The Night of Terror in Haiti

My grandmother lived through the most terrifying night in Haitian history and she never spoke

about it until her deathbed. This happened in Port-au-Prince in 1987 during the

political chaos after Baby Doc fled. She was hiding in her house with my grandfather when

they heard the screams. The Tonton Macoutes were going house to house that night. These weren't just

government thugs, they were practicing real vodou to terrorize people. My grandmother watched

through her shutters as they dragged her neighbor into the street. The man was begging,

crying, but then something changed. His eyes rolled back and he started

speaking in a voice that wasn't his own. Deep, ancient,