Missing corner

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I bought a house with my boyfriend. He's in charge of the "new" construction while I'm on wallpaper removal duty. The previous owner papered EVERY wall and CEILING!

Removing it is oddly satisfying. The best feeling is getting along peel, similar to your skin when you're peeling from a sunburn.
Under a corner section of the paper in every room are a person's name and a date. It got the best of me one night when I Googled one of the names and discovered the person was actually a missing person, the missing date matches the date under the wallpaper!

The next day, I made a list of all the names and dates. Sure enough, each name was a missing person with dates to match. We notified the police who sent out the crime scene team.

I overheard one tech guy say "yup, it's human.

"Human? What's human?"I say.

"well, the material you removed from the walls isn't wallpaper."

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