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The Riddle House is an old Edwardian house located in Palm Beach County, Florida. The house was built in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1905 by some of Henry Flagler 's hotel construction workers. Originally known as "Gatekeeper's Cottage", the house was home to the groundskeeper of Woodlawn Cemetery.
Aug 8, 2017 · Today, the Riddle House is one of Florida’s most popular haunted hotspots. Visitors report everything from mysterious flashes of light to sightings of a hanging torso in the attic window. For those curious to experience the mystery of the Riddle House first-hand, the South Florida Fair often offers ghost tours throughout the summer and fall.
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Early history
The Riddles were a wealthy Muggle family who owned over half the valley where Little Hangleton lay. They were known to be haughty and pretentious snobs who were widely disliked by the other villagers, though they engaged with them enough to gossip about the Gaunts, who lived in a rundown shackjust outside the village. Tom Riddle Snr used to pass by the Gaunt Shack on his horse, sometimes with his companion Cecilia, and was watched by an infatuated Merope Gaunt. When her brother Morfin discove...
Use by Lord Voldemort
In August of 1994, Lord Voldemort returned to the house with his servant, Peter Pettigrew, and decided to use it as his base of operations during the Triwizard Tournament. Frank Bryce saw a light coming from within the house late one night. Thinking it was children breaking into the house to set it on fire, Bryce took his keys and travelled up the hill to the Riddle House. Upon entering and climbing to its second level, he saw, to his surprise, that the fire was lit safely in the grate, and h...
Exterior
The Riddle House was a fine manor, built onto a hill that gave an overlooking view of the village. After the Riddles were all murdered, the Riddle House turned into disrepair. Many of the tiles were missing, the grounds were overgrown, and many of the windows were boarded up.
Interior
After the murder of the Riddles, the manor was dark, unused and undisturbed, leading to a buildup of thick dust layer and smell of decay. The back door, which connected to the gardens, led to the massive kitchen that opened up to the foyer. When Frank Bryce entered the house, thinking that there were intruders, he went up the stone steps and turned to the corridor, and there would be a door at the end of the passageway, which would be the drawing room. Despite the home being greatly in need o...
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the drawing room is said to contain a rug with a lit fireplace and Voldemort's armchair. However, the appearance is different in the film adaptation, as a fi...It is possible that the Riddle House continued to be owned by the wealthy man after Voldemort's use.Despite having seen the house during the night of Voldemort's regeneration, Harry did not recognise it at first when he saw it in the Pensieve.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(film)Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire(video game)Ghost Adventures investigate the historic Riddle House, a former funeral parlor, in West Palm Beach, FL. Death has been in and around the Riddle House since it was built in the early 1900s. First used as a funeral parlor, and later as a private residence, the home has seen its share of tragedy.
May 2, 2015 · Built in 1881, the Riddle House was one of the oldest structures in the area. A banker from New York built it for his wife as a wedding present, a summer country retreat at what was at the time, 500 acres of cattle and farmland, what is now Riddle Drive in Orlando.
Sep 12, 2021 · Though few wizards realize it, the Riddle House holds an important place in wizarding history. Located on a hill overlooking Little Hangleton, it was the home of Voldemort’s grandparents, and the place where his father, Tom Riddle, lived both before and after Voldemort’s birth at the end of 1926.
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Sep 12, 2021 · We learn of the mysterious murders in the Riddle House fifty years ago, how Frank Bryce was accused but released for lack of evidence, and how the Riddle House fell into disrepair.
