![]() Sometimes there is one person on a tour and sometimes there are 40. The tour takes about an hour, but after the guided tour you are welcome to wander around the house at your leisure. Tour fees are charged to maintain the property and the house. Mary Lou still lived in the castle that her father built until her passing in 2010. Mary Lou Gulley's mother passed away in 1970. In this photograph, you can see some of the handmade bricks used to form the handrail. When I visited, the kids seemed more interested in throwing rocks in the yard than spending time in the house. You'll hear what the mystery contents were when you take the tour.Īlthough children are invited to attend the tour, and there are basically no restrictions on touching - and there are a lot of items to touch - they may not be as interested in an eclectic, unusually constructed home as adults would be. When LIFE Magazine came to the Gulley home to do a story on Mystery Castle in 1948, the trap door was opened and the mystery revealed. The trap door is located in a room that was called "purgatory" (between the chapel and the bar!). ![]() His wife and daughter complied with his request. I have already explained why the house is referred to as a castle, but why is it a mystery? Boyce Gullet left instructions for his wife and daughter, to whom he left the house in Phoenix, that there was a trap door in the house that should not be opened for two years after his death. Interestingly enough, he did not die of tuberculosis. Boyce Gulley lived longer than he thought he would, and he spent 15 years building his dream house. ![]()
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