(A bit of a backstory is required here that will set up and explain the sex later.)
Many of the people I work with have large homes and entertain friends and clients often. I attended a party at such a home a few weeks ago and conversation led to an interesting evening.
One of my colleagues, Scott, had purchased the house three years ago. It boasted large rooms, perfect for entertaining large crowds, six bedrooms and four bathrooms. The back porch was the length of the house, with large screened windows and plush furniture.
The patio outside was three levels, also the length of the house, complete with a stove, pizza oven, a sink and lots of storage space. Whomever had designed the house liked having people there.
During dinner, I asked Scott about the history of the house.
"The previous owner, who built the house in 1910, was rumored to have killed his wife by means of food poisoning, so that he could be with her younger sister."
"Did he go to jail for it?" I asked.
"No, they had no way to prove it back then, I guess, so he was never arrested or accused."
"These days," mentioned another guest, "they could have easily detected the poison and convicted him."
"True," replied Scott, "but he was plagued by what he claimed was his dead wife's ghost, and within a few years, he went mad and died in an institution. I bought the house from his grandson."
"So, your house is haunted then?" I asked jokingly.
"As a matter of fact, Will, we do have a resident ghost."
"How do you know that?"
"Sometimes at night we hear loud footsteps upstairs, like someone with heavy work boots, but there will be nobody upstairs and we have no work boots in the house."
Several of the guests, including me, looked at each other with raised eyebrows.
"BUT, we do have a video of the ghost," Scott added.