Creepy, Yet Beautiful 'American Horror' House Sold

Are you a faithrul follower of American Horror Story? Were you enchanted by the original home, even as you were put off by the story?

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The “American Horror Story” house immortalized in the FX series has sold for $3.2 million, it was reported Tuesday.

The Tudor-style house in L.A.’s Arlington Heights area has been on and off the market for years at prices ranging from $17 million to the latest asking figure of $3.678 million, the Los Angeles Times reported. Hmm--trying to capitalize on the success of the show?

Built in 1908, the Alfred F. Rosenheim Mansion captured the imagination of TV viewers nationwide when it was used as the haunted setting for the first season of the show.

The house features 10,000 or so square feet of nooks and crannies, Tiffany stained-glass windows, period light fixtures, Peruvian mahogany paneling, a billiards room, a sunroom, six Batchelder tile fireplaces, six bedrooms, five bathrooms, a chapel with 56-foot-tall ceilings, a hidden room in the basement, a gym and a recording studio, The Times reported.

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But remember--the actually home is so much lovelier than the show.

“American Horror Story,” created by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, has been renewed for a fifth season to air this fall.

--City News Service contributed to this story

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