WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.599 --> 00:00:11.599 A poultergeist, often called a noisy ghost, is a supernatural 2 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:16.640 entity believed to cause physical disturbances, from unexplained noises to 3 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:21.559 objects moving on their own. In eighteen seventy eight, a 4 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:23.920 young woman became the center of one of the most 5 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:29.440 chilling and well documented poultergeist cases in history. It became 6 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:34.640 known as the Great Amherst Mystery. What began as a 7 00:00:34.679 --> 00:00:40.560 strange knocking in whispers soon escalated into terrifying attacks, spontaneous fires, 8 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:46.600 and violent paranormal activity that shook an entire town. This 9 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:50.399 is the haunting Tale of Esther Cox. 10 00:00:52.280 --> 00:00:56.039 My name's Ben, I'm Nicole, and you're listening to Wicked Ingram, 11 00:00:56.240 --> 00:01:03.840 a true crime podcast material. 12 00:01:05.040 --> 00:01:29.640 Audience listeners, big massive news in the true crime community 13 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:32.680 and minor news in our true crime community. We're not 14 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:35.840 doing it to true crime case today, We're doing paranormal. 15 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:40.079 That's our minor news. We're taking it from true crime 16 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:41.799 to something a little bit, you know, a little more 17 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:44.599 haunting today. 18 00:01:44.680 --> 00:01:46.719 Just for fun, what did you call the ghost. 19 00:01:46.719 --> 00:01:50.079 Poultrygeist, poultry geist, poultergeist. 20 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:51.519 Okay, I don't think I've ever heard. 21 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:53.079 That, You've never heard the term poultry ghist. 22 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:55.159 Last night right before we're about to go to sleep. 23 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:57.280 You're like, the case is this, and I was like. 24 00:01:57.319 --> 00:02:00.480 What you have heard? You've heard of that because you 25 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:03.120 like the Amityville horror. That's a poltergeist. 26 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:05.879 Oh okay, maybe I'm just not retaining that name. 27 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:09.560 Then apparently not, but it's also known as a noisy ghost. 28 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:13.240 Basically the ones that like, yeah, it's like stuff. 29 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:15.919 Moves, and the ones that are like a real menace. 30 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:17.319 Yeah, those are Poultergeist. 31 00:02:17.560 --> 00:02:17.879 Okay. 32 00:02:18.039 --> 00:02:20.400 Yeah, So that that's our minor news is that we're 33 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:22.680 not doing true crime today. We're going to talk about 34 00:02:22.719 --> 00:02:25.639 a Poultergeist. But the massive true crime news this week 35 00:02:25.960 --> 00:02:32.479 is that they may have identified Jack the Ripper, which 36 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:33.319 is wild. 37 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:35.039 That's a big one, eh. 38 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:36.719 It is. I'm not going to go into a whole 39 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:38.759 lot of detail about who it is or anything like that. 40 00:02:39.639 --> 00:02:41.159 It takes a quick google and you'll find it. I 41 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:43.080 can even put a link in the description of this 42 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:46.240 episode if you're interested in going and finding it out. 43 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:50.000 But basically, they did the whole like genetic genealogy thing 44 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:53.639 mm hm, and they found distant family members of this 45 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:56.840 individual who they believe is Jack the Ripper, not one 46 00:02:56.919 --> 00:03:00.599 hundred percent confirmed. Yet it's basically like they have a 47 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:04.800 suspect and they have evidence, and he's if he were alive, 48 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:06.759 he'd probably be handcuffed. Now he's got to go to 49 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:09.599 trial that sort of thing. Okay, so he hasn't been 50 00:03:09.680 --> 00:03:13.719 tried and found guilty yet, but they have what they believe. 51 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:19.000 Is enough evidence, enough evidence, which is wild crazy. Yeah, 52 00:03:19.159 --> 00:03:21.400 I mean, gosh, you have to sometimes you have to 53 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:26.439 be thankful maybe for this like ancestry stuff, hey, because 54 00:03:26.479 --> 00:03:28.039 it is solving a lot of cases. 55 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:31.520 It really is. This ancestry stuff is helping a lot. 56 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:34.159 So if if you have nothing to hide, maybe it's 57 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:37.960 worth putting your DNA in this data bank because you 58 00:03:38.199 --> 00:03:42.039 could potentially convict one of your relatives. 