Stephen King's house ...
Bangor, Maine

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Kaylei :  That is intersesting about your house! You should post some ghost stories in your house on utube. Do you hand out money on halloween?

Carlos Rios :  I live in MA and went to canada a little while ago. On my way up with the family we stopped by his house for a couple minutes just to actually see it. Ive read alot of his books coming up in school and watnot and seeing his house changed everything i read up till that point. You actually see here he spends some of his time writing and where he works from. Just stairing at the house with all the shades shut in the windows wondering if hes standing behind them looking at u? Even tho u kno someone is becuase theres surveillence cameras around the property. Its just wierd to see it in person. My dream is to own that house, not a mansion in the Palms or in California bbut Steven Kings house in Bangor Maine in a regular community..........one day....onnnnee dayyyyy..

jon :  my neighbor i grew up with here in ct is a relative of stephen king and she had been in the house as a child. said it was pretty cool and interesting, dont quote me (i would have to ask her) but if i remember correctly there where some pretty interesting collectible and i think maybe even a hidden passage way.

John :  I can tell you that he does live there, at least part of the year... Several years ago I was visiting a friend who lived about eight blocks from there. One morning we woke up early and were looking for someplace to eat breakfast- we were rolling along the front of a shopping center about 8.15 in the morning and he was coming out of the supermarket with a sack of groceries under each arm. If I hadn't seen him I probably would have hit him (this was a few years before he was truck by the mini-van.)

Lucretia McEvil :  We went to Maine on a much anticipated vacation. One of our highlights was to see Stephen Kings home in Bangor. I can't tell you how neat it was to see his place. A great moment for me would have been to see Mr. King himself... Maybe next time.

texaszoe :  I also drove past SK's house when we visited Bangor. There were no other cars lined up to see it. It was pretty cool to say I have been there.

tiddvicious :  Stephen King does live in this house on West Broadway in Bangor, I live down the street from him. He is not a prisoner in his own house, nor is it a ruse that he lives there. You can see him infrequently in warmer times of the year when he lives here. He lives in Florida during the winter, like most sane people, he does not wish to spend his winter months in our arctic climate.

Diane :  I think if SK minded the fact that tourist and/or fans were creeping around his house, he would live somewhere else, or have some kind of security to prevent such events. I do however believe that people should keep it to a minimum, and perhaps there should be set times where people can came and and admire, the "house" of the "Great American writer".

Scooter :  Stephen King Inc. doesn't really live there. It's just a clever ruse to keep the throngs of curious fans distracted. He probably lives in a large compound outside of town with a high fence on a gated road with a 24/7 guard detail and a private airstrip. The locals play along because he brings lots of tourists into town. Maybe he really lives in palm springs with all the other ridiculously rich people?

Tiffany :  I love Stephen king's books every year my family and i go up to Maine and where we so it is another 2 to 3 hours to drive to get up to Stephen's House just to see it but this year i think im gonna go up to see his house. i really like him and his books.

Yvette :  I have never been to Maine.But seeing Mr.Kings house on line was all I needed.Such a beautiful home.I too believe in his privacy.I live in Fla.Sarasota county and my son got Mr.Kings autograph for me.What a wonderful surprise that was.He said Mr.King was very nice.Maybe one day I will see Mr.King in person and thank him myself.Thank you for so many wonderful years of reading and great movies.Your fan forever and God Bless.

SamanthaD :  I have lived in Bangor most of my 22 years of life, and I never really have gotten the obession with SK. He was my brother's Litter League coach for 2 years when we were kids, I remember he used to bring Ice Cream after ever game for the teams, and of course, every game I went to I got one also, for being such a devout baseball fan. A little known fact of why SK gives back to the community so much is because he grew up in foster care, YES - SK was a Foster Care child! - and he always feels a need to help other children in the community and the community in general. And of course, he is a big baseball fan! As I got older, I understood why Stephen stayed in Bangor - his home town - after becoming famous - it's quiet and he has more privacy here than anywhere else he would live. That and he and his wife really do love Maine and the outdoors. I wish that people would give him a little more privacy, I hate seeing 20 cars sometimes lined up around his house with people poking their cameras between the gates trying to get a glimps of him.

