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The Witch Cage. In the 1950’ s, a wave of witchcraft-

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related hysteria spread throughout the county of
Essex England. Hundreds of people were accused

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of making covenants with evil forces,
sacrificing infants, and causing misfortune to their

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neighbors. This phenomenon, which occurred
in various localities, had a significant impact

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on Sozi, a small town of
approximately 2, 000 inhabitants. In this

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investigation we will focus on the thirteen
people who were convicted of witchcraft in that

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place in 1, 500 eighty-
two. Soci was a modest town,

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with a simple church, an austere
cemetery and houses quite separate from each other.

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Despite its size, as in many
small towns, its inhabitants knew the

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secrets well. This closeness and mutual
knowledge played a crucial role in the events

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that led to the trial of the
thirteen women accused of witchcraft. Ursula Kemp,

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born in 1, 500 twenty-
five, was one of the central

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figures in this historical episode. From
an early age, he showed great interest

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in medicinal plants. Little is known
about their origins. Her knowledge of natural

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medicine is presumed to have been passed
on to her by her mother and grandmother.

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The fame of his healing skills spread
beyond sozi by attracting people from neighboring

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villages in search of remedies for various
ailments. One of Ursula' s neighbors,

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Grace Turlow, was the mother of
two children, David and Joan.

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Both children were allegedly victims of bad
practices attributed to Ursula kemp. The incident

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began when Davy became ill with symptoms
of cough fever and cold sweats. Grace,

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with limited resources, led Davy to
Ursula' s consultation, which provided

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him free of charge. Ursula examined
the child, provided him with remedies and

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indicated a treatment that should be followed
for a week. In the middle of

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the week, Davy showed signs of
improvement, so Grace decided to stop treatment.

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The disease returned with greater intensity.
Grece initially acknowledged his mistake for not

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completing the treatment. Eventually Ursula was
blamed for her son' s relapse,

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convinced that Ursula had not healed David, but had made him worse. The

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next incident involved Grace' s daughter, the newborn Joan. Grace took Joanna

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to Ursula' s office for a
review. During the examination, Ursula noticed

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that the little one was not well
cared for, showed signs of poor nutrition

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and a and some wounds. Ursula, in an attempt to help, offered

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maternal advice to Grace about caring for
her daughter. Grace, instead of accepting

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the help, felt deeply offended,
took her daughter and left the indignant consultation.

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The tragedy began when Joan, Grace' s daughter, suffered a fatal

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fall from her cradle, breaking her
neck and dying instantly. In the midst

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of her pain, Grace blamed Ursula
Kemp, a woman she considered to be

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a witch responsible for the misfortune that
had just happened. Grece was convinced that

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Ursula had cast a curse on her
daughter, causing her tragic death. Despite

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their insistence, the villagers rejected Grace' s accusations, calling them exaggerated and

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groundless. The conflicts between Grace and
Ursula did not end there. In a

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second unfortunate incident, Grey suffered a
fall in the field that left her limp

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and with intense pain in her desperate
leg. He again appealed to Ursula Kemp,

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who had initially provided his services free
of charge. Tired of Grace'

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s constant accusations, Ursula decided to
charge her twelve pence for her services.

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Grace accepted the condition, but after
receiving treatment, she refused to pay,

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claiming it was an angry scam.
Ursula expelled her from her home and allegedly

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threatened her with death. From this
point on, Grace Starlow' s testimonies

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acquired a dark and chilling tone.
She claimed that both she and her son

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David began to get sick suffering from
cold sweats, muscle aches and headaches.

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She was convinced that these symptoms were
the result of the curses of Ursula Kemp

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Without the support of the neighbors,
she decided to bring her accusations to the

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authorities, formally denouncing Ursula as a
witch who made people sick and then forced

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them to pay for their cures.
Grace Starlow' s accusations led to the

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opening of the first witchcraft investigation in
Sozi. Weeks later, several men showed

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up at Ursula Kemp' s house, arrested her and took her to the

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village prison known as the cage.
At that time, conditions in the prison

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were inhumane, with men and women
assigned in tiny cells where the sunlight barely

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entered, Ursula was chained in the
basements and subjected to terrible torture until she

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confessed what her captors wanted to hear, making covenants with dark entities and practicing

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witchcraft. Not only did he confess
his own crimes, but he also pointed

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to two other women as his accomplices
in the dark arts. Among the defendants

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were their assistant Alice Newman and a
widow named Elizabeth Bennett. When the names

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of the so- called witches were
made public, the whole town plunged into

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a hysteria telling unlikely stories to make
sure to see all those women hanging on

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the gallows. Alice Leal' s
testimony was one of the most shocking.

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She stated that after refusing to provide
Ursula with a cleansing product, Ursula cursed

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her daughter, who died in a
few days from a mysterious illness. Among

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these testimonies is the account of Thomas, the son of Ursula, a child

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of just eight years old. Thomas
narrated that his mother was protected by four

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familiar spirits who provided her protection because
of her witchhood. These relatives were a

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gray cat llan do Gyan, a
white lamb named Taity, a black toad

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named Pigin and a black cat named
Jack. Thomas said that his mother fed

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these beings beer and cake, after
which they licked his body. In an

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even more chilling account, the child
claimed that Ursula and her assistant Alice Newman,

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in a conversation with these spirits,
ordered them to kill several soci neighbors

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These testimonies may seem unlikely. They
weren' t the only ones to unleash

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her paranoia in the village. The
charges were not limited to Ursula and her

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son. Neighbors full of jealousy and
envy began accusing other women in Ursula'

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s circle of being Bruges. One
neighbor stated that Alice Newman was preparing poison

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to worsen the health of patients in
Ursula, another woman, claimed that Elizabeth

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Bennett, another of the alleged witches, had killed four children in the name

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of a dark entity. The thirteen
women accused of witchcraft were imprisoned in the

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village prison cage, where they were
subjected to all kinds of punishment. For

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weeks, they received neither food nor
water and barely saw sunlight. Chained to

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the walls, they began to lose
their strength. In February of 1,

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500 eighty- two were brought to
trial, where they confessed everything they were

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asked to do under the pressure of
inhuman torture. The most shocking confession was

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that of Ursula Kemp. In a
private statement to Judge Brian Darcy, Ursula

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claimed to have become a powerful witch
after a series of extraordinary events. He

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said that ten years earlier he suffered
a strange limp. One of his legs

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grew shrunk and his bones hurt intensely. Desperate. He visited a woman who

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lived outside Sozi known for her powers
and abilities to communicate with animals and ghosts.

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The woman told Ursula that her ailment
was the result of a spell cast

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by someone with great envy. To
be cured, Ursula had to perform a

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ritual that involved covering her entire body
with pig dung, parsley, sage and

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St John' s wort. Willing
to recover his mobility, Ursula followed the

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indications to the letter Surprisingly. A
few days later, her leg healed completely

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since then, Ursula shared this ritual
with the women of the village, consolidating

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her reputation as a healer with supernatural
powers. The story of Ursula Kemp and

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her notoriety as a healer quickly spread
through neighboring villages, attracting dozens of people

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in search of her help. His
fame also aroused the interest of the authorities,

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especially Judge Braan Andarsey. In an
inquisitorial session, the judge questioned Ursula

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about the relatives mentioned by her son
Thomas. Incredibly, Ursula admitted her existence,

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claiming that she had four relatives,
two males and two females. According

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to her testimony, males had the
ability to kill people, while females could

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make them sick and destroy crops.
In addition, Ursula confessed to being responsible

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for Grace Starlow' s illness and
the death of her daughter Joan, as

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well as Alice Letterdale' s daughter
and her sister- in- law.

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These confessions led Judge Brian Darcy to
plead guilty to witchcraft and sentence her to

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death. On the gallows of the
thirteen women accused of witchcraft in Sozi,

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Six were hanged in Chelmsford, two
died in the cage due to the terrible

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conditions of imprisonment, and the rest
were released. Freedom for these women was

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an equally cruel punishment, as they
were rejected by the community and lived the

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rest of their lives in utter solitude. In a thousand nine hundred and twenty

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- one, the discovery of two
skeletons in the garden of a house in

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soci by Charles Brooker sparked a wave
of interest. The popular belief that these

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remains belonged to Ursula Kemp and Alice
Newman turned the find into a tourist attraction.

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Over time, interest decreased and several
historians began to question the authenticity of

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these remains. In two thousand and
seven, historian Alison Rowland suggested that bodies

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could belong to any woman convicted of
witchcraft between the 16th and 18th centuries.

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Finally, a forensic study revealed that
the bodies dated back to Roman times,

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much older than had been assumed.
Despite not having the bodies as a tourist

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attraction, soz kept his old prison
intact, the cage on its main façade.

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A commemorative poster reminded everyone of the
dark past of the village, attracting

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the attention of numerous tourists. In
two thousand five, a forty- six

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- year- old woman named Vanessa
Mitchell, originally from Sozi, decided to

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buy the old building. Vanessa had
grown up with prison stories and seeing the

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Poster de se Vende, she did
not hesitate to make an offer. Vanessa

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explained that she was attracted and needed
to own that historic house. Despite her

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seniority and the relatively low price of£ 140, 000, Vanessa was determined

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to turn her into a museum.
It anticipated structural problems such as humidity and

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the need for reforms. I was
excited about the idea of preserving and sharing

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an important piece of Sozi' s
story. Before concluding the purchase, Vanessa

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contacted a psychic looking for guidance.
This one told Vanessa. This is going

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to sound very strange, but I' m reading that the house has chosen

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you. Not you, her.
That house has seen you and has chosen

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you. Be careful. Despite the
disturbingness of these words, Vanessa interpreted them

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as a validation of her decision and
did not give them greater importance. On

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the day of the move, Vanessa
and her best friend, Nicole met with

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an unpleasant surprise. From the first
moment they came in with their bags.

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They felt an uncomfortable presence, as
if the house was already occupied by others.

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Vanessa described the feeling as if the
house was not going to make her

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home, but her prison. Maintaining
the same function I had in the past.

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During the first hour of the move, Vanessa had the net ins n

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s sensation of seeing through the corner
of her eye the figure of a man

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who followed her every time she turned. There was no one. This experience

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was repeated during the following days.
Vanessa was convinced that it was a man

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who was chasing her. The nights
in the cage brought more strange phenomena.

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Vanessa had the habit of watching television
late, but in her new home,

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the TV was filled with interference and
switched channels on its own, without her

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being able to control it with the
controller. In addition, the bulbs in

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the house melted or exploded with alarming
frequency, and the temperature inside the house

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was cold at any time of the
day. Accompanied by unexplained noises and whispers.

