- Beckie-Ann Galentine posted a TikTok describing the reasons her landlord can't find a renter.
- Her home is filled with a coffin, a tombstone, bags of hair, toe tags, and hospital doors.
Beckie-Ann Galentine's Victorian home in West Hartford, Connecticut, is filled with oddities.
There's a tombstone in one corner, a stack of antique Ouija boards in another, and in the heart of her living room is a used coffin that's been turned into a coffee table.
To her, the space feels "like home," she told Insider.
But she's afraid that's not true for everyone. In a few months, Galentine is moving out of the house, so her landlord has been hosting tours for potential new tenants.
Galentine, who goes by @mybloodygalentine on TikTok, posted a video on Tuesday highlighting the "reasons my landlord can't find anyone to rent my place." The video went viral and gained more than 1.4 million views within a day.
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While her items won't be staying with the future renter, Galentine said the three people who have toured the house have been a bit jarred by the skeletons, toe tags, and human hair that fills her home.
Galentine said she collects stories, not objects
Beyond the three potential renters, Galentine said she's spent the last few weeks selling items as she prepares to move.
Together, the strangers have had a mixture of reactions — from curiosity to fear.
Galentine said one potential renter was peppering her and the landlord with questions about her decor as they toured the space. Another quickly asked the landlord about other properties he owned, she said.
When a couple landed at her front door to pick up vintage dresses from Facebook Marketplace, Galentine said they decided to wait on the front porch once they saw the coffin and other curiosities in her home.
Galentine, who worked as an embalmer and grew up in an antique store, said it isn't just the objects that fascinate her — it's the stories behind them.
For example, Galentine said the used coffin in her home was once a shipping coffin used to transport a body from country to country. She added that they're typically discarded after use, so she acquired one and transformed it into her coffee table.
The doors in her entryway, on the other hand, were once part of the Danvers State Hospital, a now-closed mental hospital in Massachusetts. And the tombstone was originally designed for a pastor who moved to another church.
"None of the stuff is stolen, and everything has a story," Galentine said. "To me, I feel like a custodian or a steward of the items instead of being a collector or owner."
Galentine said she hopes that the strangers entering her apartment and the viewers of her TikTok realize that.
"I do think it is shocking to people," she said. "But I want to reinforce the idea that this isn't a morbid curiosity. It's about the people and their stories."