“Just take them off,” Charlotte advises, removing her own and placing them on a shoe rack. “I only wear slippers in the apartment. Easier to keep it clean.”

I take off my shoes, curious now about the place she calls home. It’s not a small apartment by any means, and as I look around, I notice cameras set up at different angles in the main rooms that I can see. There is also a balcony outside.

“This place belonged to Edgar Brown, didn’t it?” I ask idly. My research on ...