Episode 5219: Dark Enigma - The Watseka Wonder – or America’s First Recorded Case of Ghostly Possession
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Please be aware the stories, theories, re-enactments and language in this podcast are of an adult nature and can be considered disturbing, frightening and in some cases even offensive. Listener Discretion is therefore advised. Welcome heathens welcome to the world of the weird and unexplained. I’m your host, Nicole Delacroix and together, we will be investigating stories about the things that go bump in the night, frighteningly imagined creatures, supernatural beings and even some unsolved mysteries but I promise all sorts of weirdness. So, sit back, grab your favorite drink, and prepare to be transported to today's dark Enigma.... And on today’s Dark enigma well, we have a rather interesting listener suggestion, it was a story I may have heard, but I really enjoyed looking into it! So, with that said, we will still be playing our drinking game and as you know, the drinking game is only for those of us that are at home and have nowhere else to go tonight. The choice of libation, as always my darlings, is yours, so choose your poison accordingly… Alright, now for the game part how about every time I say Lurancy that will be a single shot and every time I say Roff, that will be a double shot. Now that the business end is out of the way we can jump headfirst into today’s dark enigma… so don your best bustle and hoop skirt and for you guys your best seersucker suit should do fine , let’s dive into today’s offering of The Watseka Wonder – or America’s First Recorded Case of Ghostly Possession In the small rural farming town of Watseka, approximately 85 miles south of Chicago, Illinois, something otherworldly was going down between 1877 and 1878. It was here that the very first American possession was documented. When we think of possessions, we think of demonic spirits taking over a human body by force and most often, the results are terrifying. This case, however, is quite different than your average so-called possession.
