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The Watseka Wonder: Did Mary Roff Return from the Dead?
In 1878, a girl in Watseka, Illinois, began calling another family her own. She said her name was Mary Roff—but Mary had been dead for twelve years.
Thirteen-year-old Lurancy Vennum reportedly recognized Mary’s mother and sister, asked for her belongings, and recalled details from her life. For more than three months, she lived with the Roffs while her own parents waited for their daughter to return.
In this episode of Kat Has Questions, we explore the Watseka Wonder, an Illinois paranormal mystery involving alleged spirit possession, nineteenth-century Spiritualism, and two families with…
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