Katie Price may have left her infamous “Mucky Mansion” behind, but the reality star insists the house still carries a dark shadow. Bought for £2 million in 2014, the nine-bedroom Sussex property soon became more notorious than her modelling career – and not for the right reasons.
Katie admitted the mansion was the “root of many of [her] issues,” from crippling anxiety to alleged hauntings. She warned potential buyers, saying: “I hate that house. Whoever buys it, I warn them, they will get bad luck there. It is absolutely cursed. My anxiety got worse with that house. There was a point when I couldn’t even walk up the driveway without having a panic attack.”
She also claimed the home was haunted by the spirit of a small boy. “As soon as I get there, it’s like noise, like get me out of this place,” she told Louis Theroux. “It’s haunted, genuinely haunted, and it feels heavy on you. I think that house is cursed.” Her son Jett even refused to sleep in his bedroom, convinced the “ghost attached to him.”
But supernatural tales weren’t the only horror. The house was plagued by repeated break-in attempts. At one point, strangers were caught lurking outside. On another occasion, corrosive liquid was thrown over her signature pink Range Rover.
The tragedies didn’t stop there. During her years at the mansion, Katie lost seven animals – five dogs, a horse and a chameleon – many killed by cars after escaping the grounds. The string of deaths sparked outrage, with PETA even offering her £5,000 to promise never to own pets again. Katie defended herself: “It’s circumstances that were out of my hands. It’s no lack of me not looking after them. I love animals, I love nurturing.”
Even Katie’s daughter Princess, now 18, admitted the house was terrifying. Promoting her own ITV show, she said simply: “It was a really scary house. A lot went on there. So I didn’t really like it.”
Katie insists selling it in 2024 for £1.5 million – the money going straight to pay debts – was “the best thing [she’s] ever done.” But her words remain chilling for the new owners: was it really bad luck, or a curse that lives on?
