D is for...Demon House
A house possessed by more than 200 demonic spirits torments those who enter.
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One night, around 2 a.m., family and friends were gathered at the Demon House to mourn the loss of someone close. According to Latoya Ammons, she went to check on her kids to find her 12-year-old daughter unconsciously levitating above the bed, and without hesitation, everyone gathered around the child and began praying until she fell back to the bed.
Local churches refused to visit the home and suggested Ammons clean the Demon House by pouring ammonia and bleach throughout. Not only that but to draw crosses on every door and bathe her children in olive oil. The family did everything from only wearing white to burning sage, setting up alters around the house, and reading the Psalm out loud. Instead of things coming to a calm end, it only worsened. Layota then solicited two clairvoyants who claimed the house was possessed by more than 200 demonic spirits.
Latoya also claims to have found her children speaking in tongues with bloodshot eyes, and sporting sinister smirks. Her daughter said she felt like she was always being choked. Her youngest son would lock himself up in his closet to talk to a boy no one had ever seen.
Around April 2012, Latoya decided to visit a physician. During their visit, her two sons, in diabolical yells, said 'I wanted to kill, I want to kill now' repeatedly. A report filed by the Department of Child Services (DCS) and police, stated that one of the boys had been thrown against a wall. After the incident, the boys passed out and were hospitalized.
The youngest boy’s eyes rolled to the back of his head and began to growl and tell his brother he was going to kill him. Then headbutted his brother in the stomach. Following this, according to the report the boy “walled up the wall as if he was walking on the floor and did a flip over the grandmother.” CPS worker, Valerie Washington, who specializes in child fatality cases says she has witnessed children being beaten to death, burned and other horrible acts in her field, but nothing like this. After this outrageous act, the child was questioned and could not remember doing any of it. During this time, the children were examined for any signs of abuse and Latoya went through a psychological evaluation. To everyone’s surprise, nothing was found.
Reverend Michael Maginot was then contacted to conduct an exorcism on one of the children. The Reverend visited the Demon House where he insists he too experienced paranormal activity from everything to the muddy footprints and flickering lights. The Reverend placed a crucifix against Latoya’s head, and she began to convulse. Maginot established the house was possessed and demanded the family seek shelter elsewhere.
The Department of Child Services requested officer Austin to review the living conditions of the Demon House. He stated in a police report that he’d seen and heard some unexplainable things. During his investigation, he recorded and photographed everything.
He stated his flashlight flickered uncontrollably in the basement until it eventually turned off by itself. Austin took pictures of the basement where he said he could see a cloud resembling someone’s face, and even recorded audio where you can supposedly hear someone whispering. One officer stated in the “Demon House” documentary, the radio in his cop car went to static then said, “who in there?”
There was a sighting of some mysterious drippings coming from the center of the blinds in a room upstairs. The officers photographed, documented it, and then sealed off the room. Went in again and the blinds were dripping again. Officers could not determine the source of the liquid.
A new CPS worker, Samantha Ilic came in to check up on the children and after touching the odd liquid on the blinds her hand turned white as if the blood drained out of her hand. She then complained of pain in her hand. According to Ilic, within 30 days after the exorcism of Latoya, she went through a series of painful events that consisted of her breaking three ribs and obtaining third-degree burns.
Police at first believed it to be a hoax but upon further investigation, they began to believe there was something truly evil living in the house.
Reverend Maginot continued his investigation taking a closer look at the basement with the police and Samantha Ilic, the new CPS family case manager. During his many visits, Maginot was convinced there might be a body buried under the stairs of the basement, which would explain the poltergeist activity. Police dug up the dirt, where they uncovered a women’s pink nail, pair of women’s panties, a child’s socks, and a red tin pan.
Meka, a woman who lived in the house in the 90’s at just 10 years old said she would have dreams about someone dying in the basement. One day her brother who lived in the basement was shot and killed. She refused to go to the basement after that. When returning to the Demon house with her three children in 2014 she experienced something kick her from behind.
Two days after revising the Demon house her daughter attempted suicide by consuming large amounts of pills and stabbing herself in the wrists with pens. When rushed to the hospital, Meka’s noticed a six engraved on her daughter’s back.
A home-inspector also experienced being choked by an unseen force while sleeping after visiting the Demon House. He developed cancer soon after.
Zak Bagans a paranormal investigator on the show Ghost Adventures, decides to buy the house blindly for $35,000 to conduct an investigation and film a documentary. During the three-year-long filming, several crew members experienced vomiting of blood, stomach pains, severe aggressive behavior, seeing figures, and hearing voices. Several witnesses and experts who were brought into the house during filming were hospitalized. All of which is caught on camera. It was later discovered that a total of 5 people had died in the house.
Zak brings Dr. Barry Taff a biomechanical engineer to conduct a series of scientific tests on the house. After just 3 hours inside the house, Taff experiences dizziness, nausea, and fainting. He is admitted to the hospital and doctors inform him of all his organs shutting down simultaneously.
During the documentary, Zak saw a dark figure and immediately experienced pain in his eyes. He started to have double vision and it caused permanent damage where he is forced to wear special prism glasses. Any surgery could risk total blindness. Zak demolished the house after all the demonic encounters and unexplained issues caused to the people who entered the house.
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Disclaimer: by creating this blog & podcast on this topic, I am covering facts I have believed to be the most reliable from conducting my own research. If there are any details that are missing or inconsistent between this blog or podcast and the real case please feel free to leave a comment with any suggested edits. See the references below for more information.
REFERENCES:
Demon House, Zak Bagans, 2018, Accessed 2 Feb. 2023.
Layne, Ken. “Local Police Confirm This House Is Haunted by Demons.” Gawker, 27 Jan. 2014, https://www.gawker.com/local-police-confirm-this-house-is-haunted-by-demons-1510152588.
Neese, Jordan, and Leah. “Beware of the Demon House. It's Coming for You!” Ripley's Believe It or Not!, 15 May 2017, https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/beware-of-the-demon-house/.
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