The house was put together by the Indian workers who were hired to replace the slaves after the abolition of slavery here in 1848. Nearly 45 percent of the indentured labourers died within five years, malnourished and overworked under harsh conditions.
There is a story that the Indian workers who revolted against the harsh working conditions were thrown into the furnace. Their women were often raped and many gave birth to blue-eyed children, said Beausir, recounting the scary ghost stories.
The neighbours are also said to have heard violent noises of chains and cries of suffering. Some others have seen "a woman of a great beauty with a sad glance," she said.
A man from Belgium once bought the house but fled after less than a month as he believed the house was haunted, said Beausir who herself has never lived in the house and has turned it into a museum of the times.
