Random Most Incredible Things Ever Found in Attics (15 items)

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  (#1) A Comic Book Collection Worth Millions

  A Dallas, Texas, man found his uncle's well-perserved comic book collection while cleaning out his aunt's attic in 2012. Among the rare titles in the collection were a Detective Comics #27, featuring the debut of Batman, and Action Comics #1, which features the first appearance of Superman. Save your comics, kids!
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  (#2) A Picasso Painting

  In 2015, Kirkaldy, United Kingdom, resident Dominic Currie discovered an original painting by Pablo Picasso in a suitcase stored in his attic. It reportedly belonged to his mother, who had received it as a gift from her World War II Russian soldier lover. 
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  (#3) A Stolen Stradivarius Violin

  In 1980, violinist Roman Totenberg had his beloved Stradivarius violin stolen from his office while he greeted patrons of the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachutsetts following a concert. Thirty-five years later, in August 2015, the purloined instrument was discovered in the attic of a California resident, whose father - himself a struggling musician - had taken the Stradivarius in moment of jealous foolishness. The violin was returned to Totenberg's family.
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  (#4) A Hidden WWII-Era Room

  Reddit user mYNDIG discovered a hidden room tucked behind a wall in their attic. The small area contained a narrow bed and a pillow on the floor, ostensibly for sitting. There was a sign above the bed that read (roughly translated from Danish) "If you have a bad stomach, then you don't have access." There was also a light alarm affixed to the wall, meaning this room was probably designed as a hiding place from Nazis.
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  (#5) A Cache Of Love Letters

  A couple in Lubbock, Texas, discovered a pillowcase full of WWII-era love letters from a soldier to his wife in December of 2014. Sadly, the letter writer and his wife had both passed way in the late '90s, so the couple returned the letters to their children.
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  (#6) A Puzzle Box Filled With Jewelry

  Normally you shouldn't solve puzzle boxes you find lying around in attics (because, you know, Pinhead and the Cenobites and all that), but in the case of Reddit user bellalunacy, solving the box was a good idea: it contained jewelry.
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  (#7) A Lost MLK Interview

  In 2012, a Chattanooga, Tennessee, man discovered an audio interview with Martin Luther King, Jr. stashed away in his attic, conducted by the man's father. 
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  (#8) A Record Collection Belonging To Hitler

  In 1991, a woman living Moscow discovered a box of records that once belonged to Adolf Hitler. Her father was a Soviet general during World War II, and he apparently took the records as a souvenir of his time served.
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  (#9) An Ex-Boyfriend

  Picture this: you've been sent to jail, and your girlfriend no longer wants anything to do with you. You send her letters all the time, professing your love and asserting your seriousness about rekindling your romance once you're out of the slammer, but she's still not having it. Twelve years later, you get your parole, and she still wants none. What do you do?  
  Well, if you're the obsessive, lovelorn dude that once dated a certain Tracy from Rock Hill, South Carolina, you take up residence in her attic, of course.  

  No, this isn't the plot of a Gary Busey movie, it's real life. The woman known only as Tracy discovered her ex-jailbird ex living in her attic in 2012. Not only this, she found Route 44 Sonic cups filled with the jailbird's urine. He'd apparently been up there for about two weeks before getting caught. 
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  (#10) A Child's Body

  In January 2016, the remains of a preteen were discovered in the attic of a Richmond, Virginia, duplex. At the time of the discovery, it was unknown how long the child's body had been in the attic.
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  (#11) A Homeless Man

  In June 2014, a man living in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province in China discovered a homeless squatter living in his attic, who gained access to the man's home via a hole in the kitchen ceiling. The squatter had been there for about two months, and even utilized the man's kitchen to cook himself meals while the resident was out.
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  (#12) A Pirate Radio Operation

  People often find old treasures or absolutely bonkers things in their attic. Rated-M of Reddit found a wealth of radio broadcasting equipment set up in what appeared to be a mini pirate radio outfit.
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  (#13) A Lot Of Guns! Plus Some Swords

  As Reddit user's screen name is GunsMcBad*ss, they must have felt especially lucky to find this apocalypse-worthy stash of guns and swords in their attic.
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  (#14) A Rifle

  While removing insulation in the attic, Reddit user jaws2167 found this rather antique-looking rifle hiding out in the walls.
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  (#15) A Certain Double-Sided Novelty Item

  Reddit user captainnoob was hoping to find some buried treasure in his new home's attic. He found instead a much loved double-sided dildo. One man's trash and all that...

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