De Mello house sits abandoned somewhere on Goa, approximately 180 miles south of Bombay. The dark folklore surrounding the house stems from a dispute that supposedly led to murder between family members.
At the end of the 15th century Vasco Da Gama discovered the maritime route to Asia via the Cape of Good Hope. In a dozen years Portugal possessed Mangalore, Cochin, Ceylon, Ormuz, Diu, Goa and Negapatam.
