30/10/2026
Hoarders House Filled To The brim With Antiques, and everything left behind Hidden In Rishton, Lancashire.
ABANDONED Hoarders Death House Filled With Guns And Am******on - They did not find his body for a longtime.
Bit of a shocking and sad explore how someone can live like this and be left in this way.
Ralph Starkie, 70, was identified as the man found deceased inside a large, dilapidated detached house on Blackburn Road in Rishton. His body was discovered on 9 August 2025. This case has recently progressed through the legal system, with an inquest officially opening at Preston Coroners' Court on 25 June 2026.
Emergency services attended the Blackburn Road property at 12:34 PM on Saturday, 9 August 2025. They discovered a heavily decomposed body that had evidently been there for quite some time.
Lancashire Constabulary initially treated the death as unexplained. A thorough investigation later confirmed that there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his passing.
In January 2026, online video footage emerged showing members of the public exploring the abandoned estate. The individuals in the video claimed to have found a weapon.
Police searched the property again following the video leak. They recovered two historic ri**es and am******on. Officers concluded that the fi****ms posed no further threat and found no evidence of criminal activity.
The recorded official date of death is 9 August 2025. A final full inquest is scheduled to take place at Accrington Town Hall on 26 October 2026 to formally conclude the investigation into his death.
