Photo gallery of Mike Tyson's abandoned house

Eerie photos of Mike Tyson's former residence in Ohio.

[#1 posted by Steve Schnier, March 17, 2009 9:30 AM]

I don't know... a little paint, some flowers, a couple of throw pillows...

[#2 posted by aTanguay, March 17, 2009 9:37 AM]

Understated Elegance...hard to pull off.

[#3 posted by Anonymous, March 17, 2009 9:43 AM]

You might want to check sources. If the comments in the site that you link to are any indication, these photos were taken by a person at http://illicitohio.com/illicitohio/tyson.htm
and requested to be taken down by the owner of the property.

The site you link to is made by a person that has pasted THEIR watermark over the original owner's one and making like it's theirs. I highly recommend NOT keeping this link active. Just my view.

[#4 posted by gornzilla, March 17, 2009 9:58 AM]

Up to when he mentally totally lost it, he was a great fighter. Following the link, this page has bigger and more photos: http://fishki.net/comment.php?id=38484

[#5 posted by Brainspore, March 17, 2009 10:02 AM]

@ Gornzilla #3: Sure he was a great fighter, but when did he mentally HAVE it?

[#6 posted by pupdog, March 17, 2009 10:10 AM]

All those pics originally came from the folks at IllicitOhio who've done quite a few explorations of abandoned sites in that area. They have a notice up that the current property owner asked for the images to be removed, and had a better explanation at one time - The house wasn't abandoned by Tyson, but was sold and owners down the line had troubles that resulted in the house being left to sit. They've spread all over the 'net (note the IO suggestion to EBaum's World "to steal this message like you steal my photos you worthless unoriginal leeching trash") Truly a cyclical internet classic.

[#7 posted by aelfscine, March 17, 2009 10:27 AM]

Luckily, as Boing Boing teaches us, you can't 'own' intellectual property, so this dude slapping his own watermark on top of someone else's is perfectly kosher. ;) *ducks*

[#8 posted by lncnmark8, March 17, 2009 10:32 AM]

I happened upon this link like PUPDOG said on IllicitOhio a couple months ago, and the next week my girlfriend went to Vegas on vacation. While she was at one of the clubs, Tyson came up to her and her friends and was hitting on them. She had no idea about him being a crazy nut job and the whole Hollyfield ear thing, so when he told them he'd get them comps without any strings she *ahem* bit. He proceeded to call her 20 some times in the next day even after she tells him to stop calling. She ended up having to change her cell number. Ooops!

[#9 posted by urshrew, March 17, 2009 10:48 AM]

Actually, considering how utterly crap-tastic most celebrity million dollar homes usually look, this place isn't so bad...

I want it taken over by homeless people though.

[#10 posted by freshyill, March 17, 2009 10:54 AM]

That's what I imagine 1970s coke kingpins' houses looked like.

[#11 posted by bobhughes, March 17, 2009 11:46 AM]

@7 that's actually pretty cool about your gf getting hit on by tyson. myself, i'd be hesitant about accepting a drink from anyone with face tattoos and talking like tweety bird. but i would've recognized him anyway

[#12 posted by wolfwitch, March 17, 2009 12:09 PM]

I really think credit should be given where credit is due, especially given BoingBoing's support of reasonable rights for artists. These pictures were blatantly ripped-off from:

http://illicitohio.illicitohio.com/tyson.htm

At least their address is still visible, despite a sorry attempt at covering it up with another watermark.

[#13 posted by Anonymous, March 17, 2009 12:15 PM]

It's really interesting that people are calling him a nut job but no one seems to want to mention that the man is a convicted rapist. lncnmark8's girlfriend is lucky that phone calls from him were her biggest problem. Mike Tyson is a scum bag through and through.

[#14 posted by ROSSINDETROIT, March 17, 2009 12:21 PM]

Gee, it's a gauche, tacky, garish interpretation of what a poor person thinks wealth looks like. Who would have thought? So sad on so many levels.

[#15 posted by MadFist, March 17, 2009 12:27 PM]

Wow! So much space! So little taste. . .

[#16 posted by Michiel, March 17, 2009 12:28 PM]

I feel sad for the guy who had to live there. No amount of posessions can fill such an empty empty space. Do you think it reflects some missing part of his personality that he has similarly hidden with unwisely chosen decorations?

[#17 posted by toxonix, March 17, 2009 12:33 PM]

I like the one with the phone at the bottom of the green pool.
It looks so much like those churches built in the 60s and 70s.

[#18 posted by InsertFingerHere, March 17, 2009 12:43 PM]

Who designed this this? What a mash of poor taste. Like a cross between an Aspen lodge and a Iraqi hotel.

Beyond fugly.

[#19 posted by stegodon, March 17, 2009 12:45 PM]

LNCNMARK8 - Yeah, Tyson is a huge creep! My ex-girlfriend went to Arizona State and said that he was always out at clubs at night, hanging around and harassing girls. I think he lives outside Tempe and raises pigeons now.

[#20 posted by ROSSINDETROIT, March 17, 2009 1:00 PM]

Church is the first thing I thought when I saw the roof trusses or whatever they are. That must be the cheapest way to enclose a large space without pillars because just about every church built in the '70s is like being under a capsized boat with those ribs overhead.

[#21 posted by Gumby, March 17, 2009 4:23 PM]

Just because it's empty - Eerie? Not really, but the zebra carpeting is a bit scary.

[#22 posted by Brainspore, March 17, 2009 5:00 PM]

@ Gumby #21: That's not zebra carpeting. That's the terrible truth behind Sigfried & Roy's albino tiger breeding program.

[#23 posted by Anonymous, March 17, 2009 8:51 PM]

Is the water green for St. Patrick's Day?

[#24 posted by thechicgeek, March 18, 2009 7:22 AM]

Hell, just imagine what the heating bill would be like. All those vaulted ceilings? The pool? Geez, you'd have to have a million bucks just to heat the damned thing, and Ohio winters are none to forgiving.