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Watseka Wonder is the name given to the alleged spiritual possession of fourteen-year-old Lurancy Vennum of Watseka, Illinois in the late 19th century.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Watseka became the subject of national attention, with newspapers across the country debating a series of strange occurrences. It all began with one young woman, Mary Lurancy Vennum. Not a lot has been written about Lurancy’s birth and early childhood.
The Watseka Wonder. A story told in a pamphlet by physician E. W. Stevens, The Watseka Wonder, which details a most intriguing case of continued spirit control. In 1865, at the age of nineteen, a girl named Mary Roff who was mentally ill died in Watseka, Illinois.
Aug 11, 2021 · Tales of paranormal activity date back thousands of years, but a tiny Illinois town holds the distinction of being the site of America’s first documented demonic possession. Today, Watseka, Illinois, is a quiet midwestern town nestled among wide swaths of farmland about halfway between Chicago and Champaign.
- Beth Braden
Nineteenth-century American case (also known as the Watseka Wonder) of a 13-year old girl appearing for some months to be possessed by the spirit of a girl of the same town who had died twelve years earlier.
Oct 22, 2014 · After opening his 'haunted' house to the public for the last nine years, Watseka resident John Whitman has decided that this will be the final year the Roff Home will hold tours.
In 1878, a small town in Illinois gained notoriety around the country as home to one of the strangest spirit possessions in American history. The story of what came to be known as the “Watseka Wonder” created a mystery that endures to this day.
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