59 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:45.240 A which is probably something you'd rather know, yeah. 60 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:48.120 Most most certainly, and be make the world a little 61 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:49.800 bit safer too. So yeah, I'm going to leave that 62 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:50.960 up to you though, if you want to do it 63 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:51.240 or not. 64 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:53.240 But because yeah, I was kind of all, well, not 65 00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:56.159 against them, but I was like, oh no. But then 66 00:03:56.479 --> 00:03:59.439 now that they're solving cases and I have nothing to hide, 67 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:02.080 I'm like, uh, okay, maybe this isn't too bad. 68 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:07.599 Yeah, So now let's go back from Jack the Ripper stuff. 69 00:04:07.719 --> 00:04:10.120 Back to our little story today. 70 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:12.639 Okay, well, we have some patrons to thank first. 71 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:14.680 Oh, I guess we should probably thank our patrons. 72 00:04:14.759 --> 00:04:15.520 Yeah, we sure do. 73 00:04:15.680 --> 00:04:19.040 Em will slipped right past that. Thank you for the reminder. 74 00:04:19.600 --> 00:04:22.160 Shout out to Lauren Franklin and Vivian Green, who both 75 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:24.720 signed up on Patreon this week. They get the hole 76 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:27.480 behind the scenes, they get the exclusive episode you name it. 77 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:30.079 Speaking of which I should probably start looking at which 78 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:31.879 exclusive episode is going to come out at the end 79 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:32.279 of the month. 80 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:33.480 I know that's next week? 81 00:04:33.879 --> 00:04:34.519 Is it already? 82 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:40.279 Yeah? Is it next Friday? I believe? I think wow, Yeah. 83 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:42.839 Which means if we're if it's next Friday, that means 84 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:46.079 we're getting into marchall soon. So Springs just around the corner. 85 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:49.279 Ring is here. Basically it's minus twenty right now, so 86 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:50.279 I can't say that. 87 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:58.399 Oh gotta love Canada. But yeah, let's talk about a poultergeist. Okay, 88 00:04:58.720 --> 00:05:01.480 So yeah, a poltergeist is yeah, a noisy ghost, like 89 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:04.079 you said, those ones that are a real menace. And 90 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:07.279 the case today is a Canadian case that we're talking about. 91 00:05:07.560 --> 00:05:10.759 Amherst is over on the East coast of Canada, and 92 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:15.720 this is probably the most well documented poltergeist case in 93 00:05:16.120 --> 00:05:17.199 history period. 94 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:21.800 Okay, which is insane, and how long ago? 95 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:24.240 We are going back quite a way where we are 96 00:05:24.319 --> 00:05:28.199 going back to the eighteen hundreds from okay, well yeah, 97 00:05:28.240 --> 00:05:30.720 so yeah, are you ready for it? Let's do or okay, 98 00:05:31.560 --> 00:05:33.639 So we're heading back not just to the eighteen hundreds, 99 00:05:33.639 --> 00:05:37.519 but specifically to the eight year eighteen seventy eight. We're 100 00:05:37.560 --> 00:05:40.920 heading to a little quiet town known as Amherst in 101 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:42.120 Nova Scotia, Canada. 102 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:43.319 I like that name. 103 00:05:43.360 --> 00:05:46.399 That's cute Amhurst, isn't it. It sounds cozy. It's very 104 00:05:46.439 --> 00:05:47.160 cottage core. 105 00:05:47.360 --> 00:05:47.600 Yeah. 106 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:51.319 You know. Now, back then Amherst had only about three 107 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:54.120 thousand people living there. Now today that number is only 108 00:05:54.120 --> 00:05:56.879 grown to around nine thousands. So it's not exactly you know, 109 00:05:57.000 --> 00:06:01.279 explosive population as far as where the place is. But 110 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:06.959 small then small, Now that's my point. It's peaceful. It's 111 00:06:07.000 --> 00:06:10.519 a picturesque place full of charming homes. It had, you know, 112 00:06:10.959 --> 00:06:14.279 nice little, neatly kept lawns and all the perfect little 113 00:06:14.279 --> 00:06:17.240 places to live. Not exactly the kind of town you'd 114 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:19.240 expect to become the setting for something straight out of 115 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:23.519 a horror movie. But this summer. I like, how that 116 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:26.639 this coming this summer? It's very horror movie. 