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PART 1 – A New Home, A Strange Beginning
Have you ever lived in a house that changed your life? But not for the better?
This is the story of the Badmus family (name changed for anonymity). What began as a fresh start in a new home slowly turned into a spiritual nightmare that nearly ruined everything they had.
After years of living in the same neighborhood, the Badmus family—a mother and her two daughters decided to move. They found a house through a real estate agent who swore it was newly completed. The house was visually beautiful. 3 bedrooms, tiled floors, clean compound. They liked it enough to pay the full, albeit overpriced, rent.
What they didn’t know?
The house had been abandoned halfway for over 20 years and only recently patched up.
Worse still, the agent lied. He had said the landlord didn’t live there. But shortly after they moved in, they discovered that the landlord lived in the same compound—along with his two wives and their children.
Despite this, they tried to settle in.
The family was doing well. The older daughter was running an online fashion store and also worked as a hairstylist. The younger one had just left her job at a cosmetic company due to the relocation and worked as a freelancer. Their mother owned a car and a bus used for Uber and commercial transport. They were stable. Comfortable.
Until everything began to fall apart.
The First Omen
Their beloved dog, who had given birth to five puppies, started acting strangely. One after the other, the puppies died, then the mother. All within weeks. None of the dogs were sick. They had regular vet checkups. It made no sense.
They tried to rationalize it."Maybe, they caght something from their mother." But deep down, they knew something wasn't right.
And that was just the beginning.
The Slow Decay
Within a year of living in the house, the older daughter’s thriving business dried up. Their mother had to sell the bus. Money disappeared faster than it came. Even when they earned well, it felt like something swallowed it.
They prayed. They fasted. Nothing helped.
Eventually, the mother confided in a friend, who advised her to visit a trusted pastor for spiritual consultation.
That Tuesday visit changed everything.
A House of Darkness
The pastor, after a short consultation, told her something chilling.
“You’re living in a house of darkness... a place where evil spirits have been invited to dwell.”
He explained that the house had been abandoned for so long that it had become a spiritual hub, a place where negative forces had rooted themselves for decades. Worse, he said the landlord had made supernatural deals for wealth, using the house as a vessel.
When the pastor visited the house to pray, his face changed the moment he stepped into the compound. According to him, it wasn’t just a house, it was a whole village of spirits.
He warned that the landlord now knew they were aware of the truth. That they had to leave. Immediately.
He gave them a special prayer water and strict instructions: pray every day, never bring large cash into the house, avoid contact with the landlord, and never let him know they were planning to leave.
Trouble Escalates
Two days after the pastor's visit, everything changed.
The landlord, once civil, became openly hostile. He would hiss at them, lock the gate intentionally, leave his dogs to roam freely. The atmosphere turned tense, almost dangerous.
Meanwhile, the family’s situation worsened. Their mother had to sell her car. Feeding became difficult. No matter how much money came in, it vanished. Debts piled up. Even friends and family who once supported them were mysteriously unavailable.
Infestations followed: first rats, dozens of them. Then snakes. They killed three in one month.
And behind the house? There was a small plot of land surrounded by charms tied in red cloth. The land was rumoured to belong to the landlord's step-sister who vanished years ago.
The younger sister swore that she heard whispers one night while passing through. They never walked near it after that.
They began to feel trapped, as if something didn't want them to leave.
TO BE CONTINUED IN PART 2—The Escape and Breakthrough
🔖 Endnote:
This story is based on a real-life experience, shared with permission. All names and identifying details have been changed to protect privacy. No matter how bizarre it may sound, it truly happened.
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