Woman fakes a haunted house to get rid of an ex-boyfriend who refuses to move out for 6 months after their breakup: ‘He saged the place, bought holy water’

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Apr 11, 2025 9:00 AM EDT

Nothing gets an unwanted roommate out of the house faster than a fake haunting. Spooky dolls, ghostly calls from the great beyond, and spooky Victorian children appearing in the hallway are enough to make any adult rethink their living situation. But this woman in our next story wasn't living in a real haunted house, but a spooky fun house of her own creation as she attempted to evict the one soul in the house she just couldn't shake: Her ex-boyfriend. 

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  • When in doubt, haunt your ex… Literally.

    Anyone who's ever gone through a tough breakup involving divvying up household goods has found between a rock and a hard place. As if the heartbreak isn't enough, now you're stuck getting rid of the worst roommate ever. The solution? Get creative in the special effects makeup aisle. Keep scrolling for the witchiest and most hilarious eviction of all time, where a woman exercises her ghost-fearing ex-boyfriend, cleansing the house of his clingy spirit.

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  • AITA for faking a haunted house to get my boyfriend to move out because he refused to leave after we broke up?
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  • I (28F) broke up with my boyfriend, Steve (31M), six months ago. We had been living together, and after the breakup, I gave him plenty of time to find a new place. He kept saying things
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  • like, "I just need a little more time," "The market's crazy," and "I can't find a place that allows ferrets." (He doesn't have a ferret. I don't know why he said that.)
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  • Fast forward to month six, and this man is still leaving beard trimmings in the sink and playing Skyrim until 3AM. I was losing it. So naturally, I decided to haunt my own apartment.
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  • It started small. Whispers through the vents. Flickering lights. I bought an old porcelain doll from Facebook Marketplace and moved it to different locations every night. I whispered, "Get out,
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  • Steven," into my phone, slowed it down 800%, and made it play from inside the walls via a Bluetooth speaker. I even got my friend who does special effects makeup to pretend to be a Victorian child ghost in the hallway mirror.
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  • Steve started losing sleep. He saged the place, bought holy water, and started talking to the doll like it was real. Then one night, he packed a bag, looked me de d in the eyes, and said, "The
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  • spirits have chosen you. I can't fight them anymore." And he left. He's now living with his sister. I've reclaimed my space. The doll is in my closet and sometimes I still whisper at it for fun.
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  • Now here's where it gets spicy: Steve found out it was me. My friend posted behind-the-scenes pics of the ghost makeup on her Instagram. He saw it and messaged me a very long paragraph calling
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  • me "a manipulative monster with a flair for the theatrical." Which, honestly, was kind of flattering. My friends are divided. Half say I'm a genius and deserve a Netflix deal.
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  • The other half say I should've just kicked him out the normal way and that "gaslighting via ghosts" might be ethically questionable. So... AITA for faking a full-on haunting to evict my emotionally clingy ex?
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  • NeitherInspector496. You're not the ah_le. He had six months to move out and still didn't get the hint. If he's emotionally clingy enough to stay in a breakup for that long, a little paranormal push doesn't sound too over the top. He'll have plenty of time to reflect on his 'spirits' while living at his sister's.
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  • Ok-Somewhere911. Oh I hope this is real. This is genuinely so funny, like there are so many sensible things you can do to clear someone out of your house but you went straight for "fake haunting" and I love you for that.
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  • prettyy_pu i laughed while reading this. You didn't evict him, you exorcised him. Honestly, the only spirits here were your creativity and spite, and both were possessing. When talking doesn't work, and he won't leave, summon the drama. Just maybe skip the ghost next time and go straight to a lease agreement.
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  • Extra_Midnight_5757 NTA, that's the most hilarious thing i've read in ages, get it girl
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  • Llyris_silken Ok, so leaving out whether it's real or fake because we're all just speculating anyway, the thing that's really bothering me is... he's afraid of ghosts and thinks they might talk to him???
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  • Tasty_Association353 NTA. When reading the title, I thought "lying is wrong, so clearly TA." But this was hilarious, especially now that it is out in the open. The spirit, AKA you, actually has been on your side.
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