Dayton Lake Estates
Built in 1960 by a couple, this three story home is said to be rather strange. After catching her husband in the act with a neighbor, the wife murdered her husband and his mistress; the house was never completed. Though it is located on a riverbank that floods every year, the home has never sustained any water damage. It is said that if one goes to the room where the murders took place, his breathing will become labored. The stained glass windows of the home are also said to glow after midnight.
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ruth c says: |
January 18, 2009, 10:48 pm |
i have a waterfront lot out there-have not been out there for 8 years-approximately what dollar amount could i get for this lot as we never use it anymore due to the roads or have things improved–are there any new houses and things—too far from town to get groceries
s.m.j. says: |
January 19, 2009, 8:11 am |
You can get to the nearest store/gas station in Kenefick in less than a half hour. If you are coming from Houston, that will be the last stopping place. The roads have not improved. There are a few homes that have been fixed up a little. There are many squatters out there, as so many dwellings have been abandoned. A 1/3 acre lot on the Trinity River would do well to fetch $5,000. There are new mini mansion subdivisions in or close to Kennefick, so this lends hope that maybe a developer will see the natural beauty of the area and improve things. The river has a nice white sandy beach, and petrified wood/river pebble sand bars. The several lakes out there should also make it attractive, a perfect place for the planned community it originally was. It just needs the roads and some low lying areas to be built up above flood level.
casey says: |
January 31, 2009, 4:23 pm |
wow that is so freacky i wish i could go there and see it myself.
David H says: |
February 8, 2009, 12:43 pm |
I live in Crosby not far from Dayton, and i have been up that way many times, however i have never heard this story and it realy facinates me i have spent alot of time researching the unexplained. I would like to know more about this house and possibly go see it and get some pictures of it for my web site I am building, If anyone living in the area could help me please contact me at unexplainedtexas.webs.com the site is still under construction and needs more content and if anyone knows of anywhere else in east texas let me know.
Thank you
tyler p. says: |
April 25, 2009, 10:17 pm |
we just went to the house by the chapel this weekend and we saw a black figure move past the window stop and look at us then move away. it was one of the freakest things i have ever witnessed.
john says: |
May 11, 2009, 1:28 am |
this is the only time i think i saw a real ghost. my girlfriend and i were going back to humble from kenefick. it was 3 or 4 am. we passed a general store where a dayton or kenefick police car sat with its lights off. the road im talking about will take you to 1960 and there is a sign at the beginning saying that there where a lot of deaths on the road and to be carefull. i was worried about the cop stopping me since it was so late and we were the only people on that dark road. about a half mile after passing the cop i saw a sight that sent chills up my spine. it was a lady with a black dress or gown on walking by herself. ive never seen anyone look as pale as she did and her eyes had no expression. i mean it was like she didnt know i was even there.there were things hanging from the sleeves of her dress like from both arms by her wrists. i knew she was a ghost when i saw her and i asked my girlfriend if she saw her and she said to please just keep driving. the whole thing was chilling. she was walking in the middle of nowhere in the pitch black road. it was like a corpse before makeup is applied. ive never seen anyone that white. well i didnt stop but ive always wanted to talk to the cop who also saw her. i say that because about 5 or 6 cop cars were going really fast to that location a couple minutes later. this was in 1991 or 1992. if anyone has iny info on this lady then id love to hear from you. john.
Wesley says: |
May 11, 2009, 6:01 am |
Ruth C I am looking for a place on the river. If you are interested in talking about selling your lot let me know.I would never live there just would like a place to fish(during the day). You can contact me at mavrickarcher@cs.com
StaCee says: |
June 2, 2009, 11:09 pm |
we drove out there tonight, you cant turn right on trinity road, it only goes to the left, there is a sign out there where the chapel is, and the church is abandoned, there are tons of deserted and abandoned houses out there so it would be nice to know where it is, i only live 5 minutes from Dayton Lake Estates..
Alexis says: |
September 2, 2009, 6:15 pm |
wow..i also live in Crosby and that sound slike it would be a really cool thing to do on a weekend. Maybe not at like 1 in the morning but just to go see it would be completely awesome. My mum used to date a guy who lived in Kenefick and i’d never heard of anything like this, but im defenietly going to go check it out sometime.