117 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:27.680 Kind of pretty much. 118 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:32.800 Yeah, but this summer, seriously darkness took root in this 119 00:06:32.959 --> 00:06:36.720 town and something that people would later call was from 120 00:06:36.839 --> 00:06:38.480 the work of the devil himself. 121 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:41.720 WHOA Okay, so we're like really in for it here. 122 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:45.920 Yeah, So let's talk about a perfectly ordinary house in 123 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:50.800 Amherst that lived on and was perched on Princess Street. Yeah. 124 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:52.680 If things couldn't get perfect enough. 125 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:55.120 This has this been made into a movie, because it's 126 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:56.199 already sounded like one. 127 00:06:56.360 --> 00:06:59.000 Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if it had. I didn't 128 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:01.120 do enough research to find, you know, what's come out 129 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:02.800 of it as far as like Hollywood and books and 130 00:07:02.839 --> 00:07:05.399 stuff like that. But I would not be surprised if 131 00:07:05.399 --> 00:07:10.879 this had been if it birthed some productions and'd say 132 00:07:10.920 --> 00:07:15.759 that yep. Now, this house on Princess Street was a nice, cozy, 133 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:19.399 two story cottage where Daniel and Olive Teed lived with 134 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:23.240 their two little boys, Willie and George. Also sharing the 135 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:27.399 house were Daniel's brother John and Olive's three sisters, her 136 00:07:27.480 --> 00:07:30.759 brother William Cox and her sorry three siblings her brother 137 00:07:30.800 --> 00:07:35.720 William Cox and her two unmarried sisters, Jane and Esther Cox. 138 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:39.160 Now the Teed's and the Coxes were a close knit 139 00:07:39.240 --> 00:07:42.560 family together, they were well liked and they were well respected. 140 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:46.519 Esther was the youngest of youngest sister at eighteen years old, 141 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:49.000 and she was known for helping out with her nephews 142 00:07:49.079 --> 00:07:52.800 while Olive kept the house running smoothly. To everyone who 143 00:07:52.839 --> 00:07:56.319 knew them, they were good, decent people, making what happened 144 00:07:56.360 --> 00:07:59.879 next even more shocking. So it was on August twenty eighth, 145 00:08:00.160 --> 00:08:03.160 eighteen seventy eight, that Esther came home in a terrible state. 146 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:07.480 She was shaken absolutely to her core. See that evening 147 00:08:07.519 --> 00:08:09.279 she had gone for a carriage ride with a man 148 00:08:09.319 --> 00:08:11.639 by the name of Bob McNeil. He was a young 149 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:14.360 man who was a shoemaker who had been courting her 150 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:17.399 for the last little while, so this should have been 151 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:20.000 a pleasant outing. However, it turned into something more of 152 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:24.360 a nightmare. See, Bob drove her and himself far beyond 153 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:26.439 the limits of the town to this carriage ride out 154 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:30.879 into the woods, and while there alone secluded, he suddenly 155 00:08:30.879 --> 00:08:33.440 pulled out a revolver and ordered her to get out 156 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:38.279 of the carriage. Or else. Esther was terrified. The man 157 00:08:38.320 --> 00:08:41.679 that she had trusted now was about to kill her, 158 00:08:41.799 --> 00:08:44.120 or so it seemed. But before he could do anything, 159 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:46.600 and before Esther could react, the sound of an approaching 160 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:51.240 wagon was growing off in the distance. Without a word, 161 00:08:51.279 --> 00:08:54.080 Bob jumped back into the carriage and drove them back home. 162 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:59.559 She arrived home safe, soaked from the rain, trembling, and 163 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:02.440 barely able to speak a word. She went straight to 164 00:09:02.480 --> 00:09:06.279 bed and wasn't seen again until morning. Over the next 165 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:09.559 few days, she kept her distance, avoiding the house and 166 00:09:09.639 --> 00:09:13.000 wandering the streets or visiting neighbors. Her family assumed that 167 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:15.039 she and Bob had fought and you know, had given 168 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:17.120 her some space, not realizing the truth of what had 169 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:20.039 really happened between the two. They hoped that she'd get 170 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:24.080 over her her heartache in time, but every night they 171 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:25.879 could hear her crying herself to sleep. 