No spooking Zero Dark Thirty star! Jessica Chastain buys $5.1million Manhattan apartment despite claims luxury building is 'haunted by the ghost of an opera singer'

  • Jessica Chastain and her boyfriend Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo spent $5.1 million on an apartment at The Osborne on West 57th Street
  • Several residents claim to have dealt with spirits while living in the building
  • The ghosts of opera singer Johanna Gadski and architect Alfredo Taylor supposedly haunt the Osborne Apartments 

By Dailymail.com Reporter

Published: 21:34 EST, 5 April 2015 | Updated: 01:21 EST, 6 April 2015

Multiple ghosts supposedly inhabit an expensive New York City apartment building, which recently added Academy Award-nominated actress Jessica Chastain to its list of occupants.

Two residents from the Osborne Apartments on West 57th Street in Manhattan told the New York Post of their experiences with spirits in the building.

Chastain and her boyfriend, Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo, spent $5.1 million on an apartment that features four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms, Daily Mail Online reported early last month. 

Chastain most recently appeared on the big screen in the 2014 films Interstellar and A Most Violent Year.  

Purchase: Jessica Chastain recently purchased a $5.1 million apartment at The Osborne. The building is supposedly haunted by spirits

Purchase: Jessica Chastain recently purchased a $5.1 million apartment at The Osborne. The building is supposedly haunted by spirits

Johanna Gadski
Alfredo Taylor

Friendly ghosts? The ghosts of opera singer Johanna Gadski (left) and Alfredo Taylor (right) are thought to haunt the Osborne Apartments on West 57th Street 

Residence: Chastain's new home at The Osborne (pictured) features four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms

Residence: Chastain's new home at The Osborne (pictured) features four bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms

Convenient: The space is located in New York City's Midtown neighborhood and not far from Central Park 

Convenient: The space is located in New York City's Midtown neighborhood and not far from Central Park 

Relax: The space features high ceiling and windows that let lots of light in

Relax: The space features high ceiling and windows that let lots of light in

The Osborne is located close to Carnegie Hall and is a few blocks away from Columbus Circle, Central Park and Lincoln Center. 

One of The Osborne's longtime residents, Naomi Guffman, recently told the Post 'I have a poltergeist!'

She thinks the ghost is actually one of the apartment's former tenants, Metropolitan Opera singer Johanna Gadski, according to the newspaper.

The Post described Gadski as 'a red-haired practical joker' who was killed in a 1932 Berlin car accident.

Guffman told the Post '[Me and my husband would] be standing in the hallway talking and the toilet would start to flush.' 

She also described doors randomly opening and water on the stove boiling of its own accord.

Retreat: Chastain and her boyfriend Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo can hideaway in one of the apartment's four bedrooms 

Retreat: Chastain and her boyfriend Gian Luca Passi de Preposulo can hideaway in one of the apartment's four bedrooms 

Classic: The apartment also features lots of wood paneling and design elements 

Classic: The apartment also features lots of wood paneling and design elements 

Macabre: Ghosts supposedly inhabit The Osborne, according to some of its residents 

Macabre: Ghosts supposedly inhabit The Osborne, according to some of its residents 

In 1971, fellow resident Davida Deutsch and her husband heard a booming noise the first night they spent in their apartment and woke up, the newspaper reported. 

The couple earlier placed a broom close by and were already aware of ghost speculation, according to the Post.

The newspaper reported that the Osborne Apartments are allegedly haunted by architect Alfredo Taylor's ghost as he takes the elevator and walks around hallways. 

Taylor came up with the plan for the building's 1906 addition.

Taylor is also known for being the architect behind multiple buildings in Norfolk, Connecticut.

The Osborne's resident manager John Coyne told the Post of Taylor 'I haven’t come across anything strange. I don’t know if that means if he's moved on or he's moved out.'

MailOnline reported last month that in 1978, the bodies of actors Gig Young and Kim Schmidt were found in an apartment at The Osborne, supposedly the result of a murder-suicide carried out by Young.

Nap time: Another bedroom in the apartment is seen with windows looking out toward other New York City buildings in the neighborhood 

Nap time: Another bedroom in the apartment is seen with windows looking out toward other New York City buildings in the neighborhood 

Unwind: Chastain's apartment also includes a sitting room with high ceilings and wood detailing 

Unwind: Chastain's apartment also includes a sitting room with high ceilings and wood detailing 

 

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