What they discover during the renovations is dreadful. It took the intervention of the FBI

House renovation is never easy because unexpected events can always happen, especially if the house is very old. A 1940s house has an unstable structure and therefore the renovation process can be complicated and expensive. However, when a couple from Ohio, United States, move into their new home they just bought, they find they got more from the jobs than they could expect.

The basement of the house turned out to be a place full of secrets. But what began as an episode full of exciting discoveries quickly morphed into something stranger: a set of dark secrets that even led to an FBI investigation. So what had the couple found in the basement that was so upsetting?

It all started when a newly wed couple decided to buy a 1940s home in Cleveland, Ohio, which required a lot of renovations. The couple were delighted with their choice, they had big plans and were sure they would fix up the house without too much trouble. Even though there were only two of them due to the large amount of work to be done, they were in no rush to finish the project.

The house was on the outskirts and was quite large: it had two floors plus a basement, which took a long time to fix, maybe even years. They had opted for a strategy that guaranteed him to do an efficient job. So they started with the two upper floors (consisting of 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and large and bright outdoor spaces) and then leave the basement for last.

Work on the first and second floors is fine, although it took longer than expected. The married couple worked day and night to get the desired result and, once finished, they were satisfied with what they got. It was exactly how they had imagined their dream home, they had actually realized what they had assumed.

The couple had documented the entire renovation process, so that they could show the progress of the work to curious friends and relatives. The renovation had gone well, apart from a few setbacks, and it looked like a job similar to many others in the neighborhood. But it was time for the basement and the couple had no idea what was going to happen ...

Once the works on the first and second floors were completed, the couple did not want to stop even for a moment to rest. They immediately focused on the work to be done in the basement. They had already taken into account that they would have to work hard to transform that room into what they had in mind, so they wasted no time and immediately got to work. The first thing to do was to remove all the junk to understand what they were dealing with.

The basement was wrecked! While they were fixing it, they noticed some strange marks on the walls. The drawings were faint and illegible, so the couple didn't pay much attention to them and thought they were the work of some child who lived there previously. While her husband was taking photos to document the progress of the work, she decided to immortalize these marks as well. That was the first shot of the basement.

The couple did not worry much about the signs, because there was nothing else besides that. Once the basement was cleared, however, the couple realized that the work to be done was enormous. As the husband began to tear down the ceiling, huge pieces fell to the ground next to him. ** They couldn't imagine that now they were about to make a discovery that would change their lives forever **.

As the ceiling was being dismantled, the husband noticed something fleetingly: something he would never have imagined seeing. He immediately called his wife to inform her of the strange find, inviting her to return home as soon as possible. Hidden between the ceiling and the subfloor, in fact, there was a green and gray suitcase with a vintage look resting between the beams and a pipe.

Someone had carefully hidden this suitcase many years ago, it was obvious. While he was waiting for his wife, the man decided to take the suitcase to the back garden in order to have more light to observe her. While carrying it he noticed that it was very heavy for its size. What could be inside it? Taken by the curiosity to know what was inside, he decided to document the process while waiting for his partner - who then shared on social networks.

Once his wife returned home, the couple decided to increase the suspense by betting on what could be inside the suitcase. The husband, seeing that the suitcase was really that old, said that inside there was a collection of vintage sports cards. The wife, on the other hand, suspected that inside the suitcase there were old handwritten recipes or letters or, if they were lucky, priceless antiques.,.

During the speeches increasingly absurd and bizarre ideas came out, until they decided it was time to open the suitcase. At that moment the couple was very excited to find out what was there, but at the same time excited too. In fact, not everyone finds suitcases containing objects in a new house, even if it turned out to be a suitcase full of bricks it was still an exciting experience. So the couple set about opening the suitcase ...

Peering inside the suitcase it was not easy to understand what it contained. They had no idea of the luck they were about to have on their hands. What they saw were bundles of aged greaseproof paper, which made it a disappointing find. When the man documented the whole event, he used a small banana-shaped toothbrush for children to compare the unique dimensions of the open suitcase. But later he noticed one thing ...

Looking more carefully at the bundles of aged paper, the husband noticed that they were wrapped around rectangular objects. There were three of these objects in total, although it was not entirely clear what they were. The couple then decided to go deeper with the investigation, without contacting either the police or the old owners, to find out what exactly was inside this strange suitcase.