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Both women felt that the house was
full of hostile presences. Strange noises

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and whispers roamed all the rooms,
creating the impression that dozens of people were

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hiding in the dark corners of the
house. This atmosphere added to the already

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heavy history of the old prison,
fueling the feeling that they were not alone.

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Some might attribute these events to suggestion. Given Vanessa and Nicole' s

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knowledge of the history of the house
and the thirteen witches, other factors could

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also be considered. The remote location
of partner in the field could explain the

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failures in the television signal. Also, the old electrical system of the House

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could be responsible for defective bulbs.
These attempts at rationalization failed to calm the

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fears of Vaneza and Nicole. One
night, Vanessa decided to retire to her

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room as usual, closed the door
with a latch before going to bed and

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turned off the light. Shortly after
he went to bed, he heard a

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sound and saw the door slowly opening. The latch had opened. Sol Vanessa

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got up, closed the door again
and secured the latch, but as soon

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as she turned around, the latch
opened again and the door opened slowly,

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allowing an intense cold to enter.
The nightmare had begun and seemed unstoppable with

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the passage of time. Neighbors began
to ask him about a third woman who

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supposedly lived with them at first.
Vanessa and Nicole thought the neighbors were confused.

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As more people were asking about the
same woman, they began to get

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restless. Neighbors described a woman of
about forty- five who always looked out

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the windows of Vanessa' s room
and the living room. These windows were

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facing an alley known as coffin Ali. The alley of Vanessa' s coffins

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had grown in the village. The
origin of the street name had never been

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asked. In investigating, he discovered
that the alley had a macabre past.

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Two streets above was the village church
and two streets below was the cemetery.

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In ancient times, when someone died, his body was taken to church to

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be blessed and then the undertakers transported
him by coffinally to the cemetery. The

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woman the neighbors saw in Vanessa'
s house seemed to know this and maybe

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she could still see those processions through
the windows. With this knowledge, Vanessa

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and Nicole decided to investigate more about
the house they lived in. They discovered

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that the story of the thirteen witches
was only the beginning. For centuries,

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the cage had been used to lock
up not only suspected criminals, but also

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men, women and children during epidemics. During a great plague, the locals

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afraid to catch it locked the sick
in the cellars of the cage. These

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people received little water and food and
their loved ones left them there, leaving

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them to die in isolation Paranormal experiences
did not cease. Vanessa and Nicole heard

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strange noises, whispers, and footsteps
ringing all over the house, especially during

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the night. The bulbs continued to
explode or melt inexplicably and the temperature in

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the house was always cold. Even
the television was acting abnormally, changing channels

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on its own and filling itself with
interference. Vanessa also had recurring visions of

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a man who followed her always seen
by the corner of her eye. Every

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time he turned around, there was
no one. The constant presence of this

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man tormented her by increasing her anxiety
and fear. These events, combined with

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the macabre history of the Cage,
contributed to an atmosphere of terror that seemed

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to intensify day by day. Our
research suggests that the paranormal phenomena experienced by

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Vanessa and Nicole could be a manifestation
of the residual energies of those who suffered

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and died in the cage. This
building, which had eventually been forgotten and

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passed from hand to hand, eventually
became what seemed to be a normal house.

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In reviewing the files, Vanessa and
Nicole discovered that no one had lived

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there for more than a year.
In addition, the last owner had taken

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his life by hanging himself on the
stairs of the house. This individual'

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s relatives sold the house to Vanessa, preventing her from seeing it inside before

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buying it, to prevent her from
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s testimony offers a clear vision of
what happened. She narrated three specific events

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that convinced her that the house or
obs was hiding more than mere ghosts.

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The first event took place during a
dinner with friends. Stains of a red

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liquid appeared in the middle of the
living room. Two of those present placed

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their hands on these stains, but
minutes later they reappeared as if the house

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itself was bleeding. The second event
happened while Vaneza was watching television in the

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living room, by the corner of
his eye he saw what seemed to be

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the figure of a man in the
kitchen. When he turned, he could

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clearly see a man floating from one
side to the other, pointing his finger

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at him and then disappearing on the
wall The third event was the drop that

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filled the glass. One morning,
while brushing her teeth in the bathroom,

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an invisible force struck her and threw
her to the ground. He felt no

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presence or cold, only the strong
blow that knocked it down. Occurring this

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in broad daylight, it is unclear
at what point Exha Vanessa decided to invite

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paranormal research groups to her home.
It seems that this decision was made when

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she became pregnant. Unfortunately, Vanessa
didn' t have the financial resources to

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move to another house. She remained
in the cage while several investigation teams tried

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to free her from the curse.
Despite the efforts, these attempts were unsuccessful

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and with the arrival of his son, the paranormal events intensified. Dozens of

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mediums came to the cage to try
to help Vanessa. Many of them claimed

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that the house was infested with ghosts
women, men, children and demons.

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Among the women, they identified Ursula
Kemp, who had the hobby of looking

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out the windows. Among the men
there were prisoners and among the demons,

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one called himself the jailer. This
demon was the one who kept all the

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imprisoned souls in the house or O
O O O or SNS, bringing them

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to disturb the peace of Vaneza and
her son. The jailer harassed, beat

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and persecuted Vanessa, and none of
the entities could be expelled because of her

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old and powerful control over the house. The jailer, an entity that had

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dominated the others for centuries, had
become virtually indestructible. Dozens of paranormal research

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teams have come together in the cage
in recent years, gathering a lot of

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evidence that shows that the activity in
this place is completely real. Psychophonies,

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orbs and multiple wounds have been captured
in the bodies of researchers, including bites

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and scratches. Among all the evidence
there is one in particular that stands out

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for its impact and clarity obtained.
In the year two thousand and twelve,

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during a session, a surveillance camera
caught something surprising. The face and the

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las. The more than one researcher
changed dramatically. One of those present lost

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consciousness, but his companions did not
immediately realize it. The man in charge

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of monitoring the cameras was able to
see in real time how the investigator'

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s nose turned pointy. His gaze
and smile became diabolical and his fingers became

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claws. In addition, all those
present returned home that night with bite marks,

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scratches and red areas on their backs. When Vanessa' s son was

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born, her experience in the house
changed dramatically. Vanessa began to limit her

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life to two bedrooms, the master
bedroom and the bathroom. His daily routine

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was to go straight into the bathroom
from the street, bathe his son and

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then head to the room without separating
from him at any time. The entities

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that lived in the cage made their
life unbearable. The rda every time she

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walked away from her son. One
night Vanessa decided she couldn' t live

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like this anymore. While she was
alone with her little one in the room,

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the door began to open and close
violently over and over again, and

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the lights began to blink, threatening
to shut down completely. At that time,

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Vanessa made the decision to pack and
leave the house forever the bell witch

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This case is considered by the United
States of America as the first and only

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case in which a polter gase phenomenon
was directly responsible for the death of a

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person. It should be noted that
these phenomena occurred at a time when scientific

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research did not have the solidity they
have today. In the neo- time,

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it was common to attribute any unexplained
event to paranormal causes. Despite the

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scientific limitations of the time, today
we have numerous testimonies from witnesses who witnessed

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these events. These testimonies allow us
to consider this case as a true example

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of paranormal activity in which a polter
gase affected not only a house and a

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family, but practically an entire village. The events occurred between 1, 817

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and 1, 880 twenty- one
in River Network, Tennessee. The Bell

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family, made up of John Bell, his wife, Lucy and their children,

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was known and appreciated by the entire
community. In addition, they were

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a well- off family with a
nice house and extensive land. Their land

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was so extensive that John Bell and
his eldest son, John Jr, used

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to go out hunting a common practice
among the high society families of the time.

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Some of the children, in particular
Betsy and Drury, were known for

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their imagination and their tendency to create
imaginary friends with whom they played and spoke.

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Shortly after moving into the house,
Betsy and Drury reported seeing a faceless

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woman walking among the cornfields, which
disappeared as if it were made of fog.

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When Betsy tried to talk to him, they told their parents, who

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did not believe them. Later,
the children reported seeing strange people and animals

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in and around the house, but
again, their parents ignored them. The

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situation changed dramatically when John Bell and
his eldest son met face to face with

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a creature they described as half a
wolf and half a rabbit, with the

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body of a wolf and the head
of a rabbit. This disturbing encounter confirmed

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to the family that they were or
were facing something beyond the known. From

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this meeting, disturbing incidents were reported
inside the house, scratches on the walls,

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unexplained blows and noises. During the
night they became frequent. Family members

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also noticed that the beds and furniture
moved violently crashing against the walls. Everything

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seemed in order, as if the
sounds and movements had been the product of

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a hallucination. These phenomena not only
disturbed the family, but also escalated in

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intensity and frequency over time. Paranormal
events began to directly affect family members.

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John Bell, in particular, suffered
a mysterious illness that puzzled the doctors of

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the time. He developed an infection
in his tongue that immobilized his jaw,

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preventing him from eating and speaking normally. Despite receiving numerous treatments and medicines,

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their condition was not improving and doctors
could not determine the cause of their illness.

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In search of relief and answers,
john Bell decided to share what was

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happening in his home with one of
his closest friends, Mr Johnston. This

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man was known in the community for
his kind character and deep knowledge of the

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Bible. John Bell invited Mr Johnston
and his wife to spend a night at

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his house in the hope that their
presence and prayers might exorcise the evil that

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tormented them on a specific night.
The marriage Johnston accepted the invitation of the

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bells After a dinner in the company
of the whole family, they gathered around

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the table to read passages from the
Bible and perform prayers. The goal was

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to purify the house and expel any
evil entity that might be present. After

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these actions they concluded that the house
had been exorcised and that the polter gast

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or any entity that was tormenting them
had left to verify the effectiveness of the

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exorcism. The Johnston couple decided to
spend the night in a room next to

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Betsy Belle' s. On the
night in question. The situation in the

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Bell House took a dramatic turn.
The Johnston marriage, invited to stay in

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the residence to help with prayers and
exorcisms, faced a terrifying experience. During

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the night, the sheets covering them
were violently torn by an invisible entity.

