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The Watseka Wonder & The Roff House:  America's First Spiritual Possession | 62

The Watseka Wonder & The Roff House: America's First Spiritual Possession | 62

FromHysteria 51


The Watseka Wonder & The Roff House: America's First Spiritual Possession | 62

FromHysteria 51

ratings:
Length:
64 minutes
Released:
Nov 27, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In the late 1800’s the sleepy town of Watseka, Illinois saw a series of strange and mysterious events involving the tragic death of one young girl and the beguiling illness of another. The mysterious story allegedly ended with America’s first documented case of spiritual possession. From remote viewing, to necromancy, seances and spiritualism to hauntings and angels, this story has it all. But the larger question remains – did a an actual possession take place? Or, was a grieving family just taken advantage of by a spiritualist huckster? This week we get into the spirit of things for the haunting of the the Roff house and the legend of the “Watseka Wonder”. Plus, somehow the finer points of Peter Jackson’s work are discussed (Meet the Feebles and Dead Alive, duh), the fellas get to the bottom of the “water cure” (spoiler alert – this isn’t Oprah telling you to drink more of it), and Harley Covington from the Travel Oddities Podcast joins the show! All of that and more on the podcast that’s never been possessed by the dead, but if we were we’d definitely want it to be Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin – Hysteria 51.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/Hysteria51See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Nov 27, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Hysteria 51 is a weekly podcast that takes an every-man approach to the World of the Weird - UFOs, Aliens, Mysteries, Conspiracies, the Paranormal, the Unusual, and the Unexplained. Hosts Brent Hand, David Flora, and Conspiracy Bot (a cranky robot bent on world domination who also happens to be the show’s head researcher) examine a different topic each week and generally come to one conclusion…the truth is out there, but you won’t find it here.