The man therefore decided to take out the object located inside the suitcase, and discarded it. There were several layers of greaseproof paper that wrapped the mysterious object, so he slowly began to remove it. With each layer removed, the contents of these packets became more and more clear: the couple could not realize what they were seeing. From the curious glance he immediately passed to the open mouths of the amazement of what they had found.

The couple had a rather large bundle of old-fashioned money in their hands. It was actually a stack of $ 20 bills! The couple jump for joy as soon as they make their discovery. With a quick calculation they saw that it was a figure of around 2000 dollars. But there were still 2 other bunches, who knows if the content would have been the same or even more precious? They were eager to find out.

By then the couple expected to find more wads of $ 20 bills. For the couple it was really a stroke of luck, because they had invested a lot of money in the renovation of the house and that money they found was able to cover a part of it. Taken with excitement, her husband began to unwrap the other packages, but once in their hands they realized that they were not full of 20 dollar bills ...

The second deck was filled with $ 50 bills! The couple had hit the jackpot. “They're all $ 50! But what is going on? It could be $ 5,000, I'm going crazy it can't happen to us! Where are the cameras? " the man exclaimed to his wife in arousal. But just when they thought it couldn't get any better, the couple also unwrapped the third and final package.

“But it's unbelievable! The third is full of $ 100 bills! It's something really absurd, I can't believe it's really happening, ”cried her husband. After the joy, doubts began to set in. Whose was this money and where did it come from? How will it have been earned? Who wrapped them? Who hid the suitcase and why? The couple had no idea ...

The only thing the couple was sure of was that the money found inside the suitcase was very old. The dates written on the banknotes ranged from 1928 to 1934, as did the suitcase which appeared to come from the 1930s. But other than that, the rest was a mystery. The couple therefore wanted to examine the suitcase, because perhaps there was some clue that had previously escaped them as to who the money belonged to and where it came from.

As the curiosity was great, the couple decided to analyze the suitcase in search of some more clues. Maybe they would find a name tag, but unfortunately there was nothing that helped. After completely emptying the suitcase, the man noticed something that had previously escaped both of us. This gave them a new clue.

At the bottom of the suitcase was an old newspaper. It was an old copy of The Cleveland Plan-Dealer, a newspaper from the couple's hometown, that edition was dated March 25, 1951. Taking a brief reasoning from the date of the paper and that of the banknotes, the couple discovered that this treasure remained hidden. for more than 70 years! ** How much were these ancient banknotes worth back then? And what else will the couple find? **

The couple then decides to ask an expert for advice to evaluate the banknotes, if they had a value greater than the nominal one. It turned out that the banknotes were over 75 years old and that some were even "stellar", which had never been put into circulation. The couple were amazed. How did these bills end up in their house? Fortunately, the expert told him the real value of that treasure.

When the expert told the couple the exact amount of the money, the spouses were speechless: the estimated value of the banknotes was $ 23,000. They were collectibles! The enthusiastic couple could not believe it; her husband documented the whole story on Reddit to share his joy with users. Describing himself as "boring people", he claimed that the money would be used to pay the mortgage. ** But he never imagined that that would be just the beginning ... **

"This has been an incredible day for us, and I hope you all enjoyed yourself," her husband wrote on Reddit. Once the story was made public, it aroused much interest in the community where the couple lived. Local newspapers quickly ran the story of the $ 23,000 found in the basement. The couple was on everyone's lips and people wondered if even their homes were hiding a treasure.

After a week of celebrations, the couple decided it was time to resume their lives. Even if they had found a small treasure, the basement still had to be finished. So after the hangover of happiness, it was time to resume the renovations of the room. Except that the couple never imagined what other surprises were in store for them, just like the vintage suitcase.

The couple could not imagine what treasure they were going to find during the basement renovations. But not even that mysteries and horrors would also arise over time. So the couple continued their work, aware that their lives had changed forever after the suitcase was found in the ceiling.

It didn't take her husband long to make another shot: still in the ceiling where he found the first suitcase, he found another one hidden behind a wooden beam. Therefore, between pieces of detached ceiling, the couple found themselves facing another mystery. Will this suitcase also contain money? Could it just be luck? In fact, finding two treasures in the house is not a common thing.

