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Who needs to visit a hokey haunted house this Halloween when you can hop onto eBay and buy the real thing? Josh Bond, an artist and entrepreneur, who has spent the past two years living in an 130-year-old adobe house in the ghost town of Cuchillo, N.M. has placed his own haunted home up for bids.

Amenities include an antique wood-burning stove, 1,250 square feet spread over three bedrooms, and the spirits of the restless dead. With the bidding topping $20,000 with days still to go -- the auction, naturally, ends on Halloween -- the eBay listing for "Confirmed Haunted Adobe House in New Mexico Ghost Town" certainly piqued our interest.

"I don't know who's going to buy it for sure," Bond tells Asylum. "My friend was hoping that a bunch of ghost hunters would all get together and use it as a -- what do you call it? -- a timeshare ..."

Which certainly sounds like a spooky vacation, but how would the eternally bound residents of the house feel about their place of unrest being open to every Egon, Ray or Winston with a share of 20 grand?

"There hasn't been a specific increase in the amount of paranormal activity since listing it on eBay," Bond assures us, which suggests that the spirits aren't particularly tech-savvy (they may even still be on MySpace). "But I have noticed that there's been more activity on both properties (Bond also owns the haunted Old Cuchillo Bar and Hotel, which he's currently renovating) since the paranormal investigators started coming by."

Skeptics need not worry about Bond's credibility. He "confirmed" the place was haunted by consulting the West Coast Ghost and Paranormal Society.

"It all took me by surprise," he explained. "I wasn't a paranormal enthusiast or anything, but I've never felt alone here. I went on Craigslist to try to find someone who could explain it, and I found a group that does scientific-based paranormal research to come by. It was important that the process be scientific."

The society determined to their satisfaction -- for only the second time in its history -- that Bond's properties were haunted. All of which led us to the question: Is he just selling this thing to get away from the ghosts and dump them on somebody else?

"No, no," Bond insists. "I just want to focus on the hotel. I intend to be in Cuchillo for a very long time."