# Rosemary's Baby-like Mystery **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061 "2014-08-21T02:42:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/1 "2014-08-21T02:42:59Z")
So in my new flat, right by the kitchen, I have a door. Door-frame and hinges are showing, but there’s no knob. The door is sealed/painted shut. With my tape measure, and measuring walls and spaces around this door, I’ve been able to ascertain that the space behind the door is about 3 feet by 6 feet. What could be behind there? ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/2 "2014-08-21T02:59:54Z")
The previous tenant. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/3 "2014-08-21T03:03:19Z")
I have a similar door in my house, but it’s only TWO FEET TALL!! It goes to John Malkovich’s brain. Or, the back of my shower 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/4 "2014-08-21T03:09:40Z")
Butler’s Pantry! Probably the maintenance cubby–furnace, plumbing pipes, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/5 "2014-08-21T03:10:38Z")
That’s where the pods are gestating. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/6 "2014-08-21T03:10:48Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I have a similar door in my house, but it’s only TWO FEET TALL!! > > It goes to John Malkovich’s brain. > > Or, the back of my shower 🙂 Mine backs up against another closet. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/7 "2014-08-21T04:17:06Z")
I don’t think Narnia has been used yet, so I’m going to say Narnia! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/8 "2014-08-21T05:23:11Z")
It’s the doors of perception, man. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/9 "2014-08-21T11:29:31Z")
Fortunato. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/10 "2014-08-21T11:59:29Z")
I had one of these in a Townhouse in Herndon, VA. We found 28 Mainframe computer tapes that had been stolen from the DMA. The ex-tenant was a Russian Spy, no kidding at all. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/11 "2014-08-21T12:05:32Z")
Could be a species of mold unknown to modern science. Is the door bulging outward? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/12 "2014-08-21T12:36:23Z")
I had a little cubby painted shut in a place I rented years ago. One night I was searching for tickets I had misplaced. I searched room-by-room, looking _everywhere_. I was so worked up that I used a screwdriver and got the door open. It was empty. ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/13 "2014-08-21T12:57:25Z")
> [@PorchePine](#): > > So in my new flat, right by the kitchen, I have a door. Door-frame and hinges are showing, but there’s no knob. The door is sealed/painted shut. > > With my tape measure, and measuring walls and spaces around this door, I’ve been able to ascertain that the space behind the door is about 3 feet by 6 feet. > > What could be behind there? Its a pantry - a storage area for the kitchen stuff - but it was made out of poor materials, so it needs renovation. eg chip board, or asbestos or something. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/14 "2014-08-21T13:10:07Z")
If the space also shares a wall with the hallway outside the apartment, and if there’s also a door in that wall, I’ll say it’s the icebox (the door in the hallway is for ice delivery), and, with the advent of electricity, the apartment was renovated by the laziest landlord in all the land. Or, several of Blackbeard’s wives. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/15 "2014-08-21T13:16:47Z")
It leads to a parallel world that, on the face of it, seems like yours. You’ll know it’s different because everyone has buttons for eyes. ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/16 "2014-08-21T13:17:09Z")
> [@Isilder](#): > > Its a pantry - a storage area for the kitchen stuff - but it was made out of poor materials, so it needs renovation. > > eg chip board, or asbestos or something. It’s not in the kitchen, it’s in the living area. And it appears to be an exterior quality door, or at least a very well built interior door–not a flimsy pantry door. Why such a heavy door for a simple pantry? There has to be something behind there–I know it. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/17 "2014-08-21T13:17:16Z")
It’s the elevator. ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/18 "2014-08-21T13:18:32Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > It leads to a parallel world that, on the face of it, seems like yours. You’ll know it’s different because everyone has buttons for eyes. And not goatees? 'Cause a goatee world would be awesome–my new-ish job prohibits having one, and I miss mine. ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/19 "2014-08-21T13:24:20Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > If the space also shares a wall with the hallway outside the apartment, and if there’s also a door in that wall, I’ll say it’s the icebox (the door in the hallway is for ice delivery), and, with the advent of electricity, the apartment was renovated by the laziest landlord in all the land. > > Or, several of Blackbeard’s wives. Nope. It butts up against the storage area in the laundry room. (Which is adjacent to the geothermal well.) Outside ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/20 "2014-08-21T13:36:30Z")
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