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Johnston, in an effort to expel
the entity, began to recite prayers and

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invoke the name of God. This
action caused an unexpected reaction. The entity

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responded with laughter, mockery and laughter
that intensified each time Christ or God was

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mentioned the voice of the entity,
described as electric and dark, resonated with

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a disturbing force. After tonight,
the manifestation of the entity became stronger and

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more persistent it seemed to have absorbed
possibly negative energy from the Bell family and

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the Johnston marriage itself. This accumulated
energy allowed the Entity to manifest itself more

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intensely, using a clear voice.
Every night, the entity repeated the words

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and prayers spoken by Mr Johnston,
repeating the Bible passages and prayers with disturbing

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precision. In addition, attacks on
the Bell family, especially John Bell and

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his daughter Betsey, became more aggressive
and frequent. The Entity, in its

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manifestations, made it clear that it
would not cease its torments until the death

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of John Bell and the break of
Betsey Belle' s engagement with Joshua Gardner,

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who seemed to have a specific objective
in destroying, despite his hostility towards

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Johnny, Betsy the entity showed remarkably
different behavior towards Lucy Bel, John'

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s wife. The testimonies suggest that
the entity maintained some respect or affection for

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Lucy, possibly because she never referred
to the entity derogatoryly and always treated her

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kindly. The news of the strange
events in the bell house spread quickly through

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Red River and its surroundings. The
story of the bell witch attracted numerous curious

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eager to spend the night in the
house and witness the paranormal phenomena first hand.

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Despite the interest and influx of visitors, the Bell family never received entry

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or economic benefits from these visits.
His only wish was to find someone who

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could drive the Entity out of their
lives. Far from solving the problem,

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the additional attention seemed to strengthen the
Entity. Their attacks became more and more

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violent. The entity demonstrated a deep
knowledge of the secrets and lives of the

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inhabitants of the community and was able
to recite sermons and phrases uttered by the

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neighbors with precision. The entity,
which besieged the Bell family, seemed to

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have an omniscient knowledge of all the
inhabitants of the house and its visitors.

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It was like I was present everywhere
and nowhere at once. During the nights

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when the house was full of curious
and expert. In the paranormal, the

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Bellys tried to communicate with the entity, repeatedly asking about its purpose and reason

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for being there. The response of
the entity, always through a terrifying voice,

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was constant. His peace had been
disturbed and demanded compensation, namely the

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life of John Bell. The entity
tirelessly reiterated that it would not rest until

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it saw John Bel dead and until
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These threats became a constant torture for
Betsey. The young woman tried to

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escape the influence of the entity,
moving to the house of some uncles,

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located several kilometers away. The entity
followed her there, continuing its attacks.

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Betsy was beaten with slaps and lost
strands of hair torn directly from the scalp.

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The wounds appeared on her body without
anyone touching her, and the witnesses

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watched marks on her hands, burns
and unexplained scratches. Despite attempts by those

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around her to protect her and remove
the entity, the attacks continued. Witnesses

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describe how Betsy experienced terrible pains and
wounds that appeared spontaneously. This phenomenon baffled

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everyone, as injuries occurred without visible
physical contact. A particularly notable event occurred

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on a Sunday night, when the
family and several visitors were present at the

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house. The entity repeated, word
for word, the sermon that Reverend James

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Gun had given in the local Methodist
church. Those present were amazed by the

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accuracy with which the entity imitated the
voice of the Reverend and the accuracy of

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the sermon. The Reverend Bon himself, who was among those present, insisted

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that he had not spoken a single
word, confirming that the entity had supernaturally

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replicated his speech. Another similar incident
occurred with Reverend Ford, who was scheduled

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to deliver a sermon. A week
later. Surprisingly, the entity already knew

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the words that Reverend Ford was going
to say, demonstrating an anticipated knowledge that

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puzzled everyone present. Numerous researchers and
curious people approached the Bell' s house

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with the intention of discovering the origin
of this entity and finding a way to

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expel it. One of these visitors
was an English gentleman mentioned in the memoirs

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of John Bell Jr. You don' t remember his exact name. His

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experience with the entity provides a fascinating
example of the power and knowledge of the

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spirit. The entity, identified as
the Bell Witch, communicated with the English

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visitor, providing accurate information about events
in their country and about their family.

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The most surprising thing was that the
entity spoke to him about future events that

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had not yet happened, but which
were later confirmed by letters from his family.

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This accuracy in information suggests a supernatural
ability to know details that were beyond

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the reach of anyone else. The
English gentleman, intrigued and eager to prove

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the veracity of the NR, accepted
an offer of the spirit. The entity

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offered to send a message to his
family and promised an answer in less than

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three hours To prove this statement,
the visitor gave a message explaining the wonderful

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and strange things he had witnessed in
the bell house Three hours later, the

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entity returned with an answer, imitating
the voice of the gentleman' s wife.

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The message said tell my husband not
to stay there another day. You

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' ve seen and heard enough and
we don' t want any more visitors

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like this here. Impacted by the
accuracy and content of the message, the

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gentleman decided to return home. The
Bell family later received a letter from the

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English visitor confirming that the message that
the entity had delivered was authentic and that

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his wife had experienced a visit from
a bodyless spectrum, but with a voice

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in the course of research on paranormal
events at the Bel Farm One of the

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most prominent episodes involved Frank Myles,
a close friend of John Belle Jr.

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Frank Myles was known throughout the community
for his great physical strength. Miles said

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he would use his physical and intellectual
strength to expel the entity from the house.

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During one night he stayed to face
the spirit, he was brutally beaten

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by an invisible force. This meeting
not only showed him the power of the

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entity. The entity after the beating, constantly mocked thousands. Repeating that he

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believed himself strong, he was not
strong enough to fight a spirit. The

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Bell family slaves were also victims of
attacks by the entity. A notable incident

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involved Harry, a servant known for
his impuntuality. One morning after being late,

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Harry was attacked by burning coals that
rose up and threw themselves at him

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without human intervention. In addition to
the coals, Harry was beaten and kicked

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by an invisible force that immobilized him
in a chair and slapped him repeatedly until

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he begged for his life. The
entity warned him that if he came back

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late, he would throw him directly
into the fire. Harry' s never

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been late since. Another significant testimony
comes from General Andrew Jackson, who later

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became the seventh President of the United
States. Having heard the legends about the

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bel Jackson farm he decided to visit
the property accompanied by a group of soldiers

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and an expert in paranormal phenomena,
with the aim of investigating and, if

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possible, expelling the entity on the
way to the Farm, one of the

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team members mocked the entity, mentioning
the witch of the bell Immediately, the

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horses pulling from the carriage stopped dry
and refused to move. The group'

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s efforts to advance the horses proved
useless for almost an hour. Finally,

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General Jackson began to consider that the
arrest could have been caused by the same

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entity. At that time, a
dark voice resounded in the forest, a

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voice that seemed to come from everywhere
and none at once, even though everyone

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turned trying to locate their origin,
there was no one visible the voice declared

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very well General that the wagon move, but I will see him again tonight.

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Immediately afterwards, the horses began to
move again. That night, the

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group experienced paranormal phenomena inside the bell
house confirming that the entity' s promise

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had been fulfilled. In the evening, General Andrew Jackson and his team of

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paranormal investigators decided to spend the night
at the Bell family house. That night

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became one of the most terrifying experiences
ever experienced. The entity, known as

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the Bell Witch, manifested itself with
unprecedented violence, especially towards Betsey Belle.

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In the presence of all, Betsy
was slapped her torn clothes, her torn

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hair was dragged by the house pulled
from her hair by an invisible force.

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The entity also focused its attention on
General Jackson, psychologically harassing him. The

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exact details of what Jackson experienced that
night are unclear. It' s known

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he couldn' t sleep all night. The next morning, in preparing his

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departure, the General said he had
not seen anything, he had heard enough

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to convince himself that he preferred to
face the English before continuing to endure the

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torment of the bell witch Betsy Bell' s memoirs document numerous incidents during General

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Jackson' s stay at his home. One notable incident involved an expert in

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the paranormal accompanying the General. This
man tried to shoot a silver bullet destined

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to kill the witch, but by
pulling the trigger, the bullet didn'

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t come out. It looked like
the gun was a wooden toy. Despite

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multiple attempts, the gun did not
work and the entity mocked the expert questioning

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his ability to shoot him. When
the man finally surrendered and threw the gun,

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an invisible force grabbed him by the
nose and lifted him from the ground.

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Betsy described the scene as surreal.
In retrospect, it was a terrifying

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event. These paranormal events continued to
affect the Bell family for many years.

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The climax of these attacks came on
October 20, one thousand and eight hundred

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and twenty. That morning, John
Bell and his son Richard went to the

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pig pen to feed them. Upon
his return, John Bell showed signs of

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being severely attacked. His shoes were
full of cuts and when he removed them,

440
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Richard discovered that his father had deep
injuries to his feet. In addition,

441
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John had bruises all over his body, swollen eyes, and loose jaw.

442
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He seemed to have received a brutal
beating. No one' s touched

443
00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:43.440
it. John Bell was in a
state of shock and could not recover from

444
00:42:43.559 --> 00:42:47.000
this latest attack. From that day
on, he was prostrated in bed,

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unable to move or speak properly.
The family quickly called the doctor, who

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prescribed a series of medications in an
effort to save him. As the doctor

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administered these treatments, the entity kept
repeating that it was useless, that John

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Bell would not recover and that he
would never get out of bed again.

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On the morning of December 20,
one thousand and eight hundred and twenty,

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John Bell had lost consciousness. He
was still alive, he wasn' t

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aware of his surroundings. His eyes
remained open, but he could not speak

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00:43:22.079 --> 00:43:29.000
or move as if he were trapped
inside his own body. Dr Josh Hartz,

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who had been taking care of John
Bell, was called urgently. When

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the family arrived, he asked her
to give more medicines, since the previous

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treatments seemed to have no effect.
Dr Hartz, having already prescribed everything in

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his power, decided to increase the
doses of existing medicines. Looking for the

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jars in John Bell' s room, they discovered that they had disappeared instead.

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They found a bottle containing an or, the unknown black liquid. The

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00:44:01.159 --> 00:44:07.639
doctor bewildered by this substance, decided
not to examine or smell it, considering

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that it had no place in the
treatment of John Bell. After Dr.

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00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:19.119
Hearts, Frank Myles, John Johnston
and Reverend James Gun arrived. The three

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were carefully examined and courageously enough,
decided to test the substance in a stray

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cat. They administered a small amount
to the animal and almost immediately, the

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cat began to convulse, twisting in
pain and mauling desperately. It was then

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that Reverend Boon said that the witch
had been the voice of the entity,

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which had not spoken all day long, he confirmed coldly. The voice added

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00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:52.519
that he had given John Bell a
dose strong enough to kill an entire regiment.