So the man took the suitcase out of its hiding place and examined it. He gave it a quick look to see if there were any clues there as to who these suitcases belonged to. He wiped the dust and dirt off the surface, but noticed nothing useful. ** What will this suitcase contain? More money just like the first one? **

Again the husband waits for his wife before opening the suitcase. He couldn't do it without her seeing how it went the first time, because it was a very fun and exciting time. He didn't want his wife to miss the show. So while he waited, he took pictures of this suitcase.

Comparing the two suitcases found, the man realized that they were identical, differing only in the closure used. So he wondered if the content was also the same or similar. The hope was great, another 23,000 dollars would have been very useful to meet the expenses of the house. But in the end he only thought that this story had something incredible, that it could not be true ...

A couple of hours pass and his wife returns home from work: it's time to find out what's inside the suitcase. Unlike the first time, there was no time to waste imagining what was inside the suitcase. Opening it, they immediately noticed that the contents were different from the first, no waxed paper inside ... But they were not disappointed, what they had found definitely shocked them both.

Instead of finding bundles wrapped in greaseproof paper, the couple found a suitcase full of banknotes arranged in an orderly and aligned manner, also organized in order of denomination. It was difficult to understand how much money was by eye, but it was clear that it was a very high figure. ** However, there remained the problem of figuring out where that money came from, who it belonged to and why it was hidden. **

The couple had not seen such a large amount of bills in their life. They were surprised, excited and shocked at the same time! Looking closely at the contents, they noticed that the banknotes had been grouped according to their value. There were all the denominations available: from $ 20 to $ 100 bills. Now they were curious to know how much all that money was worth.

They then returned to the expert to have an evaluation of the booty they had found. This time, however, they decided to keep a low profile and keep the story to themselves. When the couple found the first suitcase, the eyes of the city were on them, so this time they tried not to get the same media coverage. Furthermore, the matter seemed to become increasingly serious, with disturbing facets. It felt like more than just luck.

The evaluation given by the expert leaves the couple stunned: $ 45,000 was the total value of the banknotes, about double the first suitcase! A surprising discovery that brings the rediscovered treasure to a total of 68,000 dollars. This shows why this suitcase was better hidden. The couple felt extremely lucky, they were caught off guard. ** What will this money be spent on now? **

The couple by mutual agreement decided not to spend this money on exotic travels, luxury items and so on, but to use it to cover the home renovation costs they had been planning for a long time. They hypothesized that with this amount they would be able to make the house better than they initially imagined. ** Therefore, during the renovations, they were motivated to look for other hidden treasures and secrets in the house ... **

At that point they were both excited by the idea of another fortune in some corner of the basement. The couple felt optimistic now, they wanted to find other treasures to be able to transform the house of their dreams in all respects. But the same doubt always arose: what happened in that house?

Maybe it was the savings of some elderly couple who decided not to put their money in the bank. Or it was money earned through some crime, such as drug dealing or illegal firearms. Or it was money from the previous owners who had forgotten their luck. There were endless possibilities and the spouses had fun thinking about the most absurd stories behind that money during the renovations. ** But now that they had discovered that the house held secrets, they had become eager to discover them all. **

So now the couple were motivated to discover spaces in their home they had never noticed before, like that strange little basement door that didn't seem to lead anywhere. In fact, it was so small it looked like a small closet. The real estate agent who intermediated in the purchase of the house told them that behind that door there was only a hot water tank. ** That door had never caught their attention, they hadn't needed to look inside. But now things have changed. **

Given the experiences, both were eager to find out what was hidden behind that strange door. The curiosity was great: if they had found $ 68,000 in cash hidden in the basement ceiling, who knows what they could find behind a door like that! But the door wasn't easy to open. It was stuck and needed a lot of strength to open it.

For this reason the husband tried to find a way to force the lock, even if it was not easy. He decided to break the lock with a hammer and, as soon as he opened the door, they realized that the real estate agent was wrong. Either he had deceived them or he too was unaware of what was hidden behind that strange door. It wasn't a normal door and it definitely didn't hide a hot water tank.

The door hid an entire room still unexplored by the tenants and it was really big. Bigger than they expected! On closer inspection, they noticed that the dark room was musty and untidy. On the wooden floor there were four protective rugs and looking at them you could understand that the room had not been used for years now.

