People will do what they will with their domains. The first modern serial killer HH Holmes made a murder castle. When OJ Simpson bought his mansion, he turned it into a J. Crew ad. When a dude-bro builds a McMansion, they put a stripper pole in the basement. If you feel like you’re being watched every time you stay in a hotel, this story will make you even more paranoid. One man built a hotel, with the express purpose of being able to watch couples have sex. Here we have a man who built a hotel, watched people have sex in it for 30 years. Here’s the story.
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Foos. Gerald Foos is a Colorado man who formerly owned a hotel in Colorado that was known as The Manor House Hotel. However, he conducted his job as proprietor in a way that people would call less than moral. As a resulted hundreds of couples had their privacy violated in a very deep way.
Beginning. Food bought the hotel in Colorado in 1966 with the express purpose of being “the world’s greatest voyeur.” In fact, when searching for a place, he looked specifically for one that had space above the rooms.
Marriage. It wasn’t just Foos. Foos was married at the time. Sometimes he did the spying alone but his wife also joined him at times. Sometimes they would recreate the sexual acts they witnessed.
Re-Marriage. Foos first wife eventually died but he was remarried. His second wife apparently had similar tastes to his first wife because he continued to co-voyeur with her as well.
Story. Food first began corresponding with New Yorker writer Gay Talese in 1980, coming clean about what he’d seen. Three years ago he decided he was ready to have his story told to the public. This month, Talese published the tale in the New Yorker Magazine.
Root. The desire to be a voyeur came from deep within Foos. He believes it may have stemmed from sexual memories he has of spying on his aunt as a kid. Often paraphillias like voyeurism come from childhood incidents.
Spying. Foos outfitted the hotel rooms with fake ceiling vents. Above them were crawl spaces where he would stay and observe. The motel had 21 rooms. Foos told the Denver Post that he purchased it because of his “uncontrollable desire to peer into other people’s lives.”
Talese. Foos read a story written by Talese entitled “Thy Neighbors Wife,” and decided to write to him because he felt they had similar interests. Foos was not only married when all this was going on. He had two children.
Notes. Sometimes Foos simply watched the couples. Other times he masturbated. Often he took vigorous notes on the occurrences. Sometimes those notes were used for him to recreate the sexual situations he witnessed with his wives.
First letter. Foos reached out to Talese, likely hoping his notes could amount to some type of literary work. He wrote, “‘Sexually, I have witnessed, observed, and studied the best first hand, unrehearsed, non-laboratory sex between couples, and most other conceivable sex deviations during these past 15 years.”
Book. Talese published his article in the New Yorker, but he also has a forthcoming book on the topic. Denver police has verified that Foos cannot be charged because the statute of limitations has passed on the crimes Foos speaks of.
Education. Foos believes the book will paint him in a empathetic light. “I think the book will create a real situation, let’s put it that way. I don’t know if I’m ready for anything, to be honest with you. I’m just a poor soul,” he told the Denver Post.
Mission. Aside from sexual gratification, Foos really seemed to believe that there was a mission at hand. He told the Denver Post that he created a report “trying to identify significant social trends” and noted that of the 296 sexual acts he’d witnessed, 195 involved white heterosexuals who favored the missionary position.
First letter. Foos reached out to Talese, likely hoping his notes could amount to some type of literary work. He wrote, “Sexually, I have witnessed, observed, and studied the best first hand, unrehearsed, non-laboratory sex between couples, and most other conceivable sex deviations during these past 15 years.”
Other observation. Foos may have actually made some legitimate observations. He said that he found that 62 percent of people led “moderately active sexual lives.” 12 percent of the couples he observed were, as he described it, “highly sexed,” and 22 percent had a low sex drive. Foo’s spying lasted for 30 years
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