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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
As told to Sammy Gecsoyler

Dynamite, sex toys – and liver? Readers on the weirdest things they’ve found in a new home

Graphic showing the head and neck of a life-size resuscitation doll
‘I told you we’d find a body …’ Composite: Guardian Design; TQS/Alamy

‘When I opened the suitcase, I fell backwards and screamed’

Our new house had once been the home of a ferry boat captain and his family. The previous owners requested that we dispose of anything left behind. “We’re going to find a body,” I told my husband as we considered the piles and piles of things in the den, the garage and the attic.

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