A wonderful old colonial house with lots of patios around which the house is built. It belonged to a Spanish count and his wife. The Spanish count traveled often to Spain for business, and his wife was alone. She ended up having an affair with the butler (mayordomo), and eventually, the people in the town found out. At some point, when the count was in Antigua, someone told him about his wife's affair. The count said nothing to his wife.
He planned a trip to Spain for three months and was prepared to leave. Before he left for his trip, he had planned to do some remodeling at home and bought some contstruction material. The day he was supposed to leave, he said good-bye to his wife, who waited for a few days before she saw the butler. On the third day, she was in bed with the butler when her husband entered the room! Ah. But he did not kill her or the butler. Instead, he enclosed them in the bedroom by building a wall, enclosing them in their den. And, because nobody knew he was still in Antigua, when he escaped to Spain for his intended three month vacation, there were no suspicions.
When he returned, the people told him his wife had run off with the butler. Because he could not confess and did not want to live dishonored by a wife who had run off with the butler (how cliche), he sold his house and returned to Spain.
Many years later, the new owner decided to remodel, and while tearing down walls, discovered the remains of two people in a room. Tragic. The house has the best hot chocolate in town.
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