172 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:28.919 Oh that's so sad. 173 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:32.360 Isn't it. Then, exactly a week after the carriage ride, 174 00:09:32.559 --> 00:09:36.519 things started to get strange. That night, Esther and her 175 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:40.039 sister Jane were drifting off to sleep when a noise 176 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:43.559 from under the bed jolted them awake. At first, they 177 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:45.720 thought that it was just a mouse, so they searched 178 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:48.879 for it, but found nothing. The same thing happened the 179 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:51.559 next night. This time they traced the noise to a 180 00:09:51.559 --> 00:09:54.720 wooden box filled with patchworks stored under the bed. And 181 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:57.639 by patchwork, you're looking at probably things along the lines of, 182 00:09:57.840 --> 00:09:59.759 you know, making quilts and that sort of thing. So 183 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:03.440 so kind of box, right, yeap. When they found this box, 184 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:05.480 they were expecting a mouse to scurry out. They pulled 185 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:07.200 the box out into the middle of the room and 186 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:09.720 waited to see what would happen, seeing if the mouse 187 00:10:09.720 --> 00:10:11.879 would run to the corner, run under the bed or what. 188 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:14.559 And they could try and you know, get it, capture it, whatever. 189 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:18.039 And that's when something happened that neither of them could explain. 190 00:10:19.080 --> 00:10:22.279 The box suddenly leaped into the air, about a foot 191 00:10:22.320 --> 00:10:26.320 off the ground before landing on its side. No mouse 192 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:32.240 and no logical explanation for what just happened. Terrified Jane 193 00:10:32.320 --> 00:10:35.440 hesitantly set the box back in place, and it immediately 194 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:39.279 leapt again into the air. This clearly wasn't a mouse, 195 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:43.799 this wasn't a rodent, this wasn't anything natural. Panic set 196 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:46.559 in and the girls screamed for their brother in law, Daniel, 197 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:49.879 to come into the room. Now, Daniel wasn't exactly thrilled 198 00:10:49.879 --> 00:10:52.399 about being dragged out of bed in the middle of 199 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:55.879 the night, And when Jane and Esther breathlessly told him 200 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:59.039 about this mysterious jumping box in the room, he just 201 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:01.320 kind of shook his head and chuckled and shoved it 202 00:11:01.360 --> 00:11:03.000 back onto the bed like nothing had it. 203 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:05.000 Didn't believe them, Hey, No. 204 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:08.039 Didn't believe them whatsoever. And in all honesty, who's going 205 00:11:08.120 --> 00:11:09.759 to believe you when you say I have a jumping 206 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:11.600 box under my bed? 207 00:11:12.200 --> 00:11:15.080 Yeah? I feel like most people probably would be very 208 00:11:15.480 --> 00:11:16.320 skeptical of that. 209 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:19.159 Hey, one hundred percent. I would be inquiring as to 210 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:22.799 what you drank before bed? Was it niquill? Was it 211 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:24.200 something stronger? I don't know. 212 00:11:24.360 --> 00:11:27.279 Can I have some exactly? Now? 213 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:30.279 The girls knew how ridiculous it sounded. They weren't, you know, 214 00:11:30.360 --> 00:11:33.200 blinded by their own words and perspective. They knew what 215 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:36.279 they were saying sounded wild, but they weren't sure what 216 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:39.480 they just witnessed themselves. They're like, what, what's going on? 217 00:11:39.559 --> 00:11:41.799 This wasn't our imagination? Was it? 218 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:42.000 Like? 219 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:46.200 We're not making this up? Something strange had happened. They 220 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:51.080 knew that but whatever it was, it's definitely wasn't over well. 221 00:11:51.080 --> 00:11:53.320 The fact that both of two people saw it is 222 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:55.320 kind of helpful. At least they can kind of lean 223 00:11:55.360 --> 00:11:56.840 into each other exactly. 224 00:11:57.039 --> 00:12:00.480 Yeah. Now, the next night things took a much dark turn. 225 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:04.279 Esther woke up feeling awful. In the middle of the night. 226 00:12:04.919 --> 00:12:08.960 She shook Jane awake, panicked, creeping into her voice, She's screaming, 227 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:13.799 I'm dying, I'm dying. Jane fumbled the light and trying 228 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:15.679 to turn on a lamp, and when she turned she 229 00:12:15.720 --> 00:12:21.519 saw her sister, and she looked horrible. Esther was now 230 00:12:21.559 --> 00:12:25.159 standing in the middle of the room, completely rigid. Her 231 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:29.559 short hair bristled standing on end as if it electrified. 