Recently unearthed videos show the nightmare one Los Angeles couple has to deal with on an almost daily basis when fans of American Horror Story trespass on their property to get a glimpse of their home, which was featured as the ‘murder house’ in season one of the FX horror show.
In one video, filmed in July 2015, two teenagers stand in a dumpster as a garbage truck lifts it up so they could get a peek over the house’s fence.
Another video shows a teenage boy lying near the steps of Dr. Ernst R. von Schwarz and Pier Angela Oakenfold’s Los Angeles home.
The couple claims in their suit that the seller and real estate company failed to inform them about American Horror Story’s rabid fans, who show up in groups on a daily basis
Dr. Ernst R. von Schwarz and Pier Angela Oakenfold said fans constantly hop over a fence they installed to get a closer look at the house. Pictured is one fan lying on the ground in front of the home
Two fans used a garbage truck to get over the fence to get a closer look at the mansion, the couple said
Another fan was videotaped by the couple sitting on their front porch hanging out and singing
‘What do you want?’ Oakenfold asks the teen as he waves and says ‘hi’ to her.
The trespasser tells Oakenfold that he’s never seen her before and asks if he should leave.
‘What are you doing here?’ she responds.
He tells her he thought he was supposed to meet someone, named Matt Bomer, there.
‘Do you think that he lives here?’ she asks.
‘I have no idea,’ the teen responds, telling her that he came to the home because of American Horror Story.
In a third video, the teen who was seen lying on the ground outside is filmed sitting on the couple’s front porch singing John Mayer’s ‘Say’.
Oakenfold and Schwartz, who purchased the home in 2015 for $3.2million, filed a lawsuit against the former owners claiming they were never informed that the sprawling 10,440-square-foot Rosenheim Mansion had been featured in season one of Ryan Murphy’s American Horror Story in 2011, according to The Wrap.
The Los Angeles couple living at Rosenheim Mansion, which was depicted as the Murder House in season one of American Horror story, is suing the previous owners
Dr. Ernst R. von Schwarz and Pier Angela Oakenfold (pictured left and right) are seeking $3million
In the show a couple, played by Dylan McDermott ( left) and Connie Britton (right), move into a new home with their daughter, played by Taissa Farmiga (center), and soon find the home is haunted by ghosts
The married couple said because of the home’s popularity, groups of fans show up on a daily basis to get a glimpse of the house.
To try and give themselves some form of privacy, Schwartz and Oakenfold built a fence around the property but that has done little to keep the show’s rabid fans away.
‘We’re not haters of the fans. We’re not haters of the show … We don’t mind if people are outside and taking pictures,’ Schwartz told TMZ on Wednesday, adding that up to 200 visitors show up to their home each day.
‘It’s to a point that people come over the fence. They intrude the house,’ he added. ‘They try to break in. That’s happened on several occasions, and that was never disclosed.’
Oakenfold told the outlet that during one incident she got out the shower and saw a group of teenage girls standing outside screaming at her.
‘I put a towel around me, I grabbed my phone and I just videoed what I could. There’s nothing I can do really in that situation,’ she said.
The couple said they want to continue living in the home, but only if the city allows them to put up a permanent fence, hedges and landscaping around the home to give them some privacy.
Schwarz, a doctor in Beverly Hills, and Oakenfold, an actress, are seeking damages for breach of contract and ‘fraudulent concealment’ in an amount up to and including $3million, claiming the previous seller Elizabeth Axelrod and Codwell Banker agents Stephen John Apelian and Joyce Bowman Rey failed to tell them about the overzealous fans that flock to the home.
In the horror series, the home was previously lived in by numerous murderers whose spirits then haunted and tried to kill anyone who came inside. Pictured is an outside shot of the home from a scene in American Horror Story
The house, located in Los Angeles, was the focus of the first season of Ryan Murphy’s show in 2011. The couple bought the home in 2015
Although the house was depicted as bleak and spooky in the show, the mansion is actually a brightly lite Victorian-styled home
The home has nine bedrooms and can accommodate more than 16 people
The home is 10,440-square-foot and is located on Westchester Place in Los Angeles
The house was listed on Airbnb in 2016 and could be rented for $1,450 a night
The new owners said in there suit that ‘hundreds’ of American Horror Story fans trespass on their property and attempt to break into the home
‘Unbeknownst to the plaintiffs, and not disclosed by the Defendants, hundreds of fans of the TV show would come to the property, trespass, attempt to break in, and created a significant nuisance not only for the Seller, but for the neighbors as well,’ the lawsuit states.
The suit, filed on February 7, also accuses Axelrod and the Coldwell employees of failing to disclose that there was damage to the property, including ‘significant leaks, water intrusion and mold’.
‘It is very disappointing when any client involved in a real estate transaction is unhappy. I have no doubt that the truthful facts of this case will resolve this matter in our favor,’ Apelian told The Wrap.
The Rosenheim Mansion was built in 1902 by architect Alfred Rosenheim. The nine-bedroom home, which can accommodate more than 16 people, features vintage fireplaces, Tiffany stained glass and Italian brickwork.
In 2016, the home was listed on Airbnb to rent for $1,450 a night.
In addition to the mansion being the focus of season one of American Horror Story, it was also featured in Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Law & Order SVU.
In three or four instances over the last year, the couple had to call the police on fans trying to get into the house
The inside of the home features Tiffany paintings and Italian brickwork
The house, also called the Rosenheim Mansion, was built in 1902 by architect Alfred Rosenheim
The home was purchased in 2015 by the Los Angeles couple for $3.2million
The mansion is a stark contrast to how it was depicted in season one of American Horror Story
The house was also featured in Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Law & Order SVU