Episode 181: Black Hope Cemetery: They Built a Neighborhood Over the Dead

What happens when you build a subdivision over a forgotten cemetery?

In Crosby, Texas, families in the Newport subdivision discovered that the answer might be more complicated than anyone expected. Human remains were found beneath the property, homeowners reported strange activity, and what began with plans for a backyard swimming pool eventually ended up before the Texas Supreme Court.

This week we look at Black Hope Cemetery, what we know actually happened there, the haunting stories that followed, and the question that still hangs over the neighborhood.

Were the families living over a disturbed cemetery, or did knowing what was beneath their homes change the way they understood everything happening around them?

Either way, somebody knew at least one grave was there before the houses were built.

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