David H says: |
September 15, 2009, 12:21 pm |
Alexis, you can go visit my web site at unexplainedtexas.webs.com there is a link at the bottom of the home page where you can email me, if your intrested in in finding out more about this topic, we may be going to investigate or at least go see this place, since this is so close to home it really has me intrested, and if you know of any other locations around here i would love to hear about them, i know about newport and poppets way, i actually lived in one of the Haunted houses there for 2 years!! it was very intresting, ive been to bragg’s road,and read about the OTT hotel in liberty. eventually i will have more of these on my site when i have time to post them.
georganne black says: |
October 9, 2009, 9:22 pm |
Did anyone take pictures of the house? Someone needs to put together a website.
verna says: |
January 2, 2010, 11:13 am |
I am interested in this property. Is it for sale if it is I would like to know how to contact someone about it. I would also like to know is it on the river and does it have excess to the river. Why has not someone bought this area and built in it. Thanks Verna
Alyissa says: |
May 1, 2010, 8:02 pm |
I lived down there i mean my mom does and me and my brothers have been in that house plenty of times and its real trust me pretty scary stuff. i get the chills lol well just thinking if that happen its scary and i didnt see any chair as much as i went there but its a real house and its really messed up inside i would be careful if i went in it now.
Buffy says: |
May 9, 2010, 11:31 am |
Okay, I pretty much grew up in Dayton, and my best friend and my boyfriend both lived in Kenefick and I have NEVER heard this story before… how is that possible? lol
Alyissa says: |
May 17, 2010, 5:52 pm |
Well lol idk how it is but its pretty true i lived near it my mom lives out there its scary at night lol trust me.
Michelle says: |
May 26, 2010, 1:19 pm |
I used to live in Kenefick. I remember this this story. I have a friend that lived at the back of Dayton Lakes Estates. We went to school together and I spent the night at her house plenty of times when we were kids. I’ve never seen this place but know it’s there. When I return to my hometown, I may have to check it out. I always did want to see it.
jsl says: |
May 26, 2010, 4:27 pm |
You know, the story the guy wrote above about seeing some ghost lady on the side of the road in kenefick reminded me of something. In the early 90′s I worked in a covience store in the area, and the Kenefick officers would always come in and get coffee and tell me ghost stories of things they saw out there at night. One of the weird stories involved an officer driving down the road and a kid darted across the road and into the woods. The officer got out and looked for him and saw nothing. He gets in his car and gets called to an accident 5 miles down the road and when he arrives there it was the same kid that had ran infront of his car 5 mins. earlier and he was dead. They would always tell me stories like this phantom trucks, lets appearing behind their cars..etc. The funny thing was I never asked them anything they would come in and say, I saw the weirdest thing.
jsl says: |
May 27, 2010, 2:48 am |
In regards to the post about the lady walking along the side of the road in Kenefick, I use to work the night shift at this convience store in the mid 90s and the Kenefick Officers would come into coffee on their breaks. They would often tell me of strange things they would see out their at night. Such as phantom trucks, lights flashing behind there cars when they were hiding in their speed traps..etc. One officer told me this story about his superior who was on patrol one night. He said he was driving down 1008 and he saw a lil boy dart infront of his car. So he stopped and looked for the child but found nothing. He got back in his car and was called to an accident down the road. So about 3miles down the road he get’s there and in the road is the same little boy who had darted out infront of his car minutes earlier…dead from the accident. That story always would creep me out whenever I would drive down that road late at night.
Anthony Cashmere says: |
June 6, 2010, 5:29 pm |
Everyone,
The Bragg Road ghost light is real!! Read my posts!! Where is this Kenefick located at?
Would love to visit that place!! Becuz, I do beleive in spooks!! I do !!
Anthony
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s.j.m. says:
December 17, 2008, 11:26 pm
that is a very creepy place. my family spent summer vacations on the river there, when it was nice, there used to be alot other families with summer camphouses there also, when there was a clubhouse,pool, nice parks,with pic-nic tables, and boat ramps. the local kids told us of such spooky tales. but now,do not go out there without someone you know and trust, or several someones. tell others also where ya’ll are going, so they can contact the authorities if you do not return as planned. it is not safe, not just the building and the terrain, but also there are many convicts, drug users, pedophiles,and just shady characters living out there. there is only one road in and one road out. cell phones do not work down there.