Codename: Marian High School/Convent: 1931 - 1983
Coordinates: 29.7149° N, 95.4576° W
Episcopal High School is a well-known private secondary school that is located among the homes of the independent City of Bellaire, Texas, situated just 6-miles from downtown Houston. The grounds were once home to Marian High School, also a secondary institution, as well as the Mother House (Convent) for the Sisters of Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament. Although the sisters sold the campus to a developer in the 1980s, local legend has it that a few sisters remain, quite literally, in spirit.
The sisters acquired the property in 1924, and within seven years, the convent and novitiate were built. For non-Catholics, a novitiate is a place where young women go to train and prepare for religious life as nun specific to the order of the Sisters of Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament. From 1932 to 1955, the campus included boarding school that housed about 50 girls, and day school. Both were for grades 1 thru 8. And then in 1955, the sisters opened Marian High School, a co-ed campus on the north side of the property. Marian operated until late 70's when they decided to close Marian High School and sell the Bellaire property.
The oldest building on campus was the four-story convent—and it is said to be haunted. Indeed, for many, many years the top floor was forbidden to students. There are two separate stories on the hauntings. The first is from a former student of Episcopal High School, reporting that long ago, four of the sisters were murdered on the top floor of the convent. He says that Episcopal’s choir used to practice on the second floor, and at times voices were heard from the abandoned and forbidden fourth floor. Sometimes they were moans, and other times it sounded like singing. Footsteps echoing through the open space were also reported. But no one was ever found to be where the sounds came from.
The worst of the Episcopal student reports centers around two teenagers who thought the top floor would make a good hideout from teachers. That is, until blood pools suddenly formed on the walls and ceiling during their carnal explorations. The incident sent the pair screaming from the building. One hopes they remembered their uniforms.
An older account is from Marian graduates and states that one of the sisters hung herself on the forbidden fourth floor. Students and staff had claimed heard her walk across the hallways and slam doors shut, sometimes even locking them. Some of the school faculty made it a point to never stay after 10:00 pm so they wouldn’t encounter the spirit.
Episcopal High School is a well-known private secondary school that is located among the homes of the independent City of Bellaire, Texas, situated just 6-miles from downtown Houston. The grounds were once home to Marian High School, also a secondary institution, as well as the Mother House (Convent) for the Sisters of Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament. Although the sisters sold the campus to a developer in the 1980s, local legend has it that a few sisters remain, quite literally, in spirit.
The sisters acquired the property in 1924, and within seven years, the convent and novitiate were built. For non-Catholics, a novitiate is a place where young women go to train and prepare for religious life as nun specific to the order of the Sisters of Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament. From 1932 to 1955, the campus included boarding school that housed about 50 girls, and day school. Both were for grades 1 thru 8. And then in 1955, the sisters opened Marian High School, a co-ed campus on the north side of the property. Marian operated until late 70's when they decided to close Marian High School and sell the Bellaire property.
The oldest building on campus was the four-story convent—and it is said to be haunted. Indeed, for many, many years the top floor was forbidden to students. There are two separate stories on the hauntings. The first is from a former student of Episcopal High School, reporting that long ago, four of the sisters were murdered on the top floor of the convent. He says that Episcopal’s choir used to practice on the second floor, and at times voices were heard from the abandoned and forbidden fourth floor. Sometimes they were moans, and other times it sounded like singing. Footsteps echoing through the open space were also reported. But no one was ever found to be where the sounds came from. The worst of the Episcopal student reports centers around two teenagers who thought the top floor would make a good hideout from teachers. That is, until blood pools suddenly formed on the walls and ceiling during their carnal explorations. The incident sent the pair screaming from the building. One hopes they remembered their uniforms.
An older account is from Marian graduates and states that one of the sisters hung herself on the forbidden fourth floor. Students and staff had claimed heard her walk across the hallways and slam doors shut, sometimes even locking them. Some of the school faculty made it a point to never stay after 10:00 pm so they wouldn’t encounter the spirit.
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| From the 2016 film, Conjuring 2. |
