The house is an example of what is popularly referred to as a ghost home, a property owned by a nonresident (sometimes noncitizen) who has no plans on ever moving in.

P W who …? Mr William Clark is reputed to have said when he was being quizzed for the job of American Assistant Secretary of State. Well, whatever political reminders he might now have, he will never forget our prime minister [P. W. Botha] after being given so memorable a dish as biltong souffle for breakfast yesterday, backed up by straight biltong and maroela jelly.

Momma was very talented. She liked to act in plays … She used to sing, do a lot of singing in French, you know. … They used to have amateur hours in those days. You didn't have that many places to go. She performed for the amateur hours at church fairs and at St. James High School.

Kurten was, moreover, possessed by the rage for blood (hæmatomania); being called the vampire of Dusseldorf[.]