prospective homebuyers would purchase a haunted house if it was in a good location, affordable or had other appeal.  Ghosts are even a selling point for some potential buyers.  Nearly 30-percent said they were more likely to buy a home if it was haunted.  A population scientist at Zillow says ghosts don’t always “make the cut” when buyers are balancing many priorities in a market that lacks inventory.

Woman Scammed Out Of Thousands By Person Pretending To Be Johnny Depp Online 

(Omaha, NE)  —   An Omaha woman is scammed after a person claims to be Johnny Depp over the internet. The 68-year-old woman says she was first contacted by the person claiming to be Depp on the Messenger app, and then communicated with them through several phone numbers. She says the person who claimed to be Depp wanted to marry her, but needed ten-thousand-dollars for a wedding planner. After sending the money and sensing the scam, she ended involvement with the person. She says the person then took 5-thousand more dollars from her account, taking 15-thousand total. Police are investigating further.