The Demon House: A Possession In Gary Indiana

Welcome To The Oddity Shop, Where The Bizarre is Always on Sale.  This week, your Curator Kara has a Possession Story guaranteed to give you chills

A boy “walked” up a hospital wall, nurses took notes, and a police captain left a rental house convinced something was terribly wrong. We trace the Gary, Indiana Demon House case from its first oddities—swarms of black flies in midwinter, booted steps from a dark basement—to the terrifying crescendo of levitation claims, guttural voices, and a DCS worker’s report that still sparks debate.

Finally, we follow Father Michael Maginot’s blessings and three exorcisms, the family’s departure from Carolina Street, and the strange finale where Zak Bagan's buys the property, films Demon House, and demolishes it, preserving only soil and fragments in a museum. 

Whether you approach the case as spiritual warfare, psychological contagion, or a hard-to-classify mix, the documented trail forces a serious look at how communities respond when a home becomes a hazard. If this story hooked you, share it with a friend, follow the show, and leave a review with your take: hoax, horror, or something in between?

Reference Shout Outs: 

• https://www.google.com/search?q=Latoya+Ammons+%26+the+%E2%80%9CGary%2C+Indiana+House&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS1084US1096&oq=Latoya+Ammons+%26+the+%E2%80%9CGary%2C+Indiana+House&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIHCAEQIRiPAjIHCAIQIRiPAtIBCTEyNjlqMGoxNagCCLACAfEFsQeiZBqBe_s&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:42831581,vid:e-0-KBskngI,st:0

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• https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/demon-house-deconstructed/ Skeptical Inquirer
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