It's interesting to hear the "horror/haunting" stories of Houston and the surrounding area - We talked about the (2) Candyman here a while back, and there's the story of the Todville Mansion, the haunted Spaghetti Warehouse, etc, but I just read about one that I've never hear of before....

Part of Newport subdivision in Crosby is built on an old black cemetery that was used until the 1930-40s. The people who first bought the house in the early 90s reported all kinds of weird stuff - the usual - toilets that flushed themselves, lights flickering, strange dreams...and found bodies when the went to dig a pool.

There was a lawsuit which they won, but was then overturned by a jury - so they abandoned the place and moved, as did several of the other neighbors.

This inspired a book and a movie.

How have I never heard about it?

Got any links that show which part of newport it is?

803 Poppets Way

Thanks. Opposite end of Newport from my sister's house. Sounds like a story that could have inspired the movie Poltergeist.

In 1993, shortly after a death in the family, we experienced many things in our home similar to this story.

TVs turning off an on, always to the same Spanish channel

Pictures of deceased individual falling off book cases in middle of night

knocking from inside closet doors

objects hitting people while they slept

txags92 said:

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Thanks. Opposite end of Newport from my sister's house. Sounds like a story that could have inspired the movie Poltergeist.

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Yeah, there's some speculation about that, but Poltergeist was based on a house in NY state, and the timing is off.... There was a movie called Grave Secrets with Patti Duke about it though.

Newport was my hood growing up and that house was next door to my baby sitter when I was around 7 a year or so after the pool was dug. We used to peek over the fence at the water filled hole in the ground looking for bones.