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Indeed, John Bell died a few
weeks after that this incident, on

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the day of John Bell' s
death, the Entity was not violent,

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00:45:06.519 --> 00:45:12.400
but celebrated with joy, proclaiming that
it would attend the funeral to make sure

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00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:17.599
that John Bell was really dead and
buried. In addition, the Entity promised

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00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:22.400
to return years later to verify that
everything remained as she had left it,

473
00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:29.039
that Betsy Bell had cancelled her engagement
to Joshua Gardner and that Lucy Bell had

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not remarried. A thousand eight hundred
and twenty- eight. The Entity kept

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00:45:34.719 --> 00:45:38.840
its promise. He attended a family
dinner at the bell house During that meeting,

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00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:46.400
the Entity did not demonstrate violently.
Instead, he gave long speeches on

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various topics, including philosophy politics and
the future of the United States. There

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are not many testimonies of this event, apart from those of the bel family

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The experience was deeply to go unsettling. The case of the Bel Witch is

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one of the most documented and analyzed
in the history of the paranormal. The

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consistency of the accounts supported by testimonies
from historical figures and respected members of the

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00:46:14.760 --> 00:46:20.480
Community provides a solid basis for the
study of these phenomena. Through a meticulous

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00:46:20.559 --> 00:46:27.280
and professional approach. Researchers continue to
explore the mysteries surrounding this case, seeking

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to understand the unexplained forces that affected
the Abel family and its surroundings. This

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00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:38.920
case remains an essential reference in the
field of paranormal, highlighting the complex interaction

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between supernatural entities and the daily reality
of those who experience unexplained fires. In

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a farm in the county of Antagonis, northeastern Canada, there was a place

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inhabited by simple people. The inhabitants
were engaged in agriculture, hunting and fishing.

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Everyone knew each other and there was
no conflict in that county. The

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population was separated in some large farmhouses
and whenever it snowed, they were all

491
00:47:20.079 --> 00:47:25.719
isolated. One of the most remote
areas was Caledonian Mills. This complex consisted

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00:47:25.800 --> 00:47:32.679
of several mill cottages, a post
office and a small school. They were

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all farmers and ranchers and were so
isolated that they had their own world.

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This small area was founded at the
end of the 19th century and the first

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00:47:44.559 --> 00:47:51.239
family to arrive there were loggers,
built their house and then arrived another family,

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00:47:51.760 --> 00:47:57.159
specifically the McDonalds. This family was
made up of John, Margaret and

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their children. For years there was
no problem. They managed the cattle,

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00:48:01.519 --> 00:48:07.440
kept their accounts well and had several
employees. When John died, his eldest

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00:48:07.480 --> 00:48:13.679
son, Alexander, inherited the whole
situation remained good. Alexander was in charge

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00:48:13.719 --> 00:48:17.199
of cattle management and was doing very
well. At one point she married a

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00:48:17.320 --> 00:48:22.159
woman named Janet. The tradition was
that the woman moved to the husband'

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00:48:22.280 --> 00:48:27.320
s house, to the in-
laws' house. On this occasion they

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00:48:27.360 --> 00:48:31.400
made a small change and decided to
take a piece of land and build a

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00:48:31.400 --> 00:48:37.599
modest house. The residence was simple, built entirely of wood. It had

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two floors, a couple of rooms
and a stove. In those days there

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00:48:42.199 --> 00:48:45.119
was electricity, they didn' t
have it. Over the years. The

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00:48:45.159 --> 00:48:51.840
marriage had a daughter Mary. In
a thousand eight hundred and ninety- nine

508
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they welcomed Janet' s mother,
who had dementia. There was a family

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00:48:57.039 --> 00:49:00.880
problem. The children wanted to take
her to the asylum, as no one

510
00:49:01.039 --> 00:49:05.880
wanted to take care of her or
put up with her. Janet decided to

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take care of her. The situation
became unsustainable. Janet' s mother was

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very bad. They couldn' t
control her and they didn' t know

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00:49:15.239 --> 00:49:17.440
what to do with her. At
one point, Janet is said to have

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00:49:17.440 --> 00:49:22.599
tied her to a bed and locked
her up. From this fact rumors began

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00:49:22.639 --> 00:49:28.119
to emerge. The old woman died
on April 28th of a thousand eight hundred

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and ninety- nine and, according
to the people, she did so strangely.

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The autopsy indicated that it was due
to natural causes, but in those

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00:49:37.239 --> 00:49:42.840
times rumors were heavier. One neighbor
commented that the night before he had heard

519
00:49:42.920 --> 00:49:49.440
Janet curse her mother. He said
he heard her scream disrespectful and tell him

520
00:49:49.559 --> 00:49:55.119
he wanted the devil to take her. This neighbor not only heard these words,

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00:49:55.199 --> 00:49:59.719
but also claimed to have seen how
much n n. When Janet p

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00:49:59.719 --> 00:50:02.760
n n n n n la those
words, appeared a black dog in the

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00:50:02.800 --> 00:50:08.360
kitchen of the house claimed that it
was the devil that had been summoned by

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00:50:08.519 --> 00:50:13.599
Janet and that that being was evil. As a result of these events,

525
00:50:13.880 --> 00:50:19.480
more stories emerged pointing to Janet as
a witch with dark powers, evil to

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00:50:19.519 --> 00:50:23.840
the point of drowning her mother with
a bucket. However, these were only

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00:50:23.880 --> 00:50:30.519
rumours without proof. Nothing strange happened
after the old lady' s death.

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00:50:31.000 --> 00:50:37.239
Years passed. Mary grew up and
the mcdonaldl decided they couldn' t let

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00:50:37.280 --> 00:50:44.079
Mary go, as she would soon
get engaged and get married. In nineteen

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00:50:44.119 --> 00:50:47.960
hundred and ten, when Mary was
twenty- three, they adopted the daughter

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of relatives, a little girl named
Mary Hellen. The life of the family

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00:50:52.679 --> 00:50:59.039
continued to be normal until in a
thousand nine hundred and twelve something very strange

533
00:50:59.039 --> 00:51:02.280
began to happen. Inside the house. Noises, blows, scratches, howls

534
00:51:02.519 --> 00:51:08.920
and what seemed to be the drag
of chains began to be heard. Alexander

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00:51:09.159 --> 00:51:15.400
rested on it, considering that a
wooden house could have carcoma rats or other

536
00:51:15.519 --> 00:51:22.400
bugs. Alexander' s daughters were
afraid. They talked about goblin ghosts and

537
00:51:22.480 --> 00:51:30.639
bad feelings, but he reassured them
with various rational explanations and the family left

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00:51:30.760 --> 00:51:37.280
the subject aside. However, some
things began to disappear overnight. First they

539
00:51:37.360 --> 00:51:43.639
were small objects like a necklace,
a key and a handkerchief, then clothes

540
00:51:43.800 --> 00:51:49.480
and saddles. The McDonalds thought it
might be a joke maybe from Mary Ellen

541
00:51:49.599 --> 00:51:55.159
or even older daughter Mary. One
day looking all over the farm, they

542
00:51:55.280 --> 00:52:01.679
found a saddle buried behind a tree. The possible applications were many. Someone

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00:52:01.760 --> 00:52:07.960
might be sleepwalking, a farm worker
might be playing with them or even Mary

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00:52:07.079 --> 00:52:15.360
Helen might have done it with this
the case seemed closed, or at least

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00:52:15.480 --> 00:52:21.599
they thought so. A very early
morning. Alexander got up to release the

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00:52:21.719 --> 00:52:25.679
cattle, as he always did.
He would get up, get dressed quickly,

547
00:52:25.840 --> 00:52:31.079
go to the stables, drop the
cattle, prepare everything and then go

548
00:52:31.079 --> 00:52:36.880
back to breakfast. But that day
was different. As he got out of

549
00:52:36.920 --> 00:52:38.920
bed and headed for the stable,
he noticed the fog and the cold.

550
00:52:39.559 --> 00:52:44.199
As he approached, he saw a
strange figure at the door of the stable.

551
00:52:44.960 --> 00:52:49.320
Being practically on top of it,
he realized it was a slaughtered lamb.

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00:52:51.679 --> 00:52:55.639
Alexander had no enemies or problems with
anyone and he didn' t understand

553
00:52:55.719 --> 00:53:00.760
who could have done this. Until
March of one thousand nine hundred and twenty

554
00:53:00.960 --> 00:53:04.840
- one, the noises in the
house, the murmurs and the howlings continued,

555
00:53:05.199 --> 00:53:07.559
but they were not given importance.
From then on, everything got complicated

556
00:53:07.679 --> 00:53:14.960
again. One morning, Alexander got
up early, got dressed and went to

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00:53:15.000 --> 00:53:20.719
the stables. Upon arrival he found
the doors open. He spent hours gathering

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00:53:20.880 --> 00:53:24.119
the animals, looking for them in
the countryside, the land and the neighboring

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00:53:24.119 --> 00:53:30.199
houses. That night he locked up, making sure to do it properly.

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00:53:31.079 --> 00:53:37.000
The next morning the exact same thing
happened. Open doors, empty stables and

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00:53:37.079 --> 00:53:45.280
dead animals. This continued to happen
periodically. Alexander tried everything put in more

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00:53:45.360 --> 00:53:51.280
padlocks and constantly checked the fence and
the door. Despite their efforts, the

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00:53:51.280 --> 00:53:57.760
events remained unexplained. He could no
longer deal with the situation and every new

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00:53:57.880 --> 00:54:01.239
day his despair increased. Lamenta are
Lamente, a neighbor heard Alexander' s

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00:54:01.320 --> 00:54:07.480
account of the slaughtered lamb, which
caused rumors to begin to emerge. One

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of the stories people were telling was
that near the Farm there was a ghost

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00:54:12.840 --> 00:54:16.079
horse that was seen at night and
early in the morning, but when someone

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00:54:16.079 --> 00:54:22.159
approached him, he became a human
being. Hearing this, people began to

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00:54:22.239 --> 00:54:27.599
investigate. They went to the Farm
looking for footprints, horses, people or

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00:54:27.719 --> 00:54:31.519
any hint of something strange, but
even though they searched, they found nothing.

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00:54:34.440 --> 00:54:38.280
Then another rumor came up. Some
people claimed to have seen the McDonalds

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00:54:38.360 --> 00:54:43.599
house burning up on several occasions.
They said that, in broad daylight,

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the house was starting to burn,
but as you approached the fire went out.

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00:54:50.159 --> 00:54:53.960
Fortunately, for McDonalds these stories did
not affect them in the slightest.

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They thought that people were making it
up, that they were in vindis and

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00:55:00.519 --> 00:55:05.400
liars in a thousand nine hundred and
twenty- two. Everything changed. On

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00:55:05.480 --> 00:55:07.400
the morning of January 7, one
thousand nine hundred and twenty- two.

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Alexander got up before anyone got out
of bed, went to the stables,

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00:55:13.639 --> 00:55:19.000
opened the door and released the animals. He returned home and found his wife

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00:55:19.119 --> 00:55:25.519
preparing breakfast with her two daughters.
Everything was calm and perfectly normal. Alexander

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00:55:25.559 --> 00:55:30.800
went to the room to change his
shoes and that' s when he noticed

582
00:55:30.880 --> 00:55:36.039
something very strange. On the wall
where the stove was. There was a

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00:55:36.159 --> 00:55:39.360
very ugly crack I' d never
seen before. Just in case he spent

584
00:55:39.440 --> 00:55:44.079
the day fixing it. When night
fell, the crack was already repaired.

