Famous Real Estate That Has Been Razed

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Loads of homes connected to infamous names have been demolished over the years ... so take a look at some pads with dark, dark clouds that have been met with a wrecking ball.

Epstein's infamous Florida mansion where he sexually assaulted underage girls was met with a wrecking ball in 2021.

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Jeffrey Epstein

Epstein's infamous Florida mansion where he sexually assaulted underage girls was met with a wrecking ball in 2021.

The buyer plunked down $18.5M to do the honors of destroying it, and the cash spent on buying the place went into a compensation program for the victims.

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Jeffrey Epstein

The buyer plunked down $18.5M to do the honors of destroying it, and the cash spent on buying the place went into a compensation program for the victims.

O.J.’s Brentwood home lived in infamy for years – as you recall, it was where he was shacked up when Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were found murdered just a couple miles away.

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O.J. Simpson

O.J.’s Brentwood home lived in infamy for years – as you recall, it was where he was shacked up when Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman were found murdered just a couple miles away.

The place was completely bulldozed in 1998 … just a few years after his acquittal.

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O.J. Simpson

The place was completely bulldozed in 1998 … just a few years after his acquittal.

Castro's Cleveland home was dubbed a house of horrors after he kept multiple young women captive for over a decade, bound with chains. He pled guilty in 2013 to 937 charges including rape, aggravated murder, and kidnapping.

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Ariel Castro

Castro's Cleveland home was dubbed a house of horrors after he kept multiple young women captive for over a decade, bound with chains. He pled guilty in 2013 to 937 charges including rape, aggravated murder, and kidnapping.

The infamous property was demolished soon after he was sentenced to life plus 1,000 years -- and prosecutor Tim McGinty said he wanted the building to

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Ariel Castro

The infamous property was demolished soon after he was sentenced to life plus 1,000 years -- and prosecutor Tim McGinty said he wanted the building to "come down quickly."

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Sharon Tate

The home where Sharon Tate was murdered by Charles Manson's minions was razed in 1994 after being a dark cloud for decades. As you know, Sharon and her friends were all killed there by 4 of Manson's devoted followers in the summer of 1969.

It was eventually rebuilt as a beautiful 18K square foot home and was purchased in 2000 by

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Sharon Tate

It was eventually rebuilt as a beautiful 18K square foot home and was purchased in 2000 by "Full House" creator Jeff Franklin.

The former President's Maison de L'Amitié (House of Friendship) was his for 4 years before unloading the place in 2008 for a whopping $95M. The Palm Beach estate sat empty for years but was destroyed in 2016, making it one of the most expensive tear-downs in the area at the time.

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Donald Trump

The former President's Maison de L'Amitié (House of Friendship) was his for 4 years before unloading the place in 2008 for a whopping $95M. The Palm Beach estate sat empty for years but was destroyed in 2016, making it one of the most expensive tear-downs in the area at the time.

Dahmer's former apartment building, where he murdered several victims in the late '80s and early 90's, got razed in 1992 and is still a vacant lot after all this time.

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Jeffrey Dahmer

Dahmer's former apartment building, where he murdered several victims in the late '80s and early 90's, got razed in 1992 and is still a vacant lot after all this time.

Attention was brought back to the building after Netflix's hit series surrounding the killer, and there were even talks about turning the lot into a memorial for the victims -- but the niece of Dahmer's neighbor told us that would be a terrible idea.

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Jeffrey Dahmer

Attention was brought back to the building after Netflix's hit series surrounding the killer, and there were even talks about turning the lot into a memorial for the victims -- but the niece of Dahmer's neighbor told us that would be a terrible idea.

The former home to the disgraced film producer was recently demolished, and the flat land now comes with a $21M price tag. His property was made out of 2 separate spaces that he picked up over the years -- and it's all located on one of the most expensive streets in Westport, CT. He began to unload the property back in 2018, just as his infamy began.

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Harvey Weinstein

The former home to the disgraced film producer was recently demolished, and the flat land now comes with a $21M price tag. His property was made out of 2 separate spaces that he picked up over the years -- and it's all located on one of the most expensive streets in Westport, CT. He began to unload the property back in 2018, just as his infamy began.

The house in Idaho where 4 college students were stabbed to death in 2022 got the green light for demolition earlier this year -- after the University of Idaho was given the off-property home from its former owners. The school announced it would get rid of the property, calling its destruction an important

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Idaho Murder House

The house in Idaho where 4 college students were stabbed to death in 2022 got the green light for demolition earlier this year -- after the University of Idaho was given the off-property home from its former owners. The school announced it would get rid of the property, calling its destruction an important "healing step."

Drug lord Pablo Escobar once had a massive compound in Miami, but it was razed in 2016 and the land sat on the market for 5 years before a buyer shelled out $11M for it. FYI -- The

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Pablo Escobar

Drug lord Pablo Escobar once had a massive compound in Miami, but it was razed in 2016 and the land sat on the market for 5 years before a buyer shelled out $11M for it. FYI -- The "King of Cocaine" had this exact U.S. oasis seized by feds in the '80s while running his drug empire in Colombia.

Whitey Bulger's murder house -- AKA the Haunty -- where he murdered and buried 3 victims became a hot topic within the Boston Landmark Commission in 2019, but it was ultimately decided that the home, while rich with gruesome history, was

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Whitey Bulger

Whitey Bulger's murder house -- AKA the Haunty -- where he murdered and buried 3 victims became a hot topic within the Boston Landmark Commission in 2019, but it was ultimately decided that the home, while rich with gruesome history, was "not significant." As a result, the home was demolished soon after and was rebuilt into a building that towers above its original design.