House purchase, Just been informed a “notorious” murder took place.

cymruchris

It wouldn't bother me one bit - it's in the past - it's history - I'm more interested in tomorrow, next week and beyond. My mum passed away some time ago - it was an accident - but initially the place was swarming with police and it made the local headlines around there being a possible murder, so there are several entries online of a 'gruesome activity' - but there wasn't any - but that doesn't mean all the original news stories get taken down. If anyone did a google for this address - they'd see some scary headlines - but the reality was, nothing happened. People pass away often - and that's one of the reasons houses get sold. I'm sure some of the older housing stock around will have many a story to tell if you go back far enough that nobody would remember today. 

user1977

Ms_Chocaholic said:

The former owner of my last property died in the house (not murdered) and when I sold it I wasn't asked if anyone had died there, by either the EA or the new owners/legal paperwork.

It would be a bit odd to ask merely if somebody had ever died there. It's pretty commonplace for people to die at home, after all.