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She kept the animals, came home. They all had dinner together, turned

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off all the lights and the stove
and went to bed. An hour later,

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Janet woke everyone up saying she smelled
a lot of smoke, like something

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00:55:59.199 --> 00:56:05.679
was burning commando. Alexander got up
and checked everything, but he didn'

589
00:56:05.800 --> 00:56:09.000
t find anything burning. They went
back to bed and relaxed, but again

590
00:56:09.119 --> 00:56:15.760
Janet got up saying that she smelled
smoke Something had to be burning because that

591
00:56:15.880 --> 00:56:22.519
smell was unbearable. At that time, Alexander left the room and discovered that

592
00:56:22.639 --> 00:56:27.000
the living room was on fire.
A moment ago everything was fine and now

593
00:56:27.079 --> 00:56:30.960
the house was burning. One of
the walls was full of fire and the

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00:56:31.039 --> 00:56:36.920
flames reached the ceiling. Alexander grabbed
a bucket, went out into the street,

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00:56:37.760 --> 00:56:42.079
took snow, threw it into the
fire and with great effort managed to

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00:56:42.079 --> 00:56:45.000
put it out. Before they fell
asleep, they made sure to turn off

597
00:56:45.119 --> 00:56:50.039
everything, every candle, every lamp
and the stove. Alexander thought something had

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00:56:50.119 --> 00:56:54.320
not gone off well and reviewed everything
again. Everything seemed to be in order

599
00:56:54.440 --> 00:57:00.679
and after the chaos they returned to
their beds. Minutes later, Janet got

600
00:57:00.760 --> 00:57:06.280
up again saying she smelled of smoke. Once again as they rose they saw

601
00:57:06.400 --> 00:57:09.840
that there was fire in total.
That night they got up four times from

602
00:57:09.960 --> 00:57:15.719
the bed and four times something was
burning, a chair, a rag,

603
00:57:15.000 --> 00:57:21.719
a piece of wall They couldn'
t believe what was happening and Alexander didn

604
00:57:21.880 --> 00:57:25.800
' t keep an eye on all
night The next morning, the MacDonald family

605
00:57:25.920 --> 00:57:30.559
didn' t know what to do
and Alexander was desperate. He checked every

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00:57:30.559 --> 00:57:35.960
corner, every piece of furniture and
every rag in the house throughout the day.

607
00:57:36.199 --> 00:57:39.880
Nothing strange happened, but only as
a precaution. Before going to bed,

608
00:57:42.320 --> 00:57:45.480
Alexander went up to the roof and
threw a bucket of snow down the

609
00:57:45.480 --> 00:57:49.760
chimney. He came down from the
roof, entered the house and got into

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00:57:49.760 --> 00:57:54.159
bed. Twenty minutes later, his
wife woke him up saying he smelled of

611
00:57:54.159 --> 00:57:59.800
smoke. Alexander got up, checked
everything and seeing that the house was intact,

612
00:58:00.480 --> 00:58:05.519
thought it was his management and went
back to bed, but Janet repeated

613
00:58:05.760 --> 00:58:09.960
the same thing and this time,
when Alexander got up, he found a

614
00:58:10.079 --> 00:58:15.920
burning balancin in the kitchen, grabbed
the furniture, pulled it out of the

615
00:58:15.159 --> 00:58:20.400
house and threw it over the snow. Just when he did this, a

616
00:58:20.480 --> 00:58:23.719
couch also started on Arder. He
came back inside the house, grabbed the

617
00:58:23.960 --> 00:58:28.719
couch and threw it into the snow. Throughout the night, the situation was

618
00:58:28.800 --> 00:58:34.360
repeated. He took out one burning
object, and five minutes later another was

619
00:58:34.440 --> 00:58:37.639
also starting Arder. They didn'
t understand what was going on and they

620
00:58:37.760 --> 00:58:42.840
were so terrified they couldn' t
sleep. The next two nights were quiet,

621
00:58:43.239 --> 00:58:49.199
but still. The family didn'
t sleep the first night. Alexander

622
00:58:49.320 --> 00:58:53.559
passed it with his eyes open and
already in the second he slept enough to

623
00:58:53.679 --> 00:59:00.400
get up the next day with energy
he rose, went to the stable,

624
00:59:00.639 --> 00:59:05.119
released the animals and returned home to
have breakfast with his family. As soon

625
00:59:05.199 --> 00:59:09.000
as night fell, chaos returned to
their lives. Alexander was in the stables

626
00:59:09.079 --> 00:59:15.280
collecting the cattle. Everything was very
quiet and under control. When his wife

627
00:59:15.400 --> 00:59:21.000
started screaming out of nowhere, Alexander
didn' t understand what was going on

628
00:59:21.119 --> 00:59:25.039
and immediately left the stable and ran
to the house. At that time he

629
00:59:25.079 --> 00:59:30.519
saw the roof of the kitchen burning. It was snow buckets. He threw

630
00:59:30.599 --> 00:59:35.400
them over the fire and turned it
off. Five minutes later, a piece

631
00:59:35.519 --> 00:59:38.519
of furniture started burning again They couldn' t take the same thing again.

632
00:59:38.960 --> 00:59:44.880
They asked their youngest daughter Mary Helen
to go immediately to the neighbors' house.

633
00:59:45.159 --> 00:59:50.639
They needed more people to come and
see what was going on and help

634
00:59:50.760 --> 00:59:54.800
pay for the fire, as they
no longer had the strength. The girl

635
00:59:54.920 --> 00:59:59.480
ran and in a few minutes they
arrived at the house. Three men l

636
00:59:59.800 --> 01:00:05.599
N Magill, Brey and Dung MacDonald
walked alongside little Mary Hellen, while Daniel

637
01:00:06.000 --> 01:00:12.119
Macgill came behind them in a horse- drawn car. When the three men

638
01:00:12.159 --> 01:00:15.679
arrived at the house, the fire
was already out and Alexander told them everything.

639
01:00:16.159 --> 01:00:20.559
He talked about the fires, that
they had no explanation and that they

640
01:00:20.679 --> 01:00:25.480
didn' t know what was going
on. He was frankly upset to try

641
01:00:25.719 --> 01:00:30.280
to calm down He lit the stove
to heat water and make you. At

642
01:00:30.400 --> 01:00:35.519
that time, a white light lit
everything up and blue sparks jumped out of

643
01:00:35.599 --> 01:00:40.519
the stove lighting the curtains. Leo
Magill acted immediately, stood up, ripped

644
01:00:40.599 --> 01:00:45.559
out the curtains, trampled them down
and put out the fire. He described

645
01:00:45.679 --> 01:00:51.440
the moment in a very peculiar way, saying that that fire burned, but

646
01:00:51.599 --> 01:00:54.599
not so much that it was a
strange fire, something he had never seen

647
01:00:54.599 --> 01:01:00.639
before. The three neighbors were in
shock and didn' t understand anything that

648
01:01:00.800 --> 01:01:07.000
was happening that night. Several more
fires originated in front of them. The

649
01:01:07.079 --> 01:01:12.039
first affected the wall paper and the
second a calendar that was hanging in a

650
01:01:12.239 --> 01:01:15.639
corner of the dining room. They
would turn off one fire and turn on

651
01:01:15.639 --> 01:01:22.199
another. Alexander was very nervous.
Throughout the night, several people gathered in

652
01:01:22.239 --> 01:01:29.679
the McDonald' s house Evidently,
there were so many witnesses that the rumor

653
01:01:29.800 --> 01:01:37.320
spread quickly everywhere. Everyone knew and
commented on it. The MacDonald family was

654
01:01:37.440 --> 01:01:42.920
desperate. They felt judged and humiliated
without knowing what to do. They decided

655
01:01:43.360 --> 01:01:47.119
it would be best to leave,
pack and leave everything behind. Leo stopped

656
01:01:47.159 --> 01:01:52.440
them his whole life. I was
on that farm, in that little little

657
01:01:52.519 --> 01:01:57.320
house, and they couldn' t
just leave without fighting first. Temporarily,

658
01:01:57.800 --> 01:02:01.280
while investigating everything, Leon offered to
stay in their home, to which they

659
01:02:01.400 --> 01:02:08.320
agreed. Rumors of what had happened
continued to spread throughout Caledonia Mills and soon

660
01:02:08.960 --> 01:02:15.159
the people of Antigonish County knew what
had happened and the story came to the

661
01:02:15.239 --> 01:02:20.199
ears of Arnold beaw Wood, a
war veteran who worked as a journalist for

662
01:02:20.519 --> 01:02:28.760
Gerald and new Smail in Halifax.
Obviously, Arnold couldn' t let a

663
01:02:28.880 --> 01:02:32.320
story like that go. He tried
to contact all the people who helped pay

664
01:02:32.400 --> 01:02:38.440
for the fires and among them was
a guy named Alex Mack. Arnold spoke

665
01:02:38.519 --> 01:02:45.079
to him and then published the first
article about the events. The text was

666
01:02:45.199 --> 01:02:50.880
a complete success. They all read
it, they all gave their opinion,

667
01:02:51.519 --> 01:02:54.639
and they went crazy about it.
Arnold traveled to Caledonia, Mills interviewed more

668
01:02:54.760 --> 01:02:59.679
people, saw the house, checked
it and five days after his sketched a

669
01:02:59.880 --> 01:03:06.360
second article, which was once again
a success. People wanted more information on

670
01:03:06.480 --> 01:03:10.800
the case, more data, more
witnesses, more interviews, more evidence than

671
01:03:10.880 --> 01:03:16.079
paranormal. Of course, Arnold gave
them what they asked for. The newspaper

672
01:03:16.360 --> 01:03:22.199
even held a contest for people to
propose explanations for the fires, offering prizes

673
01:03:22.320 --> 01:03:28.800
of fifteen ten and five dollars in
exchange for detailed explanations. It wasn'

674
01:03:28.880 --> 01:03:34.400
t worth just saying a ghost or
a goblin. The paper wanted full articles,

675
01:03:34.760 --> 01:03:38.960
which made people crazy. The newspaper
owner contacted Sir Arthur, Conan Doyle

676
01:03:39.079 --> 01:03:44.519
to see if he wanted to investigate
the case, but he rejected it.