232 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:33.639 Her face was deep red, almost almost the color of blood, 233 00:12:33.679 --> 00:12:36.559 and her eyes bulged unnaturally, as if they were ready 234 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:39.960 to pop out from her sockets. She gripped the back 235 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:42.639 of a wooden chair so hard that her nails were 236 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:47.240 digging into the wood. Jane screamed for help, and within 237 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:49.559 moments the rest of the household rushed into the room. 238 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:52.440 They tried to lead Esther back to bed, but she 239 00:12:52.559 --> 00:12:56.720 fought them off, shrieking in agony, then in a voice 240 00:12:56.720 --> 00:13:00.600 that was barely human. She gasped, I'm swelling up. I 241 00:13:00.679 --> 00:13:02.320 know I'm going to burst. 242 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:06.039 Oh wow, okay, Right. 243 00:13:05.960 --> 00:13:09.559 Before the eyes of everyone in that room, her hands 244 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:15.000 and face began to swell grotesquely, her skin burning hot 245 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:18.679 to the touch. The red drained from her face and 246 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:22.919 was now replaced by a deathly pale hue. She writhed 247 00:13:23.000 --> 00:13:27.039 and gnashed her teeth, her entire entire body ballooning to 248 00:13:27.080 --> 00:13:31.440 an unnatural size. The family was frozen in horror, unsure 249 00:13:31.480 --> 00:13:35.279 whether to call a doctor or a priest. Then came 250 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:39.960 an explosion. A deafening boom shook the house so loud 251 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:42.960 they thought lightning had struck the roof, but when Olive 252 00:13:43.039 --> 00:13:45.799 peered outside, there was no sign of any storm or 253 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:47.120 nothing striking the home. 254 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:49.720 Okay, I thought for a second that was Esther the 255 00:13:49.720 --> 00:13:50.279 big boom. 256 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:54.000 I was like, Oh, it definitely wasn't so. Just as 257 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:57.679 she turned back inside to look from as from looking outside, 258 00:13:58.159 --> 00:14:01.960 another blast, this time even loud, rattled the very walls 259 00:14:02.080 --> 00:14:04.759 of the room they stood in, and just like that, 260 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:10.519 Esther collapsed onto the bed. The swelling vanished, her body relaxed, 261 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:13.960 and within seconds she was fast asleep, as if nothing 262 00:14:14.000 --> 00:14:14.519 had happened. 263 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:20.600 Holy that can you imagine just like witnessing your loved one? 264 00:14:20.639 --> 00:14:22.240 Like whatever is going on there? 265 00:14:22.320 --> 00:14:25.919 Hey, yeah, that's not a picture I think anyone could 266 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:29.360 imagine ever seeing, And if it is ever going to 267 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:31.639 be possible, no one would want to see that. No, 268 00:14:33.159 --> 00:14:36.679 so this night was only the beginning. Strange noises soon 269 00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:42.200 filled the house. Knocking, banging, rustling sounds came from seemingly 270 00:14:42.279 --> 00:14:46.360 out of nowhere and everywhere, all at once. Four nights 271 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:52.799 after Esther's terrifying episode, it happened once again. She swelled up, 272 00:14:53.039 --> 00:14:55.840 She was screaming in pain, and as soon as she 273 00:14:55.960 --> 00:14:59.360 laid down, the blankets this time were ripped from her body, 274 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:03.000 as if by some unseen force, and they were flung 275 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:06.720 into the far corners of the room. Olive, trying to 276 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:10.840 comfort her, sister, rushed over and tried to grab these 277 00:15:10.919 --> 00:15:13.279 blankets and putting them back on her. However, the bedding 278 00:15:13.360 --> 00:15:15.519 was yanked away from her hands and a second time 279 00:15:15.799 --> 00:15:19.360 they were thrown. This time a pillow shot from under 280 00:15:19.480 --> 00:15:23.679 Esther's head and straight into john Ted's face. That wasn't enough. 281 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:25.919 That was enough for John He bolted from the room, 282 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:29.399 leaving the others to huddle around Esther's bed, physically holding 283 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:31.639 blankets down on her to try and keep them in 284 00:15:31.679 --> 00:15:33.759 place as they were trying to be yanked and thrown 285 00:15:33.840 --> 00:15:38.519 once again. The chaos went on for minutes before another 286 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:45.679 tremendous bang shook the room, just like before. Everything then stopped. 287 00:15:47.080 --> 00:15:50.399 Esther's body returned to normal, and she drifted into an 288 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:51.840 exhausted sleep once again. 