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France, 1634. In the walled town of Loudun, a group of nuns began to scream, convulse, and claim they were tormented by unseen forces. They said demons spoke through them, twisted their bodies, and named the man responsible.What followed was not just an exorcism, but a public spectacle of fear, obsession, and vengeance that would end in fire.Because in Loudun, the question was never simply whether the devil had arrived. It was who stood to gain from everyone believing he had.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudun_possessionshttps://demonology.en-academic.com/357/Loudun_PossessionsSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In the middle of a crowded airport, a man became convinced he was about to die. Minutes later, he was gone. No one has seen him since.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Lars_Mittankhttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35001777https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/lars-mittank-missing-bulgaria-germany-varna-airport-video-a7348211.htmlhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/lars-mittank-mystery-missing-man-16957937https://allthatsinteresting.com/lars-mittankhttps://www.grunge.com/308926/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-lars-mittank/https://the-line-up.com/lars-mittankSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Whatever was moving through the countryside it wasn’t behaving like any animal they knew. It ignored the livestock. It appeared in daylight. And it went after people… again and again.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_G%C3%A9vaudanhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Beast-of-Gevaudanhttps://www.history.com/news/beast-gevaudan-france-wolfhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/beast-of-gevaudan-france-wolves-mysteryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-legend-of-the-beast-of-gevaudan-74922113/https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/beast-of-gevaudanSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A string of real-life tragedies shadowed the 1976 production of The Omen, from plane strikes to fatal accidents, fuelling claims that a curse was attached to the making of the film.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/55833https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-oct-30-ca-63205-story.htmlhttps://skepticalinquirer.org/2017/11/hollywood-curse-legends/https://www.londonmuseum.org.uk/collections/london-stories/timeline-ira-attacks-london/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jun/04/religion.filmSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

At a remote mission in South Africa and a quiet convent in 17th-century France, two young women began to show signs of what those around them believed was possession.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://weirddarkness.com/clara-germana-cele-possession-1906/https://paranormalcasefiles.com/p/the-possession-of-clara-germana-celehttps://www.historicmysteries.com/loudun-possessions/https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/loudun-possessions-0010417https://www.thecollector.com/loudun-possessions-urbain-grandier/https://www.paranormalcatalog.net/unexplained-phenomena/the-loudun-possessionshttps://www.strangehistory.net/2014/10/31/the-devils-of-loudun/https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/93258/loudun-possessionshttps://allthatsinteresting.com/loudun-possessionsSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

After Arnold Paole died in 1726, villagers claimed he returned from the grave to kill the living. What followed was a chain of exhumations, stakings, and an official military report that reads like something out of folklore, but wasn’t.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://magiaposthuma.blogspot.com/2008/09/visum-et-repertum.htmlhttps://thevampireproject.blogspot.com/2008/11/arnold-paole-visum-et-repertum.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Paolehttps://www.crazyalchemist.com/dark-history/medvedja-vampire-panic-arnold-paolehttps://virginiaweaver.substack.com/p/in-1732-a-journalists-mistake-createdSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

When nine villagers die days after Peter Plogojowitz is buried, the townspeople swear he’s come back for them. This episode takes a look at the chilling 1725 case that helped launch the European vampire panic.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://literaryvampire.tumblr.com/post/95223258219/copy-of-a-writing-from-the-gradiska-district-inhttps://bitterwinter.org/the-theological-and-esoteric-debate-on-the-existence-of-vampires-17th-19th-centuries-2-an-epidemic-of-vampirism-in-the-austro-hungarian-empire/#:~:text=The%20prosecutor%2C%20%E2%80%9Cafter%20an%20examination,%E2%80%9Dhttps://the-footnote.org/2024/11/12/vampyrus-serviensis-the-first-vampire-craze-in-the-habsburg-monarchy/#:~:text=Beginning%20in%20the%20mid,%E2%80%9Dhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/places/kisiljevo-cemeteryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petar_Blagojevi%C4%87https://vampirologist.blogspot.com/search?q=+Petar+Blagojevi%C4%87Sarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Between 1945 and 1950, five people vanished in Vermont’s Bennington Triangle. Only one body was ever found, under strange circumstances. This episode explores the strange disappearances, dark folklore, and the lingering presence around Glastenbury Mountain.The BOOKBY US A COFFEESubscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch:https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/gmfl/recreation/glastenbury-wildernesshttps://vermontdailychronicle.com/secrets-of-the-bennington-triangle/https://vermontdailychronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ms062_01_18_middieRivers.pdfhttps://charleyproject.org/case/paula-jean-weldenhttps://benningtonmuseum.org/event/bhs2022sept/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11417022/episodes/?season=1https://podcast24.co.uk/episode/scared-to-death/cursed-ubGsOHwN2sEhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennington_TriangleSarah xx"Spacial Winds," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licencehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/