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ImAngelTash Admin & Abbey Enchantress Posts: 3206 (1/21/04 12:18 pm) Reply	The Haunted Last night my local Sci-Fi channel ran "The Haunted," a TV movie about the Smurl family and their haunting. The movie was extremely interesting (I recommend it to everyone), and I wanted to read a little more about the case. On Darken Souls I found this: The Smurl family consisted of father and mother, Jack and Janet, and their daughters, Shannon, Carin, Dawn, and Heather the youngest. They lived in a half duplex owned by Jack's parents, John and Mary Smurl. They spent time and money in improving their home but despite the hardships, the family was happy. But in January 1974 would be the beginning of strange events which turned into a nightmare. A strange stain first appeared on a new carpet followed by Jack's television set bursting into flames. The house plumping would break down while the bathroom had strange scratched marks appearing as though made by some wild animal. The phenomena within the house began to become disturbing when their oldest daughter Dawn saw people flying around her bed in 1975. The Smurl believed their house was haunted as the events in 1977 became worst. Strange noises became more frequent, objects began to move on their, the rooms would be filled with a vile smell while Jack was repeated touched by an unseen force. Soon the Smurl family increased by with the birth of the twins Carin and Shannon. In 1985 the events happening within the household was a frightening encounter as the family became victims of an unseen entity. John and Mary would hear the voices of their son and daughter in-law arguing with each although they weren't talking or even at home. Janet would hear a voice in the house calling to her but she would find herself alone after searching for the unseen caller. The Smurl women seen a human shape shadow appear and pass through the walls. At night there was no peace as Jack and Janet would find themselves levitating. There was an incident where Janet was violently pulled off the bed while Jack lay paralyzed, gagging from a foul odour. Even the family's German shepherd, Simon, was not spared from being repeatedly picked up and thrown. Even the neighbours experienced the strange phenomena as several heard screams and strange noises coming from the house when no one was home. The Smurls vowed to fight whatever was in their home. In January 1986, Janet called the Warrens who agreed to come to the home, accompanied by Rosemary Frueh, a nurse and psychic. They began the investigation by looking into Smurls religious beliefs, family background and lifestyle. The Warrens and Frueh while walking through the house identified the haunting to be caused by 3 evil spirits a demon. The demon was not summoned but believed to been dormant for decades and had arisen to draw on the emotional energy generated by the girls. The Warrens tried to expel the demon through exorcism but it retaliated back. First Jack was raped by a scaly succubus posing as an old woman with a young body. Ed Warren was attacked and suffered from terrible flu-like symptoms. Janet was sexually assaulted by an incubus The Smurls did no get any help from their local church, instead the Warrens brought in a priest they knew to perform an exorcism which only anger the demon further. The haunting continued to get worst as their daughter, Dawn, was found to almost been raped by the entity. Janet and Mary were continuous attacked by something, leaving claw and bite marks on their arms. The priest returned and performed a second exorcism but it did not work. The demon even accompanied the family on trips and harassed Jack at work. The family knew the demon would just follow them wherever they went. The Smurls decided to appear on television, anonymous, in hope to get help and put pressure on the church to perform the exorcism. The demon retaliated by attacking John and Janet once again. In August 1986, the Smurls took the risk and told their story to a wider audience in an interview published in the Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent newspaper. Their home became a tourist attraction for the press, skeptics and paranormal investigators. The Warrens planned a mass exorcism with several priests, while prayer groups came to give comfort, Father McKenna came and performed a third time to exorcise that seemed to work. There were no disturbances for about 3 months until Christmas 1986, when Jack again saw the black form, beckoning him. He prayed this was simply an isolated incident but the haunting continued and the Smurls in desperation moved to another town. The events that occurred soon found their way in a book called "The Haunted." The church finally gave in to perform a fourth exorcism in 1988 and to this day the family has not been haunted. Edited by: ImAngelTash at: 4/16/04 9:17 am
katt66 Moderator & Chatelaine Posts: 1112 (1/21/04 5:54 pm) Reply	Re: The Haunted I have seen that movie on the SciFi channel and I thought it was a great movie .I was sure there were things that had been left out due to time etc .Thanks for posting this Tash I will indeed look for the book as well. Join Us! Katt's Fun House - The Night Owl
ImAngelTash Admin & Abbey Enchantress Posts: 3207 (1/21/04 7:36 pm) Reply	Re: The Haunted I can't believe the church was so unwilling to help them. Edited by: ImAngelTash at: 4/16/04 9:17 am
DeezShadow Jester Posts: 13 (1/23/04 12:02 pm) Reply	:) I haven't seen this but I HAVE to now! Thanks for posting Tash. I will look for it on SciFi!
ImAngelTash Admin & Abbey Enchantress Posts: 3208 (1/23/04 12:39 pm) Reply	Re: :) Now I wish I had taped it. If you see it playing again on Sci-Fi, Dee... let me know. I'll do the same. Edited by: ImAngelTash at: 4/16/04 9:17 am
tasha17 COH Visitor Posts: 1 (2/2/04 10:33 pm) Reply	Re: :) Hello All
ImAngelTash Admin & Abbey Enchantress Posts: 3220 (2/3/04 9:34 pm) Reply	Re: :) Welcome to the Castle, Tasha. I'm Tasha - the board owner. I'm glad that you joined us. Be sure to introduce yourself in the Great Hall. Edited by: ImAngelTash at: 4/16/04 9:18 am
notoleranceforposthos C.S.C Visitor Posts: 2 (11/23/05 4:29 pm) Reply	Re: :) I have seen that movie a few times and just love it. I also used to have that book. It was alot different from the movie only in that I think they had to condense some things to fit it into 2 hours.