The spot in the Northeastern United States where Ghislaine Maxwell, currently the world’s most famous alleged procurer, spent a few months hiding from a brewing media and legal storm, is called Tuckedaway. She acquired the semi-rural estate in December of 2019 for $1.07 million.
But the long arm of the law would soon come knocking. Aside from its endearingly bucolic setting, the property has the distinction of being the place where the FBI arrested Maxwell, an associate of Jeffrey Epstein, and maybe more than that at one point; the pair had a complicated relationship. Maxwell had also lived in Massachusetts, on a section of a legendary estate in Manchester-By-The-Sea, before moving to this remote property near Manchester, New Hampshire.
The New Hampshire property is perhaps more ideal for a disgraced daughter of former British MP and media giant Robert Maxwell, who was disgraced in his own time by allegations of fraud and espionage. It spans 156 acres. But all the acreage in the world can’t provide protection from the FBI’s seasoned bloodhounds—only the illusion of it. It’s nigh impossible to pull a D. B. Copper in the age of electronic surveillance. Maxwell tried dropping a red herring to throw the feds off the scent; a photograph of her dining at an In-N-Out location in L.A. surfaced on social media, but its authenticity was soon questioned. The FBI has 35,000 employees and has been playing hide-and-seek for over a century, so the handicap is, well, quite large. They ultimately nabbed her using her cell phone data, but not before obtaining a warrant so they could deploy sophisticated tracing tools. When agents burst into the home, they found her phone wrapped in tinfoil.
On its own merits, the property is something of a gem. Its main house is a classic white pine post-and-beam design hailing from 2002. It features a barn-inspired shared living area with a soaring cathedral ceiling, exposed ceiling trussing, and a floor-to-ceiling river stone fireplace accent wall. Its exterior is dressed in cedar shingles and dark blue trim.
The property, which is currently not on the market, also contains a second home—an even more rustic affair with another river stone fireplace and two bedrooms—as well as two barns, one purposed for utility, and the other apparently restored for entertaining. The landscaping works in a water feature, but the main attraction are the views of the local landscape, a seemingly endless vista of fields, mountains and water.
