Nir Golan recently signed a lease to rent a “million-dollar” home in the Houston, Texas suburb of Seabrook. He thought he had gotten a good deal for the home’s rent was priced low considering its size.
Golan was ready to move into
the waterfront property when he discovered its grisly history.
Another mansion that had sat
on the property in the 1980s had been demolished. It had a reputation for being
a “murder mansion.” In 1984 a millionaire, Bill List had owned the home.
List was a vicious predator who let local teenage boys stay at his home, and
then gave them food and drugs in return for sexual favors.
These boys one night rallied
together and shot and killed List.
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| The original mansion. |
Golan found out the home was
considered haunted after he signed the lease and paid a substantial deposit. He
discovered that a lot of people had seen, “shadows of children on the
property.”
Most of his friends informed
him they would not visit his new home.
Golan, whose religion does
not allow him to live in an area that is haunted, requested his deposit back.
The realtor had not informed
him of the properties history or that it was considered haunted. Evidently, in
Texas, the law, does not stipulate that people are required to disclose a
property as stigmatized--either because of past violence that results in a death or because of a
haunting.
So far, the homeowner has
agreed to let Golan out of the lease but Golan is suing to get his money back.
One argument that is being
used in this case is the fact that the murder occurred in the former mansion--over
30 years ago. But just because this house was torn down does not mean the
haunting has stopped.
Read my post here about the
MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas that was gutted in a bad fire. A new hotel,
Bally’s was built on the same property and is still haunted by the victims of
this fire.
Yes, this is known as "soured land," and must be exorcised by anyone with that gift or ability before the land can be made sacred again.
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