Seymour, CT — Hell House, the Seymour home whose Beckwith family haunting was the subject of Discovery’s A Haunting episode “Hell House” in 2005, now takes overnight guests. The whole house rents for $666 to $999 a night for up to eight people, and its new owners are comedian Matt Rife, Elton Castee and Josh Yozura.
What Hell House Is
Hell House was the Beckwith family’s home, and Yozura’s Nov. 8 video says the family reported violent attacks, spirits and what was believed to be a demonic presence there, so Ed and Lorraine Warren were called in to investigate. The Warrens are the paranormal investigators whose cases inspired The Conjuring films, and the house’s website bills it as the real Hell House of Ed and Lorraine Warren. The same team runs the Haunted Warren House in Monroe, Connecticut.
Yozura, Castee and Rife announced the purchase in an Oct. 3 video on Yozura’s Exploring With Josh channel. In an Oct. 28 Instagram reel, Castee said the house had been abandoned for 20 years and that they had spent a month renovating it, and in a comment on the reel he said 50 nights had already been booked.
Hell House Prices by Night
One nightly price covers the whole house and up to 8 guests, with fees and cleaning included:
- Monday to Thursday: $666
- Sunday: $888
- Friday and Saturday: $999
A stay runs from 4 p.m. to noon the next day, which the booking page calls a “20-Hour Private Overnight Stay.” On Nov. 14 its calendar had open nights starting Nov. 16.
Inside Hell House
Guests get the entire 2,200-square-foot house and its 1-acre lot. The first floor has the Kitchen/Exorcism Room, the Living Room, the Library, the Scrying Room, the Spiritual Sanctuary Bedroom and the Master Bedroom, and upstairs are the Brothel Room, the Doll Room and the Red Room, plus the basement. The booking page lists five bedrooms, two full bathrooms, heating and air conditioning, Wi-Fi, a washer and dryer, bedding and towels, and driveway parking for up to four cars. Cookware, dishes and utensils aren’t provided.
The stay includes a ghost-hunting kit that the site values at more than $25,000, with more than 50 devices and night-vision cameras. Guests who use it put a credit card on file, and they bring their own SD and micro SD cards. Water, sodas and snacks are provided.
The Waiver and House Rules
Every guest signs a physical liability waiver and a spiritual liability waiver, and the afflictions the site says the owners aren’t liable for, during or after a stay, include scratches, possession, levitation, sleep paralysis, black eyes, psychic wounds, voices in your head and astral projections. Holy water is provided in the house, and the Spiritual Sanctuary Bedroom is set aside as a protected room guests can use at any time.
Breaking a house rule can end a stay early, per the booking page, and the rules from the site and the booking page are:
- You must be 18 to book, and minors stay only with a parent or legal guardian for the whole night.
- Up to 8 registered guests, with valid ID, and one reservation per night.
- No candles, incense, vaping, smoke or fire in the house or on the porch.
- No pets, no drones and no street parking.
- The front yard and front porch are off-limits after 10 p.m. because the house is in a residential area.
- Filming for personal use and social media is fine, and commercial filming needs approval first.
- The house isn’t wheelchair accessible.
Booking and Cancellations
Stays are booked only through hauntedhellhouse.com and paid in full, with no payment plans. Bookings can’t be transferred or moved to another date, and the person who booked must be there at check-in, which is by keypad with a door code sent the day of the stay. Cancelling more than 45 days ahead costs a 33% fee, and there’s no refund within 45 days.
The exact address goes to guests once a booking is confirmed. The site puts the house about 50 minutes from the White Plains airport in New York and 70 minutes from Bradley Airport in Hartford, and it doesn’t offer transportation.
The Hell House Sweepstakes
The owners are giving away three all-expenses-paid trips to stay overnight at Hell House, with entries open from Nov. 5 through Dec. 27. It’s open to anyone 18 or older in any country, no purchase is needed (a mailed postcard counts as an entry), and each person can enter up to four times. The site also sells a $66.60 Founder’s Club package, a hoodie plus a fragment of the house’s original wood or tile with a certificate signed by Rife, Castee and Yozura, shipping from Dec. 4.
Questions About Hell House
Where is Hell House?
In Seymour, Connecticut. The owners send the exact address after a booking is confirmed.
How much does it cost to stay at Hell House?
$666 a night Monday to Thursday, $888 on Sunday and $999 on Friday and Saturday, for the whole house and up to 8 guests, with fees included.
Who owns Hell House?
Matt Rife, Elton Castee and Josh Yozura, the same team that runs the Haunted Warren House in Monroe, Connecticut.
Can kids stay at Hell House?
Yes, with a parent or legal guardian for the whole stay. The person booking must be 18 or older.
For other haunted places you can sleep in, my Lizzie Borden House guide covers the Massachusetts house you can tour or stay in, my Most Haunted Hotels in America list has the Queen Mary and more, and my Black Cat Hotel story covers San Francisco’s vampire-run hotel.
Booking, the house rules and the sweepstakes are at hauntedhellhouse.com.
