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theboldbookworm's review against another edition
4.0
While I'm very skeptical that this is actually a true story, it is a very creepy book. If those things were actually happening, there is no way I would have stuck around for six years, even if someone paid me. I would have counted my losses and left. There are tons of extremely terrifying things going on in and around the house. This is a fast-paced read with fairly short chapters. I would recommend this to anyone who likes haunted houses and books like The Amityville Horror.
kilcannon's review against another edition
3.0
I want to look into Glenn's eye! (No, I don't.)
I've never read one of these "true haunting" books before. It was kinda fun.
I've never read one of these "true haunting" books before. It was kinda fun.
asteroidbuckle's review against another edition
2.0
This book took me a while to get through. It just wasn't riveting to me. That being said, there were some genuinely creepy moments.
Ben and Jean Williams built what they thought was their dream home on a street called Poppet's Way. It wasn't long after moving in, however, that weird things started to happen. Plants died. Freak storms. Moving shadows. Toilets flushed by themselves. The garage door opened by itself.
But then the really weird (and tragic) things started to happen. Several relatives were diagnosed with cancer and then started dying. One of the Williamses' daughter went insane. Previously happy marriages ended in divorce. Pets dropped dead left and right.
When one of the neighbors tried to install a swimming pool, he discovered bodies buried in his yard. Guess what? It turned out, the subdivision had been built over the Black Hope Cemetery.
And someone (or something) was really pissed about it.
The Williamses held on for six years, battling what they finally came to believe was the Devil himself. They couldn't just abandon the house like so many of their neighbors had; they couldn't afford it. But when their daughter Tina died of a massive heart attack while inside the house, that was the last straw. They picked up and moved to Montana and never looked back.
Like I said, this book was okay. A decent story, but not un-put-down-able. Footsteps, cracks in the walls, cold spots, snakes, black ant infestations...creepy, yes. But not creepy enough to hold my attention for more than a few minutes at a time.
Ben and Jean Williams built what they thought was their dream home on a street called Poppet's Way. It wasn't long after moving in, however, that weird things started to happen. Plants died. Freak storms. Moving shadows. Toilets flushed by themselves. The garage door opened by itself.
But then the really weird (and tragic) things started to happen. Several relatives were diagnosed with cancer and then started dying. One of the Williamses' daughter went insane. Previously happy marriages ended in divorce. Pets dropped dead left and right.
When one of the neighbors tried to install a swimming pool, he discovered bodies buried in his yard. Guess what? It turned out, the subdivision had been built over the Black Hope Cemetery.
And someone (or something) was really pissed about it.
The Williamses held on for six years, battling what they finally came to believe was the Devil himself. They couldn't just abandon the house like so many of their neighbors had; they couldn't afford it. But when their daughter Tina died of a massive heart attack while inside the house, that was the last straw. They picked up and moved to Montana and never looked back.
Like I said, this book was okay. A decent story, but not un-put-down-able. Footsteps, cracks in the walls, cold spots, snakes, black ant infestations...creepy, yes. But not creepy enough to hold my attention for more than a few minutes at a time.
stitchandwitch's review against another edition
4.0
I read this book at least ten years ago, but there must have been something amazing about it, because I have never gotten it off my mind... I plan to reread it soon...
psalmcat's review against another edition
3.0
Set in the Houston area. Pretty creepy; I can't imagine, if all this was going on, why they kept living at their house. It's pretty hard to believe, but fun to read (and they did have a hard couple of years, even assuming they didn't live in a haunted house).
theboldbookworm's review
4.0
While I'm very skeptical that this is actually a true story, it is a very creepy book. If those things were actually happening, there is no way I would have stuck around for six years, even if someone paid me. I would have counted my losses and left. There are tons of extremely terrifying things going on in and around the house. This is a fast-paced read with fairly short chapters. I would recommend this to anyone who likes haunted houses and books like The Amityville Horror.
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