Ghostly secret haunts Kerry's Idaho idyll

Times
by David Lister
A story of insanity and suicide lies at the heart of the mountain retreat of the would-be President

THE next time that John Kerry visits his $4.9 million winter retreat in the Rocky Mountains, he would do well to dust off an old certificate boasting about the building’s illustrious history.
A framed scroll of parchment written in stilted medieval English reveals that the exclusive hideaway he shares with his wife in Ketchum, Idaho, is a dream American vacation home with a difference: it spent most of its 500 years on a farm in East Anglia.

Locals in the village of Elmsett, Suffolk, expressed astonishment last night that the bat-infested old barn that had a reputation for being haunted is only days away from becoming a possible presidential retreat.

The Times has uncovered the remarkable story that never featured in the barn’s promotional literature when it was sold to John Heinz III, the late husband of Teresa Heinz Kerry, now the wife of the Massachusetts senator and Democratic presidential candidate, for £45,500 in 1987: it was the setting for a story of family tragedy in which a father and son hanged themselves from its rafters after apparently being driven to insanity.

The suicides of William and John Bull in the 19th century cast such a shadow over Rookery Farm that even today it is said to be haunted by their ghosts. A third family member, Robert Bull, also took his own life, although where is unclear. An inquest after his death concluded that he had fallen victim to the same condition as his brother and father: lunacy.
More spooky:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-1327509,00.html

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

An interesting story. Wonder how Faux will turn this into a hit piece?

sorry

Where have YOU been for the last 4 years? ;)

The Heinz boys may have something to say about that.

For those who don't want to sign in, here is a link to the story:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1327509,00.html

NT