Lalarey68 :  Stephen King is a wonderful person who has done so much for Bangor and the children of Bangor. For someone that is "not very friendly" he sure cares an awful lot for his community. I have seen him in public and found him to be very pleasant. I hate to see anyones privacy be invaded, but I am sure he is pretty much use to it. Maybe that is the reason behind someone saying he is not very friendly. "The guy in the shop" makes a pretty good living off him, maybe it's not something Mr. King appreciates.

Patricia :  We're visiting Maine and are staying in Bangor right now. We just passed SK's house to get to our motel (we got lost in the neighborhood). We're going to look around Bangor tomorrow, as we've already been to the northern coastal areas. I just love Maine, all of it!

Larry :  I heard that Stephen King is really afraid of bats. And his wife Tabithais in charge of bat control. And hey, everyone has somthing that they're afraid of. After all,Im afraid of raisons. They look like dried up dead flies...chich is nothing to be ashamed of...I mean really, everyone is afraid of something...

eliot :  id love to visit bangor because im a great fan of king but i live in manchester

Jordan :  Poor stephen king just because he's a famous author doesnt mean he deserves to get harrassed like that. Don't you notice the blinds are always closed no wonder. I hope you people will leave him alone.

Lightningpinkgrl :  i live in bangor maine, People around here dont mind him, they just leave him alone as he's not big to us because we know him. I live about a mile down the road. he's just another person to everyone around here.

Shehryar :  I am a big fan of stephen king.One of my wishes is to meet him in person.i suppose thats not gonna happen any time soon but what the heck.Love the house,only King can live in that house(spooky).

Ruth :  My husband is from Bangor and all his family. I would love to visit Bangor as I am a big fan of Mr. King. In fact I am writing a book about Brooklyn and two images Pauline & Cybil and hope to have maybe Mr. King read it. They are only dolls but have the ability to enter our real world. Wish me luck. Ruth Brown

TheFrenchGirl :  I'm a French fan of the Master of Horror, as I'm glad to call him, and I would give everything to tell him how his books make me crazy... But have you ever met a King's reader who's not totally horrified by his stories?

quick :  never been to bangor, love the books. by the way thanks for the manuscript.

Adriana :  Poor Stephen, can you imagine being a prisoner in your own magnificent Victorian house,I bet the poor man could not step outside to pick up his own newspaper if he wished to do so, with so many people always waiting to get a glimpse of him and of where he lives. Because of all of us fans(constant readers) his house will become a public monument, just like good old Graceland.

Franca :  We just came back from Bangor and went to see the house. If you didn't know it belonged to Stephen King, you would not give it a second look. It's in a "regular" neighborhood and is much like the other neighbors homes; sans the bats and spiders gate. It is my understanding that he is a private person who used to allow trick or treaters up to his front door; until the publicity became too much. Who could blame him?!

Cori :  We've been to Bangor twice and both times we went to the house and the only thing we saw was the house, no signs of any movement. I think Steven King travels a lot, it's possible - but not likely - to see him. Also the guy in the shop told me he's not very friendly, he guards his privacy.

L &J L, Western NY :  What's the liklihood of running into the Master of Horror while visiting Bangor, ME? We will be traveling there the week of October 9th and it would be great if we could see him while we are there.

Ken K :  I think that a house is just a house unless Stephen King lives there, then it becomes really spooky. I wonder what he's like in real life .. with an imagination like that ..

Shari :  We went past the house and didn't stop because there were so many people at the front gate. I think that if you are in Bangor it is certainly worth while to at least see it. The house is a splendid example of Victorian architecture and the wrought iron gate is a bit of whimsy.

Ron :  My wife and I visited Bangor and went to see this house. There were a few tourists looking, I think it must be an annoyance for the neighbors. We also went to the shop - very very small but quite interesting.