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The Untold Story Of The Demonic Welles House - Pennsylvania · Mystery Archives Episodes

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  They say that one man's. Trash.
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  Is another man's treasure while many people accidentally.
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  Purchase a Haunted. Home without knowing it was
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  haunted. This story partially is about.
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  A man who? Did the opposite.
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  But the home in which? He purchased.
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  Was way more than he bargained for.
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  Not for him, but for a. Family whose experiences?
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  Made it infamous with a one-of-a-kind.
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  Strange past. And a present.
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  Day nasty. And demonic reputation known as
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  Pennsylvania's Amityville. Horror.
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  This is the Untold. Story of the Wells House.
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  And why it's considered one of the most haunted places in the
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  state, let alone the country. Hey everyone, as many of you
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  Archives to properly tell this story.
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  We must first. Start at the.
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  Beginning the Notorious. Home on Wells St. was built.
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  By industrialist Augustus C Laney.
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  But despite his future success. Blaning had not led such an.
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  Easy life after. Arriving in the Wilkes.
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  Barre area to. Work for his grandfather.
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  At age 14. He would soon.
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  Experience tragedy. His younger nephew.
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  Shortly after, his arrival would pass away.
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  When the barn he was playing in. Was struck by.
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  Lightning. And caught fire, trapping him
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  inside. Shortly after this.
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  Happening. One of his grandfather's.
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  Factories would also mysteriously catch fire.
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  And burned to the ground as well.
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  Despite a. Series of unfortunate events the
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  Lanings Enterprises would eventually.
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  Thrive allowing Augustus. To inherit land from his mother
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  on what is. Today, Wells St.
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  Eventually, he would build a home at. 46 S.
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  Wells. Street and 1861 and live there
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  until 1860. 5. When he eventually.
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  Sold his. Home and business.
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  He would take. His last breath?
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  In 1875, the land in which Laning built the home on as
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  many. Locals would say.
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  Was soaked. In turmoil and blood.
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  Having been the site of numerous wars.
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  And conflicts between Native American.
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  Tribes as well. As European settlers and native
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  tribes. From the late 19th century to
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  the mid 20th century. The house went through a.
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  Series of Sheriff sales. Which were a type.
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  Of public auction. And would eventually.
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  Sell for. Just $1.00 at auction and May of
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  1939, a little over $20 and today's money.
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  Although tragedy befell. The Laning family.
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  Especially early on in. Augustus's life.
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  Any happenings within the home weren't documented.
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  If they did. Occur.
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  As far as we know, no death had taken.
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  Place up. Until this time but it.
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  Certainly starts to. Snowball.
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  As the years progress. In 1940, the.
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  Person who had purchased the home so.
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  Cheaply at auction. Would breathe their last breath.
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  By their own hand, as would the next.
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  Person who purchased. The home.
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  Via auction in 1950. Almost exactly 10 years apart to
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  the day after these mysterious deaths.
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  There would be 4 more. That would take place on the
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  premises the other. Three I was unable to dig up
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  additional. Details on.
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  However, the most notable was the 4th.
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  A priest who was 54 years old. And in relatively.
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  Good health. Have been walking past the home
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  and passing. When he glanced.
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  At the home, we don't know exactly.
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  What he saw or experienced. But he fell to the ground and
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  died almost instantly. From a heart.
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  Attack right in the front yard. The home would be a revolving
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  door for quite some time sometimes.
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  Vacant. Sometimes with occupants.
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  But only for. A short time.
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  In March of. 1975 a 27 year old radio DJ.
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  By the name of Walker, Bennett and his wife Mary Ann purchased
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  the home and then moved into the house from New.
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  Haven with their two daughters almost as soon.
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  As they moved into. The house.
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  Bizarre activity. Began to manifest.
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  The family began to hear banging.
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  And scratching sounds coming from.
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  Inside the walls. Thinking at.
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  First, they had some kind of. A rodent.
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  Problem Walker followed. The noise.
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  And traced. It back to a particular.
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  Bedroom wall. He then knocked the wall down,
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  but instead of being greeted. By this supposed.
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  Rodent problem. He instead saw a.
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  Small glimmering tin. Box instead.
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  After removing the box, he felt a.
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  Strange presence upon opening it.
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  Its contents were. Very weird to say the least.
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  It contained a red ribbon, a cross made of tied.
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  Together chicken bones. And a human molar, the first
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  thing that struck him. Was that this?
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  Looked like some kind of a. Hex or curse?
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  But not wanting to alarm his family.
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  He would dispose. Of the items, but the activity
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  nonetheless. Would continue.
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  To persist. By 1970. 6.
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  The scratching and knocking had continued, but soon the family
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  began to see. Otherworldly.
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  Beings as well on one. Particularly cold February.
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  Morning Bennett would. Hear a series.
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  Of bangs and scratches on his front door upon slowly opening
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  it. To.
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  See just who was there. He would be shocked.
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  Standing at the front door was the translucent figure of a man
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  with a cane. With a vicious.