289 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:55.080 Well, I can only imagine what this is doing to 290 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:56.600 her poor little body. 291 00:15:56.639 --> 00:16:01.600 Hey, ooh, the toll something like this would take ye now. 292 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:04.960 The next day a doctor was called in. He arrived 293 00:16:05.000 --> 00:16:09.320 that evening determined to diagnose whatever mysterious illness was affecting Esther. 294 00:16:10.200 --> 00:16:13.080 After a brief examination, he concluded that she was simply 295 00:16:13.120 --> 00:16:18.360 suffering from an extreme nervous excitement, like likely triggered by 296 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:22.480 some kind of emotional shock. Nothing supernatural, nothing unusual, Just 297 00:16:22.519 --> 00:16:27.600 a girl overcome by anxiety. That was his diagnosis when 298 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:31.840 he witnessed her. But he didn't witness the act. 299 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:35.080 The acts the I'm like, that's not like any anxiety 300 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:35.759 I've ever had. 301 00:16:36.000 --> 00:16:39.360 No, when he was looking at her, when he was 302 00:16:39.399 --> 00:16:42.480 examining her and you know, diagnosing her, none of these 303 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:46.240 supernatural things were occurring. He just simply saw Esther in 304 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:50.440 her state of you know, aftermath sort. 305 00:16:50.240 --> 00:16:52.960 Of thing, right, kind of like how you said she 306 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:55.399 was exhausted, tired, and exactly. 307 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:57.879 So he's sitting here talking to the family saying, yeah, 308 00:16:57.960 --> 00:17:00.840 you know what, she's in an emotional shock state. Something 309 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:02.799 must have happened. And you told us, you know she 310 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:06.599 whatever with the boyfriend. Yeah, so clearly something's going on. 311 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:10.440 She's just very anxious. And he's delivering this diagnosis to 312 00:17:10.599 --> 00:17:13.400 the family and to Esther there presumably as. 313 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:17.240 Well, which could be right to some extent too. Oh, 314 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:21.839 definitely she did have like that traumatic event. I'm sure 315 00:17:21.880 --> 00:17:23.720 that gave her some anxiety for sure too. 316 00:17:24.119 --> 00:17:26.880 Well for sure. However, just as he was delivering this 317 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:31.359 diagnosis and speaking on what he's you know, seeing, that's 318 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:36.759 when something happened. The pillow that was under Esther's head 319 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:40.640 suddenly slid out and without anyone touching it. The doctor 320 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:43.799 watched it as the pillow just shot out, but then 321 00:17:43.880 --> 00:17:46.200 dumbfound it. Before he can even react, the pillow moved 322 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:50.240 again and it went right back under her head. John 323 00:17:50.319 --> 00:17:52.240 reached for it, but as soon as his fingers brushed 324 00:17:52.240 --> 00:17:55.799 the fabric, it once again jerked away and flew away, 325 00:17:55.920 --> 00:17:58.440 his hair on his on his head, and arms just 326 00:17:58.480 --> 00:18:01.960 stood on end, just like before with the static electricity. 327 00:18:02.920 --> 00:18:09.599 Then came the same banging. Loud insistent pounding echoed through 328 00:18:09.599 --> 00:18:12.839 the house, shaking the walls as if invisible sledgehammers were 329 00:18:12.920 --> 00:18:18.079 striking from all sides. The beds, blankets were all ripped away. 330 00:18:18.400 --> 00:18:22.160 And this time all this was happening right in front 331 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:23.039 of the doctor. 332 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:26.559 Okay, this is good that it's happening in front of someone. 333 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:30.519 Else, right exactly now, the most horrifying moment was yet 334 00:18:30.519 --> 00:18:34.319 to come. A sharp scratching noise soon filled the room, 335 00:18:34.680 --> 00:18:39.720 like something was carving into wood. Everyone turned around and 336 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:43.000 looked at the wall right above Esther's head, right above 337 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:46.480 the headboard of the bed, and there, as if etched 338 00:18:46.519 --> 00:18:50.240 by an unseen hand, were the chilling words carved on 339 00:18:50.319 --> 00:18:56.160 the wall saying, quote Esther Cox, you are mine to kill. 340 00:18:56.559 --> 00:19:01.880 Oh gosh serious, Yeah, this does. 341 00:19:01.759 --> 00:19:05.440 Not seem real, it doesn't. But this is documented. Shit, 342 00:19:05.640 --> 00:19:07.000 this is what I mean. 343 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:09.440 We are going back quite a way terrifying. 