677
01:03:45.280 --> 01:03:50.679
Then, the paper contacted a reputable
private investigator, a man named Peter Owen

678
01:03:50.760 --> 01:03:57.920
Carroll. Peter was said to have
had unorthodox methods, but with them he

679
01:03:58.039 --> 01:04:02.840
had caught smugglers, murderers and all
kinds of criminals. Such a case could

680
01:04:02.960 --> 01:04:10.599
not let him escape and Peter gladly
accepted. Peter arrived in Antigonish on February

681
01:04:10.679 --> 01:04:15.079
2, 2000, and for several
days, together with Harold, investigated the

682
01:04:15.159 --> 01:04:20.159
theoretical part of the case, witnesses, rumors, people' s opinions and

683
01:04:20.239 --> 01:04:28.320
hypotheses. February 6th. They both
packed their bags and traveled to the McDonald

684
01:04:28.400 --> 01:04:32.559
' s house. The road was
complicated due to the recent snowfalls that had

685
01:04:32.599 --> 01:04:39.679
left the roads impassable and forced frequent
stops. The first night they didn'

686
01:04:39.800 --> 01:04:42.400
t spend it in the house.
They arrived at their destination in the afternoon.

687
01:04:42.920 --> 01:04:45.639
Upon arrival, the first thing they
did was interview the MacDonald family,

688
01:04:46.320 --> 01:04:53.320
Daniel Macgeber and Dunk McDonald, getting
as much information as possible. That first

689
01:04:53.440 --> 01:04:58.440
night was not spent inside the house, but the investigation began the next day.

690
01:04:59.199 --> 01:05:03.559
They had no provisions and the sky
was cloudy, with signs of a

691
01:05:03.679 --> 01:05:10.920
snowstorm. Several neighbors, accompanied by
Alexander, brought firewood to the house.

692
01:05:11.559 --> 01:05:15.480
The atmosphere seemed peaceful, but people
didn' t trust themselves at all as

693
01:05:15.480 --> 01:05:20.800
they darkened, leaving Alexander, Peter
and Harold alone. The hours passed and

694
01:05:21.000 --> 01:05:26.599
the three men were completely alone.
Everything was calm, no noises, no

695
01:05:26.679 --> 01:05:30.760
presences and no fires. They decided
to go to sleep by placing the beds

696
01:05:30.840 --> 01:05:36.239
on the lower floor. After midnight, Peter woke up after hearing a noise,

697
01:05:36.559 --> 01:05:43.639
woke up Harold quickly and both remained
silent. The sound came from the

698
01:05:43.760 --> 01:05:48.280
second floor and seemed to be in
step. Someone walked down the stairs and

699
01:05:48.480 --> 01:05:54.519
once in the dining room stopped.
They ran to investigate, but they didn

700
01:05:54.639 --> 01:05:58.840
' t find anyone. They checked
every corner and piece of furniture in the

701
01:05:59.119 --> 01:06:01.559
house, but when they found nothing, they went back to bed. Later,

702
01:06:01.920 --> 01:06:05.639
Peter felt someone hit his shoulder and
rose from a jump finding him.

703
01:06:08.519 --> 01:06:13.519
Harold' s awake too. He
told her what he felt and Harold said

704
01:06:13.599 --> 01:06:18.119
he felt the same way. For
twenty minutes they stayed awake feeling that there

705
01:06:18.280 --> 01:06:24.239
was someone else with them. They
looked for an explanation, someone hidden,

706
01:06:24.960 --> 01:06:30.400
but they found nothing. A new
article on the case was published on 14

707
01:06:30.519 --> 01:06:34.599
February. In it, both Harold
and Peter reported that they were convinced that

708
01:06:34.719 --> 01:06:41.440
the house was haunted. They offered
a$ 200 reward to anyone who gave

709
01:06:41.519 --> 01:06:45.920
rational explanations about what was going on
there. The case was again a matter

710
01:06:46.000 --> 01:06:51.039
of madness and people began to send
letters, give opinions and drop hypotheses.

711
01:06:53.760 --> 01:06:59.760
The case reached Dr Walter Franklin Price, a member of the American society of

712
01:06:59.800 --> 01:07:05.440
psychic research. This guy was not
a simple amateur, but for several years

713
01:07:05.559 --> 01:07:13.280
he had unmasked false mediums by exposing
his tricks and farce. Walter proposed joining

714
01:07:13.320 --> 01:07:18.960
the research as a psychic and the
newspaper immediately accepted. From then on Walter,

715
01:07:19.920 --> 01:07:25.800
Harold Peter, the newspaper photographer,
and the graphic artist would work together.

716
01:07:26.960 --> 01:07:30.800
The journey began on March 4 and
was again bumped due to the large

717
01:07:30.880 --> 01:07:36.239
amount of snow that made it difficult
to advance and forced to bring additional supplies.

718
01:07:36.760 --> 01:07:43.119
After getting there, Walter Franklin Price
aimed to have the McDonald family sleep

719
01:07:43.360 --> 01:07:48.000
several nights in the house, but
they flatly refused. They were fed up

720
01:07:48.119 --> 01:07:55.239
with the situation of being constantly interviewed
and both Janett and her daughters had a

721
01:07:55.360 --> 01:08:00.000
deep fear of the house. For
this reason, the investigators took two acts,

722
01:08:00.920 --> 01:08:04.519
interviewed the family again and recovered some
of the furniture that had been thrown

723
01:08:04.599 --> 01:08:11.679
into the street. Those same ones
who had burned themselves. When the family

724
01:08:11.800 --> 01:08:15.560
left, the researchers were left alone
in the house. They lit candles,

725
01:08:16.319 --> 01:08:21.279
lamps and stoves. Walter prepared the
house by placing wires with bells and gauges.

726
01:08:23.000 --> 01:08:27.680
The hours went by without them catching
anything. The photographer took some pictures

727
01:08:27.880 --> 01:08:32.159
and participated in the investigation, but
after two days without incident, he decided

728
01:08:32.239 --> 01:08:36.560
to return home. Walter and the
others didn' t understand what was going

729
01:08:36.560 --> 01:08:42.800
on. Walter thought he' d
try the automatic handwriting. All those present

730
01:08:43.039 --> 01:08:47.680
agreed and the first to try was
the graphic artist. He sat down,

731
01:08:48.279 --> 01:08:53.520
relaxed, closed his eyes and grabbed
paper and pencil, but nothing happened.

732
01:08:54.520 --> 01:09:00.720
The next one to try was Harold
and this time something happened. He noticed

733
01:09:00.840 --> 01:09:05.960
his arm falling asleep and suddenly his
hand began to move alone. He drew

734
01:09:05.960 --> 01:09:11.600
stitches, lines, circles and scribbles. Walter, seeing that, started asking

735
01:09:11.640 --> 01:09:16.319
questions. The first one was something
like, you know, who set the

736
01:09:17.039 --> 01:09:21.600
fires, which the hand wrote yes
to. Then he asked who was responsible

737
01:09:23.000 --> 01:09:28.680
and the hand wrote the word Spirits. Walter wanted to know more why they

738
01:09:28.760 --> 01:09:33.600
did it, who they were and
how much he knew, but the following

739
01:09:33.720 --> 01:09:39.760
questions only got an answer. The
word to God. The conclusions of this

740
01:09:39.880 --> 01:09:45.039
research were published on 16 March of
a thousand nine hundred and twenty- two

741
01:09:45.239 --> 01:09:47.880
and left the public with a bad
taste of mouth. According to Walter,

742
01:09:48.119 --> 01:09:54.199
the fire always originated from a fairly
low height, the base of the curtains,

743
01:09:54.520 --> 01:09:58.399
the base of a furniture, the
base of a wall This was the

744
01:09:58.479 --> 01:10:02.239
perfect height for Mary Ellen, the
youngest daughter, to light the fires.

745
01:10:03.600 --> 01:10:08.960
According to him, the girl had
something to do with the kitchen. There

746
01:10:09.079 --> 01:10:14.119
were bottles with flammable liquid, so
the girl could have used them to set

747
01:10:14.199 --> 01:10:17.840
everything on fire. According to Walter, the child could not remember, since

748
01:10:17.960 --> 01:10:24.159
at that time she would be possessed
by spirits. The explanation of the fire

749
01:10:24.279 --> 01:10:29.479
was logical, but the steps that
Harold and Peter heard were not attributable to

750
01:10:29.600 --> 01:10:35.520
possession, but rather to the presence
of a true ghost. These conclusions appeared

751
01:10:35.600 --> 01:10:41.600
in the newspaper, but very few
people believed it. When the house burned

752
01:10:41.720 --> 01:10:46.159
down, there were many witnesses,
dozens of people there and if Mary Ellen

753
01:10:46.279 --> 01:11:00.319
provoked the fires, someone should have
seen it. Damned property. The history

754
01:11:00.399 --> 01:11:04.359
of the property, known as the
Willington Mill, dates back to one thousand

755
01:11:04.399 --> 01:11:10.079
six hundred and sixty, when there
was a small wooden house on the ground.

756
01:11:10.920 --> 01:11:15.800
Inside her lived a single woman named
Mrs Pepper, who was seen by

757
01:11:15.920 --> 01:11:21.319
many as a witch. Descriptions of
their appearance vary. Some sources portray her

758
01:11:21.399 --> 01:11:27.199
as a young woman, while others
describe her as an older woman, regardless

759
01:11:27.319 --> 01:11:31.199
of her age. The general perception
was of a feared and respected person.

760
01:11:31.800 --> 01:11:38.039
Mrs Pepper was a solitary figure with
a strong character and avoided contact with others,

761
01:11:38.279 --> 01:11:44.039
which contributed to her image. In
addition to her imprisonment, Mrs Pepper

762
01:11:44.119 --> 01:11:47.960
is said to have served as a
midwife. She was respected for bringing new

763
01:11:48.039 --> 01:11:54.680
lives to the world, but also
feared, as any disrespect for her could

764
01:11:55.039 --> 01:12:00.640
bring despicable consequences, such as the
loss of a child. His religious life

765
01:12:00.960 --> 01:12:06.279
was also subject to speculation, as
it was claimed that he practiced both Catholicism

766
01:12:06.399 --> 01:12:14.640
and paganism and performed strange rituals.
The society of the time had never been

767
01:12:14.840 --> 01:12:19.920
formally judged. Over the years,
Mrs Pepper became seriously ill and as she

768
01:12:20.000 --> 01:12:24.640
was about to die, she was
denied the confession of a priest, an

769
01:12:24.640 --> 01:12:30.520
act that at that time was of
the utmost importance. His unconfessed death led

770
01:12:30.760 --> 01:12:35.119
to the belief that his soul had
cursed the lands where he lived. This

771
01:12:35.239 --> 01:12:41.359
fear caused people to avoid the place
and finally tore down their little house.