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  And crooked smile freaked out. With his heart racing.
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  He quickly. Slammed the door and tried to
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  make sense of the interaction. Within seconds, he reopened.
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  The door. Only to find that there was
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  nothing there. As the days ticked by.
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  The activity. Intensified the scratches.
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  And banging noises now seem to be originating from the attic.
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  They now were also joined. By disembodied screams.
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  Some seeming to be male, others female, and some were a mix of
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  both in the months to come. The activity would be coupled.
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  With moaning and groaning sounds, whispering voices, and
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  the sounds of weeping coming from.
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  Inside the walls, all still tracing back to the attic.
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  Coupled with these new. Developments were the.
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  Sounds of heavy footsteps on the wooden.
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  Floors. The entire family.
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  Would also see several apparitions.
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  Notably, they would experience the ghostly figure of a young
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  woman and a night dress drifting throughout the.
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  House. Her dress seemed to be.
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  Old, like those of the. Victorian era whenever?
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  She was. Seen following her.
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  Would be drips or spots of blood.
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  Either on the floor or on the walls once she began to be seen.
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  There was a putrid. Rotting type of.
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  Stench that became present in the house, traveling from room
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  to room. It was, however, usually the
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  worst in the. Kitchen and living room not
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  wanting to. Further frighten the girls.
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  The Bennetts met. With each other.
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  To discuss all of the bizarre happenings.
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  And they finally had to. Admit that they had purchased.
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  A haunted. House.
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  Haunted by what? Exactly, they.
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  Couldn't be sure. Shortly after this.
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  Revelation The family began to suffer from an unexplainable
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  physical illness, one that left them drained at all times,
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  exhausted and aching. The doctors.
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  Couldn't diagnose it, leaving the family only to continue to
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  suffer with the symptoms alongside this.
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  Whether it was a result. Of the illness on an individual.
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  Basis. Or the haunting itself?
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  The whole family seemed to be thrown into a deep.
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  Dark well of depression submerged in its black waters.
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  Leaving them. Feeling hopeless?
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  Things would begin to escalate further when, in January of
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  1977, Walker and his. Wife would witness.
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  One of their. Daughters be pushed?
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  Down the stairs. But to their amazement, she
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  didn't fall and crumple on the. Various steps.
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  Instead, she floated. Almost in slow motion until she
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  landed on her feet. At the bottom.
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  Of them unharmed, not knowing what to make of this.
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  The adults in the house weren't getting.
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  Much sleep. And their condition continued to
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  get. Worse, they would soon reach out
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  to the church for. Help and guidance.
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  Soon, a Catholic priest would come out and bless the home,
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  trying to quell whatever supernatural forces that were
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  wreaking havoc upon the Bennetts.
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  But these efforts? Were to no avail, if anything.
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  After he left. The activity seemed to.
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  Get worse. Ultimately, in March of 1978,
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  the family, who had been sound asleep in the night, was woken
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  up by the sound of Thunder. Crashing except there.
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  Wasn't a storm outside. What followed?
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  This massive sound. Was a deluge.
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  Of paranormal manifestations. Footsteps were pounding across
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  the floor. And in the attic above them.
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  The attic. Door was being.
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  Pounded on. From the other side.
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  Their. Dishes in their.
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  Kitchen were being removed from their cabinets as they opened
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  and slammed by themselves and thrown onto the.
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  Floor shattering them. Amongst the.
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  Chaos was the. Scratching and banging on the
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  front door coupled with the sounds of a.
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  Child weeping. Coming from inside.
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  Of the walls. Following them as they ran.
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  Throughout the house. After enduring almost three
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  years inside the home, the Bennett's finally fled this
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  night, leaving with just the clothes on their.
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  Backs they left all of their. Belongings behind After the
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  family found temporary arrangements, they immediately
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  tried to sell the home as it was, but had no luck finding a
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  buyer. After several months.
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  Walker, Bennett reached. Out to a local.
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  Newspaper in hopes of. Sharing the family story
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  anonymously to find help or. A buyer to.
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  Get them out of. This haunted hell.
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  In the interview. Under the pseudonym.
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  Of Bucky Johnson. He claimed that he was now
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  $40,000. In debt.
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  As a. Result of.
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  The family fleeing and being unable to live in the house and
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  then being unable. To sell the.
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  House. And that he had developed a
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  drinking problem and now chain. Smoked as a result.
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  Of the trauma. And stress.
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  That he had endured, he also stated.
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  That he and the rest. Of the family were on therapy in
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  hopes of eventually putting the past behind them.
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  Several neighbors near the home were also interviewed, with some
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  saying that they had never seen or heard anything and others
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  saying that they always had an odd feeling whenever passing.
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  By the house. The article was then published
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  on Halloween of 1979. Perfect timing for a local and
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  terrifying story, no doubt following the initial.
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  Publicity. Word eventually made its way to
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  Ed and Lorraine Warren, famed paranormal investigators and
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  demonologists. Who had just.
