# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/81 "2014-08-22T06:03:11Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > I’d ask the folks upstairs what’s above your empty space. It could be the space where plumbing pipes pass through to/from upstairs. What kind of heating do you have? It couldn’t be where the furnace or water heater is because sooner or later, you’ll need access to them. Everything is geothermal. No water heater or furnace. Anyway…cut around the door with the carpet knife. I have my crowbar at hand. Wish me luck. ---
**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 22, 2014, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/82 "2014-08-22T06:09:30Z")
Ooh, finally! I keep checking back to see if we have an answer yet. If you never post again, either something really terrible was in there or you are the greatest troll who ever trolled and my hat is off to you. ---
**Author:** ![VanillaGorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/83 "2014-08-22T06:45:23Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Ooh, finally! I keep checking back to see if we have an answer yet. > > If you never post again, either something really terrible was in there or you are the greatest troll who ever trolled and my hat is off to you. It’s probably something really terrible though. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/84 "2014-08-22T10:52:03Z")
> [@chacoguy](#): > > Call Geraldo Riverra **Under no circumstances whatsoever.** :mad: ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/85 "2014-08-22T11:12:49Z")
> [@PorchePine](#): > > Everything is geothermal. No water heater or furnace. > > Anyway…cut around the door with the carpet knife. I have my crowbar at hand. > Wish me luck. Godspeed, my friend. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/86 "2014-08-22T11:57:09Z")
Let’s see, here…boots…gloves…weapons…framed photo of 1930s superheroes… ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/87 "2014-08-22T13:17:44Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I’ve seen servants’ quarters on a top floor turned into a two-bedroom apartment with a living room, and the door to the interior stairway sealed so there was no connection between the floors, and an outside entrance was built. > > I’ve seen houses that were big and had more than one furnace from when furnaces came into use, renovated to have a central system, and some of the old furnace rooms shut up, because they weren’t useful as closets. I’ve seen doors between rooms shut up, to essentially make a duplex out of a regular one-family house. A fairly large house becomes a smaller house with an attached one-bedroom apartment. > > I’ve seen fireplaces removed, and the area walled off, instead of being turned into useful space, like a closet. I suppose someone cheap might use an old door instead of bricks or studs and drywall, if he already had the door. Did anyone else read this post in Rutger Hauer’s voice? No? Just me? Ok. :o > [@vd](#): > > I’m going with stairs down to a basement/sub-basement (depending on how “bottom” you are) that was deemed unusable. I’m not sure how his sexual proclivities factor into this. > [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Stairway to the basement “What was the title of the first draft of the Led Zeppelin song?” > [@PorchePine](#): > > I’ve decided that I am going to open the door. I will post the results tomorrow, possibly… DO IT NOW, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT’S HOLY! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/88 "2014-08-22T13:33:30Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > **Under no circumstances whatsoever.** :mad: Nah; calling Geraldo Rivera is probably the surest way to make sure that there’s nothing back there but some empty bottles, and a lot of dust. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/89 "2014-08-22T13:34:41Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > DO IT NOW, FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT’S HOLY! Who’s hoping for Jimmy Hoffa? Maybe Glenn Miller. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/90 "2014-08-22T13:35:43Z")
You know, if it is a staircase to the sealed door of another apartment, you could have a lot of fun…rattling chains at Halloween, shaking sleigh bells at Christmas… Or maybe a cowbell? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/91 "2014-08-22T13:42:30Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Nah; calling Geraldo Rivera is probably the surest way to make sure that there’s nothing back there but some empty bottles, and a lot of dust. Good plan. ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/92 "2014-08-22T14:12:42Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > Ooh, finally! I keep checking back to see if we have an answer yet. > > If you never post again, either something really terrible was in there or you are the greatest troll who ever trolled and my hat is off to you. To be honest, the thought of doing that did occur to me. ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/93 "2014-08-22T14:17:08Z")
The purpose of the space does seem to be basement access–not a staircase, but a ladder–no ladder though, just a hatch into my ceiling. However, the mystery deepens… Inside was a really nice pedestal table and a touch-tone phone. I haven’t checked for a dial-tone yet. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/94 "2014-08-22T14:25:59Z")
> [@PorchePine](#): > > The purpose of the space does seem to be basement access–not a staircase, but a ladder–no ladder though, just a hatch into my ceiling. > > However, the mystery deepens… > > Inside was a really nice pedestal table and a touch-tone phone. > > I haven’t checked for a dial-tone yet. **WHY NOT?** Sheesh, I’d have done that before coming back to post. Maybe it’s a direct line to someone … important and mysterious. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/95 "2014-08-22T15:08:11Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Stairway to the basement? > [@PorchePine](#): > > The purpose of the space does seem to be basement access–not a staircase, but a ladder Close enough…Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!!! What’s my prize? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/96 "2014-08-22T15:10:09Z")
Have you ever heard a phone ringing, but not sure where it was coming from? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/97 "2014-08-22T15:54:38Z")
> [@PorchePine](#): > > Inside was a really nice pedestal table and a touch-tone phone. > > I haven’t checked for a dial-tone yet. Sounds like the beginning of a bad spy novel. You pick up the phone. There’s no dial tone, but a voice on the other end asks you a few questions. It becomes obvious to them that you are not one of their agents. They send large men in dark suits with big guns to take care of you, because you Know Too Much. You’re forced to go on the run, relying only on a mysterious stranger to keep you alive. Meanwhile, all of the answers are in an envelope taped to the underside of the pedestal table, so you have to return to the flat to retrieve it. Can you tell I’ve read too many books by Robert Ludlum? ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/98 "2014-08-22T15:56:41Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Have you ever heard a phone ringing, but not sure where it was coming from? I have. I just always assumed it was the upstairs tenants… ---
**Author:** ![PorchePine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@PorchePine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PorchePine)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/99 "2014-08-22T15:58:15Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Sounds like the beginning of a bad spy novel. You pick up the phone. There’s no dial tone, but a voice on the other end asks you a few questions. It becomes obvious to them that you are not one of their agents. They send large men in dark suits with big guns to take care of you, because you Know Too Much. You’re forced to go on the run, relying only on a mysterious stranger to keep you alive. Meanwhile, all of the answers are in an envelope taped to the underside of the pedestal table, so you have to return to the flat to retrieve it. > > Can you tell I’ve read too many books by Robert Ludlum? That would make my life a bit less mundane. No dial-tone, BTW. Nobody at the other end, so no adventures. But I did score a nice table. 🆒 ---
**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 22, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061/100 "2014-08-22T16:04:01Z")
> [@PorchePine](#): > > No dial-tone, BTW. > Nobody at the other end, so no adventures. That’s what you think _now_. One day, it will ring. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rosemarys-baby-like-mystery/696061.md?page=6)