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The Black Hope Cemetery: The Real Events That Mirror Poltergeist — Ep. 29
State of the Unknown | True Paranormal Stories, Haunted History, and American Folklore
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In the early 1980s, new homeowners outside Houston started finding coffins buried beneath their freshly built yards.
Lights flickered, water ran on its own, and fear spread through the neighborhood—until they learned the truth.
Their subdivision had been built over a forgotten cemetery known as Black Hope.
The story of what followed—graves unearthed, strange activity, and a family tragedy—sounds eerily similar to the plot of Poltergeist, which hit theaters around the same time.
But this wasn’t a movie set. It was real life.
This is the story of the Black Hope Cemetery: a Texas haunting rooted in history, a fight for recognition, and a reminder that some places never truly rest.
🎙️ State of the Unknown tells true stories of hauntings, legends, and the unexplained from across America—where history and mystery blur.
State of the Unknown is a documentary-style podcast tracing the haunted highways, forgotten folklore, and unexplained phenomena across America’s 50 states.
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Chapters
1. The Black Hope Cemetery: The Real Events That Mirror Poltergeist — Ep. 29 (00:00:00)
2. Midnight Disturbance And Footprints (00:00:21)
3. A Suburb With A Buried Past (00:01:45)
4. Early Signs And Escalation (00:03:37)
5. Coffin Unearthed Next Door (00:05:02)
6. Loss And A House That Listens (00:06:36)
7. Graves Confirmed And Community Uproar (00:07:11)
8. The Lawsuit And Legal Defeat (00:08:16)
9. Memorials, Calm, And What Changed (00:09:32)
10. Pop Culture Parallels And Collective Guilt (00:10:55)
11. Memory, Haunting, And Last Reflections (00:12:55)
12. Closing Notes And Listener Support (00:15:22)
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