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  Covered another haunting known as the Amityville.
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  Horror just three years before. The couple made a visit.
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  To the well. Street House.
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  In March of. 1980. But by this?
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  Time. The bank had repossessed the
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  home from the Bennetts due to their inability to make further
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  mortgage payments on the home, so the Warrens were unable to
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  enter the house due to it being entirely locked.
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  Up for this reason. Lorraine, however, would.
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  Say that she. Sensed a terrible despair
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  emanating from the house, and that the effect it must have.
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  Had on those. Who lived there?
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  Must have been very negative. Several years later, the house
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  would be. Purchased by A.
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  Woman named Katherine Watkins from the bank for $20,000 in
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  August of 1982. Her purchase?
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  Subsequentially prompted another newspaper.
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  Article to be. Written when asked.
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  She told reporters. That she was.
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  Unafraid of the rumors surrounding.
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  The house. And didn't fear any.
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  Ghosts that could. Be there.
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  She moved in with. Her two children.
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  Shortly after her purchase. And whether.
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  It was sheer. Determination, stubborn nature
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  or something else? She lived in the house for the
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  next. 30 years. Until her death.
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  On October 20. 6th of 2012, although shortly after.
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  Moving in and over the decades to come, she and her.
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  Family also. Experienced unexplained
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  phenomena such as objects moving by themselves, their bed
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  shaking. Lights and appliances turning on
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  and off by themselves and seeing.
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  Those ghosts that. Catherine insisted she wasn't
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  afraid. Of.
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  Such as the woman and what? Looked like Victorian style.
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  Clothing her daughter. Would inherit the home after
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  Catherine's passing. And would place the home up for.
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  Sale. Where it was.
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  Then purchased by a ghost. Hunter by the name of Tim Woods
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  in December of 2013. Rather than repair.
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  Sell or. Live in the.
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  Property. He had just purchased.
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  Woods only wanted to investigate the paranormal activity.
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  That was taking place there. With his team.
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  Of fellow investigators, they would.
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  Record. Hours of content in the home.
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  And capture. What they?
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  Believed to be numerous supernatural manifestations,
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  people who have joined him in the.
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  Investigations. Have been known to have
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  scratches manifest on their skin.
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  And have their. Clothing tugged.
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  On by unseen hands Tim would. Later state that the wells.
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  House is one of. The scariest haunted locations
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  that. He had ever investigated.
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  Due to the. Numerous ghost sightings.
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  That were caught on tape and demonic.
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  Attacks that occurred while he was there, he said.
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  It is our. Conclusion based upon our
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  documented. Research.
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  That the house. Is haunted.
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  By a demonic presence. That cannot be removed.
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  Nor is it safe for anyone. To live in the.
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  Strangeness of the. House on Wells St. doesn't.
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  End here in the early hours of Wednesday, July 25th.
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  Of 2018. Police were called.
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  To the home to catch an. Intruder.
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  Someone was outside. Of the house.
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  Trying to get in when. Authorities arrived.
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  They. Apprehended a man.
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  In his 30s. Who was caught in the?
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  Act of prying the wooden. Boards off the back door of the
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  property, he. Had a 20. 4 inch sword.
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  Tied to his back. Had brass knuckles.
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  And a pocket knife in his pockets and was carrying a
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  Bible. The man seemed out of.
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  It to say the least. But claimed that he was trying
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  to hunt for ghosts upon going. Through his rub.
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  Sack. Police also.
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  Found a loaded. Shotgun with 10 shells alongside
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  of it. He would be.
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  Arrested and charged. With numerous offenses as a.
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  Result. Of the episode.
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  Although we don't know. Who it?
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  Seems that the home was sold in 2020 to new owners.
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  And at half. The price that Woods have paid.
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  For it. There also doesn't appear.
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  To be any sort of a. Mention of it being haunted.
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  It's listing reads like. This.
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  A home full of historical intrigue with some.
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  TLC. You can bring new life.
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  To this four. Bedroom beauty.
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  As soon as you step. Over the threshold you'll
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  realize. There is truly something out of
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  this. World with this home and it's
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  craftsmanship. The very fitting spin, if you
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  ask me. I hope the new occupants are
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  living. Peacefully, although given the
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  home's infamous story and. Past.
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  Seems. Highly unlikely, but the listing
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  was right. About one thing, though.
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  The home, Certainly. Has lots of historical intrigue.
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  And you can bring new life into this. 4.
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  Bedroom beauty because. As soon as you step.
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  Over the threshold you'll realize.
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  There's truly something out of this.
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  World with this. Home.
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  Or should Thank you all so much for
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  I know I. Had or what?
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  Caused the demonic infestation in the. 1st place who would have
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  placed the cursed item in the wall?
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  What was the? Mystery illness the family had.
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  And just what happened? To the Bennetts.
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  I am also curious what? Kimberly's now grown kids
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  remember. They believed they.
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  Experienced anything at all other than that?
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