772
01:12:42.319 --> 01:12:46.279
In a thousand seven hundred and eighty, the property was acquired by William Brown,

773
01:12:46.640 --> 01:12:49.960
who built a large mill in the
same place where the house was located.

774
01:12:51.319 --> 01:12:56.479
During the twenty years that the mill
was standing, the Brown family prospered

775
01:12:56.640 --> 01:13:01.920
enormously, hiring many workers and accumulating
great wealth at the most prosperous moment the

776
01:13:02.039 --> 01:13:10.119
family suddenly disappeared leaving everything as it
was. This mystery. It gave rise

777
01:13:10.199 --> 01:13:15.079
to numerous rumors. William Brown was
said to be in love with a maid

778
01:13:15.159 --> 01:13:19.960
who did not correspond to his feelings. Frustrated, William would have abused her

779
01:13:20.039 --> 01:13:25.960
and killed her by hiding her body
on a wall of the mill. Faced

780
01:13:26.039 --> 01:13:30.159
with the possibility of facing justice,
the family would have fled, leaving behind

781
01:13:30.239 --> 01:13:35.279
prosperity and the mill. Time passed
and the mill was bought by cousins George

782
01:13:35.439 --> 01:13:43.399
Tontang and Joseph Proter, who modernized
the facility and turned it into a steam

783
01:13:43.479 --> 01:13:50.640
mill known as Wellington Mill. The
upgrading and expansion of the mill attracted more

784
01:13:50.760 --> 01:13:59.680
workers, but construction stopped unexpectedly for
two years. Rumors were again raised that

785
01:13:59.720 --> 01:14:03.039
there were many crimes committed by the
workers and corpses hidden on the property.

786
01:14:04.399 --> 01:14:10.560
They mentioned fights that resulted in dead
men and the tragic story of a woman

787
01:14:10.600 --> 01:14:15.840
crushed by the mill wheel. Despite
these stories, no concrete evidence was found

788
01:14:15.920 --> 01:14:21.640
to confirm these events. Neither Joseph
Brotter nor George Tontang gave importance to the

789
01:14:21.800 --> 01:14:28.279
rumors. Continuing his work at the
mill. After the disappearance of the Browns,

790
01:14:28.680 --> 01:14:33.399
cousins George Tonton and Joseph Brotter took
possession of the mill, carrying out

791
01:14:33.439 --> 01:14:41.319
major improvements and extensions. Both noticed
that the quietness of the place was constantly

792
01:14:41.520 --> 01:14:46.880
disturbed by strange noises. The walls
and floors creaked. Blows were heard and

793
01:14:46.960 --> 01:14:56.159
cold air currents often felt creating an
unbearable atmosphere. Suspecting that these problems had

794
01:14:56.239 --> 01:15:01.039
a structural origin, they decided to
seal a room on the third floor by

795
01:15:01.039 --> 01:15:05.199
blocking the window, fireplace and door. From that moment on, the situation

796
01:15:05.319 --> 01:15:12.039
seemed to improve and life on the
property went on more normally. Over time.

797
01:15:13.319 --> 01:15:18.560
The Sanks left the place and George
ton Ting died years later by his

798
01:15:18.680 --> 01:15:24.439
cousin, Joseph Brotter. The inheritance
of the business passed to the older sons,

799
01:15:25.479 --> 01:15:30.520
Charles by the Suntang and Joseph JR, by the proter. While Charles

800
01:15:30.600 --> 01:15:35.960
showed no interest in moving to the
property, Joseph Jr was delighted to return

801
01:15:36.039 --> 01:15:41.920
to his childhood home. He agreed
with his wife, Elizabeth, and moved

802
01:15:42.039 --> 01:15:47.079
immediately, accompanied by his four children, Joseph JR, Henry, Edmund and

803
01:15:47.239 --> 01:15:51.920
Jane, as well as a large
number of service staff, including the housekeeper,

804
01:15:53.319 --> 01:15:58.640
the cook, the mill foreman and
his wife. The mill was not

805
01:15:58.720 --> 01:16:04.039
just a simple construction, but a
vast complex that included a barn for workers

806
01:16:04.159 --> 01:16:11.159
and an extensive area for owners.
Given the size of the place and the

807
01:16:11.199 --> 01:16:15.560
need to take proper care of the
children, they hired a nanny whose main

808
01:16:15.640 --> 01:16:20.079
task was to take care of the
baby Edmund every night. The nanny followed

809
01:16:20.199 --> 01:16:26.000
a strict routine, changed the baby, put on his pajamas, prepared the

810
01:16:26.079 --> 01:16:30.159
vibron and took him to the second
floor to put him to bed. Every

811
01:16:30.319 --> 01:16:34.520
night at the same time I heard
noises coming from the room sealed on the

812
01:16:34.520 --> 01:16:39.760
third floor. The sounds consisted of
steps that went from the door to the

813
01:16:39.840 --> 01:16:45.800
window, repeating over and over again. Initially, the steps were light,

814
01:16:46.479 --> 01:16:54.279
but then they became stronger footprints.
As if someone wanted to draw desperate attention

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to the constant disturbance. The nanny
talked to her boss, Joseph Brotter n

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01:16:59.359 --> 01:17:01.920
r n n n o n n
n ns ns ns ns ns ns ns

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01:17:02.000 --> 01:17:04.760
ns the person in the upstairs room
stopped making noise. Joseph assured him that

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01:17:04.880 --> 01:17:11.079
there was no one in that room, as it had been sealed for many

819
01:17:11.079 --> 01:17:15.680
years. Despite this, the nanny
insisted that she was sure she had heard

820
01:17:15.720 --> 01:17:21.079
the noises. Intrigued by his claims, Joseph decided to open the third floor

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01:17:21.199 --> 01:17:28.199
room to this event. Many people
attended, mainly employees of the mill,

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01:17:29.159 --> 01:17:33.159
who watched the nails pulled out of
the door and opened it tightly. Upon

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01:17:33.239 --> 01:17:39.920
opening the door, they found that
the room was completely empty, with no

824
01:17:40.039 --> 01:17:45.279
furniture or objects that could cause the
noises. There were no hidden corners or

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01:17:45.439 --> 01:17:49.439
spaces where someone could hide. The
nanny, seeing that the room was empty,

826
01:17:49.880 --> 01:17:57.000
interpreted the noises as a sign of
paranormal activity and decided to leave immediately.

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01:17:57.640 --> 01:18:01.640
Convinced that there were ghosts on the
property, he packed his bags and

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01:18:01.680 --> 01:18:06.239
left the mill, leaving the Potter
family with the enigma of mysterious noises and

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01:18:06.600 --> 01:18:13.079
the possibility of a supernatural presence on
the site. His resignation triggered a series

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01:18:13.119 --> 01:18:17.880
of revelations by the staff, who
confessed to Joseph Brouter that the room on

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01:18:18.199 --> 01:18:24.640
the third floor was cursed. According
to them, his father had closed the

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01:18:24.960 --> 01:18:30.840
room because of strange noises and events, a fact that Joseph was completely unaware

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01:18:30.840 --> 01:18:36.159
of. This room was known to
all as the disturbed room. A man

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01:18:36.319 --> 01:18:42.399
Joseph was listening to for the first
time. Astonished by this information, Joseph

835
01:18:42.600 --> 01:18:46.239
ordered his staff not to mention anything
about the noises, the supposed ghost,

836
01:18:46.680 --> 01:18:51.119
or the events happening to the new
nanny they would hire. Soon after,

837
01:18:51.279 --> 01:18:57.800
the new nanny began to experience the
same. I heard tramples coming from the

838
01:18:58.359 --> 01:19:01.720
third floor so loud that the walls
vibrated. In the face of this situation,

839
01:19:02.199 --> 01:19:05.760
the protters took more serious steps.
Some sources indicate that the nanny was

840
01:19:05.880 --> 01:19:13.560
given vacations, while others suggest that
she was fired. Regardless of the nanny

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01:19:13.640 --> 01:19:18.079
' s fate, Joseph and Elizabeth
temporarily took care of the baby Edmund.

842
01:19:19.000 --> 01:19:24.760
That' s when Elizabeth started listening
to the same steps. Every night at

843
01:19:24.800 --> 01:19:29.600
the same time. The sounds of
someone walking from the door to the window

844
01:19:29.720 --> 01:19:34.319
were repeated increasing in intensity with the
passage of minutes. It was real and

845
01:19:34.399 --> 01:19:41.359
tangible, but Joseph insisted that he
had a logical explanation. The age of

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01:19:41.439 --> 01:19:45.560
the house, the rats, the
wind, the wood. Eventually, these

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01:19:45.560 --> 01:19:50.479
noises spread all over the house.
One night, while Joseph and Elizabeth were

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01:19:50.560 --> 01:19:56.079
in bed, they heard blows on
the walls of their room. They weren

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01:19:56.159 --> 01:20:00.199
' t just creaking from the wood, but strong blows with mo as if

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01:20:00.319 --> 01:20:04.439
someone were using a mallet. They
counted thirteen blows in total, each of

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01:20:04.600 --> 01:20:12.960
them vibrating the walls. Elizabeth began
to be frightened, but Joseph continued to

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01:20:13.079 --> 01:20:16.880
seek rational explanations. The rats,
the wood, the wind, the nights

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01:20:16.960 --> 01:20:24.119
followed their course and Joseph, taking
care of the baby, noticed something even

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01:20:24.119 --> 01:20:27.600
more disturbing. As he put the
child in the crib and laid his hands

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01:20:27.640 --> 01:20:32.039
on the railing. He felt that
something metallic was hitting from below, he

856
01:20:32.039 --> 01:20:36.800
heard the blows, he felt it
and he saw the cradle moving, but

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01:20:36.960 --> 01:20:41.399
as much as he looked for he
found nothing that could cause those movements.

858
01:20:42.800 --> 01:20:48.239
These experiences quickly spread among mill workers
who began to walk cautiously for property.

