A new survey from Casinos Analyzer, released ahead of Halloween, finds that 35% would move into a house everyone says is haunted, 27% would live in a home where someone was murdered, and 55% say bad Wi-Fi would put them off a place more than a death in the home.
NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- With housing costs squeezing renters and buyers, 60% of Gen Z and Millennials would sleep in the exact room where someone died if it knocked money off the price, according to new research from Casinos Analyzer, a casino research platform.
The survey of 1,000 adults, carried out ahead of Halloween, looked at how much dark history people would overlook for a cheaper place to rent or buy. The options ran from a cemetery outside the window to a home where someone was murdered, and 80% of respondents would accept at least one of them.
Key findings
- 60% would sleep in the exact room where someone died if it knocked money off the price
- 51% would live right next to a cemetery for a cheaper home
- 35% would move into a house everyone says is haunted
- 27% would live in a home where someone was murdered
- 21% would move into a former funeral home
- 55% said bad Wi-Fi or no phone signal would put them off a place more than finding out someone died in it
Living next to a cemetery is the compromise people are most willing to make. Just over half (51%) would live right next to one if it meant paying less. A former burial ground is a different matter: only 19% would live on one, which makes a cemetery next door nearly three times as acceptable as one beneath the floorboards. Everything else on the list sits in between: 35% would move into a house everyone says is haunted, 27% would live where someone was murdered and 21% would move into a former funeral home.
The trade-off doesn't stop at the front door. 60% of Gen Z and Millennials say they would sleep in the exact room where someone died if it knocked money off the price. The question gets harder once the paperwork is done. If news of a death only came out after the contract was signed, 35% say they would simply stay put. Another 48% would want to know more before deciding, saying their next move would depend on how the person died, whether it was natural causes, an accident or something darker. And for 5%, the discovery would become content: they say they would start filming it for TikTok or stream it.
For Gen Z and Millennials, a good connection is as basic as running water. They work, stream, date and bank online, and a home without a reliable signal can feel close to unliveable. That matters so much that for 55%, bad Wi-Fi or no phone signal would be more off-putting than learning someone had died in the home, while 45% would be more put off by the death. For more than half of respondents, a past death in the home is easier to live with than a dead zone in the bedroom.
A cheaper home with a dark history is one thing when the decision is made alone. It gets more complicated when a partner or roommate is unpacking boxes in the same rooms. 78% would tell a partner or roommate moving in with them about a property's dark history, but 22% would keep it to themselves, leaving the person they live with none the wiser about what happened there.
A spooky backstory also finds its way into romance, and into the bedroom. For some couples, a creaking floorboard and a flickering lamp are part of the appeal of a weekend away: 11% have already booked a supposedly haunted hotel for a romantic getaway, and a further 52% would consider it. The thrill doesn't stop at check-in either. 41% say the idea of having sex somewhere spooky turns them on, putting a haunted hotel room on the shortlist for a Halloween date night.
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