What was clear is that someone in the past has gone to great lengths to hide that room. One thing that aroused concern to the couple. Until one finds two suitcases full of money in the new house is a matter, but knowing that it hides a secret room in the basement is another. Who tried to hide this room? Why did he do it?

The couple were shocked knowing that they had lived in that house for two years without knowing about that hidden room. They were convinced that behind that door there was a hot water tank, as the real estate agent said. The spouses fell into a frightening situation, especially because the door was secured with very strong locks. Why was the security level so high?

The mystery deepened, the couple felt compelled to go through with it. They no longer felt comfortable living in that house without knowing what had happened in the past. The goal was to know what dark secret that house was hiding: finding the suitcases was fun and satisfying, but now the matter had turned into something completely different.

There was something wrong with that basement, but neither of them could figure out what. The situation was raising anxiety for the spouses. The only certain thing was that they could no longer go back to that point, they had to try to find the answers to the thousand questions that this mystery raised. They therefore decided to enter the room with caution to take a closer look. Despite the darkness, what little they could see made them more anxious.

The walls were covered with plastic sheeting and soundproofing material. The couple was scandalized: what was down here that made a noise that shouldn't have been heard from outside? Whatever the answer was, it didn't bode well. The unrest began to grow in the couple, who saw all the images of crime documentaries and horror films come to mind. Was this room directly related to the found money? They were convinced that there were clues to it hidden in the room and were determined to find out.

The couple immediately began looking for clues. It didn't take long to find the first one: an old brown leather suitcase. At first there was fear in approaching, but in the end curiosity won. What were they to expect to find? More money? Or something more precious? Or something really terrible instead? The couple really feared that, after the great fortune of the suitcases found earlier, this brown one might contain something disturbing ...

Opening the briefcase, the couple calmed down. Inside they found a wooden box and a bunch of envelopes full of money from all over the world. Nothing really worrying in short. Then they concentrated on that wooden box and inside they found some antique jewels (four silver bars, a couple of watches and two rings). They looked like objects of high value, as if they were someone's most precious asset.

Having escaped the danger, the couple were still full of doubts because the briefcase did not give the answers they hoped for. Indeed, it raised even more questions. Why would a person need to hide jewelry in a suitcase located inside a soundproofed room hidden in a basement? With the aim of resolving any doubts, the couple had only to continue the search for clues in the room.

After a short time they found another clue. The briefcase wasn't the only hidden object in the secret room. In a dark corner, hidden from view, the couple found a black safe. As they approached, fear grew in them. It took a combination to open it, so they tried to force it. So the husband broke the lock and the safe opened: there was something inside and the couple immediately noticed one thing, ** it was something that stood out above everything ... **

This time it was not about something of value or money, but something darker and more disturbing. Inside the safe there was a note that frightened the couple: on a white lined sheet, with dripping black ink, there were the words "Save yourself". Now the couple's mood had changed. Was that note a warning to them? Or was it addressed to someone else who entered that room?

The spouses could not believe what they were seeing. What if it's a sick joke? They had hoped for it for a while, but the feeling was that it was a more macabre situation than this. They became aware that there was something really wrong with this, they wondered what the next move should be. The couple had no idea what would happen next. The story was taking a horrible turn and they already regretted having found those suitcases full of money.

They had to clarify what they were going to face before going on with the investigation, so they continued to examine the safe. Although nothing was clear, the couple felt that what happened in that room was indeed something disturbing. The searches continued, ** not knowing that what they were about to discover would prompt them to call the police. **

The man began to examine the safe more thoroughly and what he found did not reassure him, on the contrary it increased his concerns. On the back of the safe lid there was a scribbled writing in white paint: "Don't do it". Don't do what? Why this warning? Who was this command intended for? But it doesn't stop there. The couple saw what was under the words "Save Yourself" ...

The safe hid a large amount of old VHS-C cassettes. It was a shocking discovery for the couple: what did those tapes contain that they had to hide in a safe? Especially since the safe was itself hidden in a secret basement room, behind a locked door. All this was incredible. Slowly the couple realized that something unpleasant, or even criminal, happened in that secret room.