344 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:13.400 But there are people who documented these events, claiming to 345 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:19.640 have witnessed it, claiming that these things actually occurred. Then 346 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:22.480 as if to drive the message home, a chunk of 347 00:19:22.519 --> 00:19:25.720 plaster tore itself from the wall, flew across the room, 348 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:30.759 twisted mid air and changed direction, and then landed neatly 349 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:36.680 right at the doctor's feet. The pounding continued, the walls 350 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:40.680 trembling as if caught in an earthquake. Esther lay motionless, 351 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:44.680 wide eyed with terror in the bed. The others stood frozen, 352 00:19:44.759 --> 00:19:47.680 helpless against whatever forest had taken hold of their home. 353 00:19:48.839 --> 00:19:55.319 For two agonizing hours, the nightmare raged on until without warning, 354 00:19:56.400 --> 00:20:00.640 silence fell. Esther slumped into unconsciousness, sinking into what looked 355 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:04.920 like the deepest sleep of her life so far. The 356 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:08.400 doctor was present the whole time. He was pale and 357 00:20:08.440 --> 00:20:11.400 visibly shaken, and had no words for what just happened. 358 00:20:11.759 --> 00:20:14.559 He couldn't explain what he had witnessed, but he promised 359 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:16.039 that he was going to return the next day with 360 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:18.279 medicine to try and calm Esther's nerves. 361 00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:23.359 Oh okay, I feel like they need something more than that. 362 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:25.640 Hey, well, what are you gonna do? 363 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:27.960 I know he wants to help, but it's like, what 364 00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:29.400 can he do exactly? 365 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:32.559 The next evening, the doctor did return and gave Esther 366 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:35.359 a very powerful sedative, hoping that it would put an 367 00:20:35.480 --> 00:20:40.200 end to whatever was happening. Now that didn't really do anything, 368 00:20:40.240 --> 00:20:42.200 If anything, honestly, things only got worse. 369 00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:45.400 I'm actually surprised that he came back, because I feel 370 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:47.680 like I'd be like, yeah, i'll see you tomorrow. 371 00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:51.599 And then never heard from again. Just fuck this shit, 372 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:54.200 I'm out sort of situation. Well, I can understand that 373 00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:56.799 I'd probably be in a similar situation. I would have 374 00:20:56.880 --> 00:20:59.839 left my shoes in place while I'm running down the path. No, 375 00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:03.119 just ran right out of them. But that night, the 376 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:07.279 banging returned louder and more violent than before. Reports from 377 00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:10.119 the time claimed that the doctor, as he returned to 378 00:21:10.119 --> 00:21:13.200 give esther this medicine, had actually even been standing as 379 00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:15.920 far as two hundred yards away from the house and 380 00:21:15.920 --> 00:21:20.880 could hear pounding echoing from it. It sounded as if 381 00:21:20.880 --> 00:21:24.240 someone was on the roof hammering with a sledgehammer, trying 382 00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:27.559 to break through the shingles. But every time someone checked, 383 00:21:27.599 --> 00:21:30.319 there was no one there. There's no damage, there's no. 384 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:31.920 Ex Okay, I was just going to say, like, there's 385 00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:33.440 literally no damage to the house. 386 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:38.960 No word of all. This quickly spread, and I'm sure 387 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:42.319 it did as many people would have been hearing these loud, 388 00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:45.240 banging clouds coming from the home as well. Soon all 389 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:48.920 of Amherst knew that something unexplainable was happening at the 390 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:54.720 Teed household. Someone or sorry not someone. People whispered about ghosts. 391 00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:59.480 They whispered about demons and curses. Meanwhile, the phenomena continued 392 00:21:59.519 --> 00:22:03.279 for wee and the doctor returned night after night, desperate 393 00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:06.039 to offer Esther any kind of relief that he could. 394 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:10.759 The more time passed, the more the family became convinced 395 00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:14.440 that whatever was tormenting them wasn't random noise or trick 396 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:18.039 of the mind or anything like that. It was clearly 397 00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:23.039 something conscious. It could hear them and chillingly, it could 398 00:22:23.119 --> 00:22:27.640 respond okay it was. It seemed to be sentient. 399 00:22:28.240 --> 00:22:30.359 So is this where they call the priest? 400 00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:36.640 Well, let me continue. One fact became impossible to ignore. 401 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:40.880