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The Night Janitor in My Building Only Cleans Around One Door

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Dim apartment hallway with a freshly cleaned half-circle around a sealed door at night

This happened when I was living in Uptown, in Chicago, in an old six-story brick building a few blocks west of the lake. It was one of those places that looked better from the street than it did once you were inside. The lobby had old tile and brass mailboxes, but the upper floors smelled … Read more

The Apartment Above Mine Has No Stairs

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Dim top-floor hallway in an old apartment building with a sealed wall where stairs should continue upward

This apartment horror story begins with a cheap top-floor flat, a quiet street in Leeds, and one detail that should have made no sense from the start. The stairwell ended outside my door, but every night I could hear someone walking around in the apartment above mine. I moved into the building in late October, … Read more