After this discovery, the husband removed each videotape from the safe one by one, hoping to find some clue as to who put them and why he did it. Unfortunately, however, there was nothing useful. The tapes appeared to be more recent than the contents of the suitcases found in the ceiling and the briefcase hidden in the room. All this was strange to the couple ...

There were six boxes in total, five of which were labeled with a mysterious series of numbers and letters: 194, 1195, 11195, IV, 95, V. The couple wondered what these codes indicated: initially they thought they were dates, then many other ideas, however, realized that what they were saying was only speculation. The codeless tape had the words "no no no no" scribbled on the cover. The doubts grew more and more, they did not understand if it was a sick joke or something very serious.

The couple decided by mutual agreement not to watch the tapes because the fear of finding something scandalous was great. In fact they began to regret their findings and all the history they had gone through, they wished they had never found that secret room. All they wanted was to finish the renovation of the house and continue their life quietly. ** But forgetting the tapes wouldn't have been easy ... **

As the days went by, the couple's curiosity grew more and more. They spent their time wondering what those videotapes contained. They tried to convince themselves that this was all a bad joke, left by the previous owners to fool future tenants who would stumble upon the hidden room. But no sane person would get in trouble for making a joke like that, especially if it was addressed to strangers.

It seemed that whoever hid those tapes had done it to make them unobtainable forever. After sleepless nights spent thinking about the tapes and future moves, the couple decided to see what was inside these cassettes with their eyes. On the other hand, what was the probability that these videotapes contained something other than home movies or some stupid joke?

So they plucked up courage and put the first tape into an old VCR. Once they hit play, the couple were impressed. No one could have prepared them to see what they had before their eyes. Everything became clear: the apparently "normal" house in Cleveland, Ohio, hid many dark secrets ... Now the couple knew what had happened in that basement, ** there was only one thing left to do ... **

The content of those videotapes was horrible, the couple couldn't deny it. They had been incredulous at what they had seen. The wish of never having found that secret room no longer made sense, it was too late and they had to do something. So they checked the other videotapes, hoping to find some explanation.

Unfortunately the content was similar to the first tape seen. The couple then realized that it was too big a thing to face alone, they had to call the authorities and pass all the information they had to them so that they could investigate this mystery. The spouses thus passed from a situation of euphoria to one of fear. They both wished that all of this could be over as soon as possible.

The couple called the police to intervene, which in turn brought the FBI because they believed that this case was within their jurisdiction. This was a serious matter, the agents immediately went to work to check all the objects found in the house by the couple. The tapes were confiscated and displayed at the police station. The FBI examined the secret basement room, questioning the spouses about how they had come across all of their findings.

The FBI confiscated the safe, jewelry, watches and the crypt, but not all the money, because the couple had spent a lot of it on the renovations by then. After the police intervention, her husband decided to tell the whole story on Reddit, where the thread was stormed. Users immediately became passionate about the story and couldn't wait to receive more information.

After the initial investigations, the police asked the couple to delete the story from the internet and never, ever disclose the contents of the videotapes, because an investigation had now been launched. It hasn't been finished yet and, most likely, we will never know what those tapes contained, so we will never know what happened in that house. In fact, staying true to their word, no information was ever disclosed by the couple.

So then a lot of theories emerged about what those tapes contained and what happened in that house. In reality we will never really know what happened, the only certain thing is that something terrible has happened, so much so that the couple have to call the authorities, and then even the FBI, to take charge of the matter. The good thing is that the couple did not suffer any unpleasant consequences for their discoveries.

If it was just a joke, the couple would have thrown away the tapes and kept the money and valuables they found for themselves. Instead the clues led to some serious and horrific incidents that had actually taken place in the basement. The only thing we can do now is hope that the FBI will solve this case and find out the truth about the money and the videotapes. So far, after 12 years from the discovery of the first suitcases, nothing more is known than what is told here.

There are still many unresolved questions. Who were the previous owners? Who put the money in the suitcases and then decided to hide them? What business did that money come from? And if the tapes showed heinous crimes, did they have something to do with the money hidden in the basement? The questions are many, but at the moment there are no answers.

Not to mention the secret room. Why would anyone build a hidden room in the basement? Why would he then have to soundproof everything? Were there any prisoners in there who were told "Save yourselves"? Is it from this business that the jewels and foreign money came? Most likely we will never have answers to these questions, but curiosity is still great.