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Archae

(46,809 posts)
Sat Feb 1, 2014, 08:36 PM Feb 2014

Anyone else notice this about this story from Gary, Indiana?

This one:

A woman whose horrific experience living in an Indiana home that she and even city police are convinced was a haunted 'portal to hell' has spoken out on her paranormal trauma and what it was like to be a family possessed.

Latoya Ammons says she has seen her own daughter levitate off a bed, her son walk up a wall so effortlessly that even a psychiatrist was at a loss and was herself the victim of demonic possession in what appears to be an average home in the Gary community near where Michael Jackson grew up.

'Me and my mother and my children, we almost lost our lives,' said Ammons, whose undeniably terrifying experience left her chilled to her core and now has an entire nation captivated by her spectral tale.

Ammons sat with Inside Edition for a deeply earnest interview in which she makes abundantly clear that her ordeal was no Casper the ghost made real.

'This was obviously demons,' she said. 'Not just random spirits. There is a difference.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2549165/We-lost-lives-Woman-possessed-demons-portal-hell-house-terrified-police-chief-details-familys-terrifying-ordeal.html

No skeptics brought in. None.

This is going to end up like the "Amityville Horror," a scam that is like the Energizer Rabbit, just keeps going and going...

Or like this Texas fiasco, a "psychic" said she saw "mass graves."

http://www.livescience.com/14506-psychics-police-investigation-mass-murder.html

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Anyone else notice this about this story from Gary, Indiana? (Original Post) Archae Feb 2014 OP
I did see it and I had one question Warpy Feb 2014 #1
seriously, why would anyone stay. championofreason Feb 2014 #4
I've been following it on Doubtful News and TxDemChem Feb 2014 #2
'Ghost Adventures' star Zak Bagans buys Indiana home reportedly haunted by demons muriel_volestrangler Feb 2014 #3
I only skimmed the article, SheilaT Feb 2014 #5
Priest signs film deals after well-publicized exorcisms of Latoya Ammons muriel_volestrangler Feb 2014 #6
Just as I said. Archae Feb 2014 #7

Warpy

(113,130 posts)
1. I did see it and I had one question
Sat Feb 1, 2014, 08:40 PM
Feb 2014

"Why the fuck didn't she move?

The only answer that makes sense is "scam."

championofreason

(17 posts)
4. seriously, why would anyone stay.
Tue Feb 11, 2014, 11:58 PM
Feb 2014

You are right if you are that terrified any rational person would leave.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,483 posts)
3. 'Ghost Adventures' star Zak Bagans buys Indiana home reportedly haunted by demons
Sun Feb 2, 2014, 05:21 PM
Feb 2014

Doesn't take much to smell the money behind this:

Ghost Adventures star Zak Bagans has purchased a house in Gary, Indiana believed to be haunted and the site of numerous demonic possessions.

Bagans bought the home dubbed "a portal to hell" by police officials and witnesses who had encountered a wide range of supernatural activity firsthand for $35,000, and according to TMZ, he plans to live there and document his experience.

"If it's true this home is a portal to hell, then I want to go there and see what happens," Bagans told TMZ.

The house was recently vacated by the Ammons family who insist they were tortured by nearly 200 demons since November 2011 and underwent multiple Catholic exorcisms to rid their bodies of the evil spirits, the Indianapolis Star reported.

Read more at http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/ghost-adventures-star-zak-bagans-buys-indiana-home-reportedly-haunted-by-demons--15863.php#ewsZpET26b1sYYWI.99
 

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)
5. I only skimmed the article,
Wed Feb 12, 2014, 12:45 AM
Feb 2014

but it did not seem as if there was any outside confirmation of what supposedly happened, just what these people claim occurred. Which is typical in these kinds of stories.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,483 posts)
6. Priest signs film deals after well-publicized exorcisms of Latoya Ammons
Wed Feb 12, 2014, 09:50 AM
Feb 2014
The Rev. Michael Maginot has signed a deal with Evergreen Media Holdings to bring “The exorcisms of Latoya Ammons” to the big screen.

Maginot, of St. Stephen, Martyr parish in Merrillville, declined to disclose the terms of his contract with Evergreen Executive Chairman Tony DeRosa-Grund, calling it a “standard deal.” DeRosa-Grund produced “The Conjuring,” grossing $318 million worldwide.
...
“The story is good as it is,” Maginot said. “You don’t need to go crazy with it.”

Maginot said he also signed a contract with Zak Bagans, host and executive producer of “Ghost Adventures” on the Travel Channel, to make a documentary.

http://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/movies/2014/02/05/priest-signs-film-deals-after-well-publicized-exorcisms-of-latoya-ammons/5237941/


Thar's gold in them thar woo!
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