859
01:20:50.479 --> 01:20:56.720
There was talk of a ghost who
had escaped from the disturbed room, witches,

860
01:20:56.840 --> 01:21:03.159
murders and demons. Every night someone
reported strange events. Several workers claimed

861
01:21:03.199 --> 01:21:09.039
that the mill machines were turned on
and off by themselves. These machines,

862
01:21:09.239 --> 01:21:14.159
completely new and advanced, were activated
for no apparent reason in the middle of

863
01:21:14.159 --> 01:21:17.439
the night. When the workers came
and opened the wing doors, the machines

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01:21:18.039 --> 01:21:26.439
went out immediately. Paranormal phenomena on
the Wellington mill property intensified with the experience

865
01:21:26.600 --> 01:21:30.920
of a neighbor who claimed to have
seen a woman dressed in almost transparent white

866
01:21:31.000 --> 01:21:40.680
walking through the plants. At dusk
this clearly visible spectrum did not go unnoticed

867
01:21:40.800 --> 01:21:47.479
by the neighbor who tried to warn
Joseph Brotter. Joseph dismissed the concern by

868
01:21:47.600 --> 01:21:54.119
attributing the vision to the imagination or
his management of the neighbor, refusing to

869
01:21:54.239 --> 01:21:58.560
hear more about it. However,
the situation took a turn when the mill

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01:21:58.640 --> 01:22:05.279
foreman, Thomas Mann and his wife
shared their disturbing experiences. Thomas and his

871
01:22:05.399 --> 01:22:12.079
wife lived in a small house inside
the mill property and at first they had

872
01:22:12.399 --> 01:22:17.079
no problems. Eventually, they began
to hear footsteps around their house. At

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01:22:17.199 --> 01:22:26.319
nightfall, steps resounding strongly on gravel. Thomas often went out to check the

874
01:22:26.399 --> 01:22:31.800
source of the noises, but he
never found anyone. Initially he thought they

875
01:22:31.880 --> 01:22:39.960
might be wild animals During the winter, the experiences became even more disturbing.

876
01:22:40.720 --> 01:22:45.640
The Proter family shared their coal with
the employees and one winter night Thomas'

877
01:22:45.880 --> 01:22:50.319
wife went to the barn to collect
coal. As she passed the house of

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01:22:50.439 --> 01:22:56.479
the Protters, a strange sensation made
her look towards the windows on the second

879
01:22:56.600 --> 01:23:00.720
floor, where she saw the figure
of a priest illuminated by the moonlight,

880
01:23:00.880 --> 01:23:06.359
almost fluorescent, moving from side to
side, gesticulating and walking in frightened circles.

881
01:23:10.399 --> 01:23:15.520
She called her husband and both watched
the apparition for ten minutes before it

882
01:23:15.560 --> 01:23:21.239
faded. Thomas informed Joseph Brotter of
what had happened, and this time Joseph

883
01:23:21.439 --> 01:23:27.760
decided to act seriously. He began
to keep a detailed diary of all the

884
01:23:27.840 --> 01:23:32.880
strange phenomena, steps, whispering voices, incorporeal, blows and even the sound

885
01:23:32.960 --> 01:23:39.680
of hands of a nonexistent clock.
He documented every disturbing event in an attempt

886
01:23:39.760 --> 01:23:45.159
to understand what was happening. One
night, Elizabeth, Joseph' s wife,

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01:23:45.640 --> 01:23:48.840
decided to sleep next to the babysitter
in the children' s room,

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01:23:50.000 --> 01:23:55.960
each in a bed with a child. At first they heard the usual noises,

889
01:23:57.399 --> 01:24:00.960
footsteps and the rustling of the wood, but nothing more. In the

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01:24:00.079 --> 01:24:05.760
middle of the morning, Elizabeth woke
up abruptly with the feeling that someone was

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01:24:05.760 --> 01:24:10.359
watching her. When he opened his
eyes, he realized that the mattress was

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01:24:10.560 --> 01:24:15.840
not in its usual position, but
higher than normal. Slowly he joined up

893
01:24:15.960 --> 01:24:20.720
and noticed that the mattress was gradually
falling down as if he had been levitating.

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01:24:21.439 --> 01:24:27.920
Believing it had been a dream or
a hallucination. Elizabeth sat on the

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01:24:28.000 --> 01:24:31.880
bed placing her feet on the floor, just to feel something under the mattress

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01:24:32.039 --> 01:24:39.199
pushing him up. Lifting his feet
off the ground. The shock paralyzed her

897
01:24:39.479 --> 01:24:43.439
and she spent the rest of the
night with her eyes open without being able

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01:24:43.439 --> 01:24:47.720
to say anything. The next morning
she decided not to tell the nanny not

899
01:24:47.800 --> 01:24:53.560
to look crazy, but it was
the nanny who approached her describing a strange

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01:24:53.640 --> 01:24:58.800
dream in which she had also felt
she was floating. Some time later,

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01:24:59.319 --> 01:25:02.239
Anne, Joseph Proctor' s sister, decided to stay on the estate.

902
01:25:03.119 --> 01:25:08.680
Jane, aware of the rumors circulating
about the house, asked someone to accompany

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01:25:08.760 --> 01:25:15.880
her. During your stay. Cook
Mary Young volunteered. The assigned room was

904
01:25:15.960 --> 01:25:19.520
beautiful, spacious, well furnished,
with a dressing room, a large window

905
01:25:19.640 --> 01:25:24.880
and a four- poster bed Jane
slept by the door and Mary by the

906
01:25:24.960 --> 01:25:29.880
window. The first night, Jane, nervous about the rumors, locked the

907
01:25:30.000 --> 01:25:33.960
door and left a light on in
the dressing room. Both women prepared to

908
01:25:34.039 --> 01:25:40.319
sleep, ran the curtains from the
bed and closed their eyes. It was

909
01:25:40.439 --> 01:25:45.760
then that strange events began to occur. Both reported that something or someone opened

910
01:25:45.800 --> 01:25:50.279
the locked door, heard steps and
saw the light slowly starting to go out.

911
01:25:53.199 --> 01:25:58.000
Then they began to hear blows and
feel tremors on the head and legs

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01:25:58.119 --> 01:26:01.880
of the bed. Marias. I' m sure I' ve seen a

913
01:26:01.960 --> 01:26:06.520
strange shadow behind the curtain. The
next morning they searched the room and found

914
01:26:06.600 --> 01:26:12.199
the door locked. From the inside. No one else had entered the room,

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01:26:12.880 --> 01:26:17.159
but they were both convinced that a
ghost had visited them that night.

916
01:26:17.920 --> 01:26:25.159
During the eleven years that the Proctor
family resided on the property they experienced a

917
01:26:25.279 --> 01:26:30.000
wide variety of paranormal events. At
first, Joseph Proctor tried to downplay events

918
01:26:30.119 --> 01:26:38.159
by seeking logical explanations. Soon the
children began to relate their own experiences.

919
01:26:38.720 --> 01:26:44.399
Little Jane, four and a half
years old, said that an old woman

920
01:26:44.600 --> 01:26:47.800
stared at her from the foot of
the bed, laying her hands on the

921
01:26:47.880 --> 01:26:53.600
sheets without talking or moving. This
vision caused him recurring nightmares. All children

922
01:26:53.760 --> 01:26:59.800
reported similar experiences, listening to voices
and whispers, feeling cold, strange and

923
01:27:00.159 --> 01:27:04.199
chilly and being called by their names
with their own voices. The ten-

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01:27:04.920 --> 01:27:10.119
year- old Edmund recounted seeing a
version of himself in the dark, while

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01:27:10.800 --> 01:27:15.960
Joseph Jr, the eldest of the
children, saw a woman sitting in his

926
01:27:15.199 --> 01:27:21.760
bed with two black holes instead of
eyes. The phenomena were not limited to

927
01:27:21.840 --> 01:27:28.800
the night. During the day,
inexplicable things also occurred. One afternoon,

928
01:27:29.079 --> 01:27:33.720
while playing, the children saw a
strange cat appear out of nowhere. This

929
01:27:33.880 --> 01:27:38.800
being pulled the shoelaces of one of
the children and ran to hide under a

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01:27:38.840 --> 01:27:45.439
bed. The children followed him,
but found no trace of being under the

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01:27:45.520 --> 01:27:51.680
bed or anywhere else. They were
convinced it was real. They couldn'

932
01:27:51.680 --> 01:27:57.119
t find him. The most striking
of these observations was that they claimed that

933
01:27:57.199 --> 01:28:01.319
the animal was passing through walls.
Mary Joung' s fiancé, intrigued by

934
01:28:01.479 --> 01:28:08.479
these accounts, decided to investigate on
one occasion, claimed to have found the

935
01:28:08.680 --> 01:28:13.079
supposed cat and in trying to catch
him, his foot crossed the animal,

936
01:28:13.479 --> 01:28:17.760
which challenged all logic. Joseph Brotter, tired of these inexplicable events, organized

937
01:28:17.920 --> 01:28:23.479
a vigil, asked the staff to
take a day off and sent his family

938
01:28:23.520 --> 01:28:30.000
to relatives. He then contacted two
men of science, Dr Edward Drury and

939
01:28:30.079 --> 01:28:34.479
chemist Thomas Hudson, and invited them
to spend the night of July 3,

940
01:28:34.640 --> 01:28:41.840
1980, at their home to investigate
the events. That night. After a

941
01:28:41.960 --> 01:28:45.920
dinner at which Joseph recounted all the
noise appearances and experiences of the children and

942
01:28:46.079 --> 01:28:50.720
staff, the two men of science
sceptical about ghosts committed themselves to investigate.

943
01:28:54.520 --> 01:28:59.760
Several hours passed without anything happening,
but around 11 p m they decided to

944
01:28:59.840 --> 01:29:05.159
enter the disturbed room. At first
everything seemed normal and Thomas Hudson fell asleep.

945
01:29:08.239 --> 01:29:13.079
Suddenly, Edward Drury started screaming.
No one knows for sure what he

946
01:29:13.079 --> 01:29:16.680
saw. Some sources say she was
an old woman and others said she was

947
01:29:16.800 --> 01:29:21.439
an eyeless woman. The impact was
such that Drury completely forgot the previous three

948
01:29:21.520 --> 01:29:27.279
hours, not remembering what they did
or what they talked about. The next

949
01:29:27.399 --> 01:29:33.600
day, terrified vowed never to return
to that house In a thousand eight hundred

950
01:29:33.600 --> 01:29:38.920
and forty- seven, the Protter
family abandoned the property. The parents tried

951
01:29:39.000 --> 01:29:42.800
to convince the children that everything they
had lived was nothing but the fruit of

952
01:29:42.880 --> 01:29:48.119
their imagination, explaining to them that
old houses crackle if they create normal shadows.

953
01:29:50.479 --> 01:29:55.960
After Joseph Brutter' s death,
his son Edmund found his father'

954
01:29:56.000 --> 01:30:01.039
s diary and was amazed to read
it. Up to one thousand eight hundred

955
01:30:01.039 --> 01:30:08.399
forty- two, Joseph had kept
a detailed record of all the events that

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01:30:08.520 --> 01:30:13.600
occurred, documenting every phenomenon, every
vision, every sound that children and staff

957
01:30:13.600 --> 01:30:18.279
experienced. This case became widely known
in England and in one thousand eight hundred

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01:30:18.840 --> 01:30:29.279
and ninety the mill closed forever,
becoming apartments stories written and adapted by Ramiro contreras