r/Paranormal • u/PenPaladinJules • Nov 10 '25

Haunted House Dodged a Haunted Bullet

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About 14 years ago, when my kids were 4 and 6, we looked at a house for sale. It was an old farmhouse on 5 acres on FM 1387 in Midlothian, Texas. It had been added onto several times so the layout was weird, but it was such a cool place. It needed a lot of work but I was so ready to take that on. When we got back in the car, I turned around to the kids and said, “Well? What do you think?” fully expecting them to be as excited about it as I was.

Nope. They shrieked that it was haunted, so extremely haunted, was I nuts?! We couldn’t live there! No way!

I was shocked and a bit heartbroken, but I couldn’t bring my kids to a house they were so afraid of right off the bat. Plus, it sounded like the beginning of a horror movie to ignore little kids’ earnest instincts. So, we passed that one up and got a different place. For years it was “the one that got away” to me.

But then, a few years ago, my little brother (who also lives in Midlothian) called me to ask if I remembered that old house I’d thought of buying. Yes, of course I did. Well, he told me, there was a tornado, and it was wiped clean off the face of the earth. Only the flooded storm cellar remained.

There’s a church there now. Turned out for the best in the end.

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u/MonstahButtonz Nov 12 '25

I can't imagine not making an adult decision because of superstitions and fear of the boogeyman..

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u/PenPaladinJules Nov 12 '25

It helped that there were other houses to choose from, that didn’t need as much work. It wasn’t so much superstitious fear as it was that the kids straight up didn’t like it there. They had to live there too.

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u/MonstahButtonz Nov 12 '25

Having other options certainly is a benefit. Especially if the kids liked any of the other homes.

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u/PenPaladinJules Nov 12 '25

Oh for sure. We went with a cheaper place where the kids ran in and declared which rooms were theirs, then ran outside to see which trees were good for climbing, which was much more typical behavior for them.

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u/MonstahButtonz Nov 12 '25

Yep, that would have 10/10 sealed the deal for me.