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Dead Villisca Children Speak After 100 Years

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9 years ago

December 7, 2014

The murdered Villisca Children have been dead for over 100 years, but their pleas can still be heard through the hallways and bedrooms of their Iowa home with the help of modern technology and a vigilant paranormal team (PRISM). You can hear the results of their investigations at the end of this article, but to understand the true nature of their cries it’s important to understand their tragic history first.

One night in June 1912, between midnight and 5 am, someone with an axe mercilessly hacked his way through 508 E 2nd St., in Villisca Iowa, killing 8 people as they slept; six of those people were children. There are many theories as to the identity of the killer, but to this day it remains a mystery.

The Villisca Children Medium

The crime may be unsolved, but 100 years later, thanks to some incredible Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP), the children still speak as if they are reliving that night over and over again.

“Medium”

The murder victims are parents Josiah Moore and Sara Montgomery Moore, and their children:

Herman Moore, 11 years old
Katherine Moore, 10 years old
Boyd Moore, 7 years old
Paul Moore, 5 years old

Two houseguests were also killed; badly mutilated and unrecognizable:
Lena Gertrude Stillinger*, 12 years old
Ina May Stillinger*, 8 years old.

It is the younger children that seem to be more active in the house, they are drawn to the living and want only to be comforted; their voices sometimes reveal that the killer is there with them and they desperately want to hide from him 100 years later.

The highly respected Paranormal Research and Investigative Studies Midwest (PRISM) and ORBS research team, have caught some of the most chilling evidence of the haunting on tape. With today’s technology, the team can remove ambient noises during the recording, clean it up, and enhance the children’s voices to an almost conversational clarity. The ORBS evidence of the children screaming inside the house while the crew was outside will make your skin crawl.

PRISM paranormal founder David Pierce Rodriguez, compiled some of the best audio evidence of these children and their desperate attempts to communicate with the living. In fact, if you listen to the children’s voices in the video and EVP recordings, you can hear them talking to each other. The, “He’s going to get us Paul” EVP is one of the most chilling.

EVP is a paranormal research technique that uses recording devices to capture otherworldly beings either intentionally or by mistake. Some skeptics say that this form of evidence is merely the brain interpreting sounds as voices and putting them together as words.

Whatever you might think of the paranormal, Rodriguez’s compiled evidence is very compelling, and the voices are very clear. He first gives you the recording as it was recorded, then slows it down and removes the static in order to make the children’s pleas more isolated.

Skeptics that think the whole EVP phenomenon is a hoax, can stay overnight at the Villisca Axe Murder House and collect evidence for themselves. But for now, you can make up your mind by listening to the EVPs below:

To take a virtual tour of the Villisca house you can visit here, click the icon in the upper left-hand corner called “Display Navigation Map” and choose the room you wish to investigate. The PRISM investigation team’s videos can be found on their YouTube page here. The official page for the Villisca Ax Murder House can be found here.

*A very astute reader has pointed out that in fact the two hhouseguestswere Lena Gertrude Stillinger and Ina May Stillinger, not their sisters Edith and Blanche as originally written. Thank you “An Iowan”.

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Trailer for ‘The Exorcism’ Has Russell Crowe Possessed

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7 hours ago

April 25, 2024

Timothy Rawles

The latest exorcism movie is about to drop this summer. It’s aptly titled The Exorcism and it stars Academy Award winner turned B-movie savant Russell Crowe. The trailer dropped today and by the looks of it, we are getting a possession movie that takes place on a movie set.

Just like this year’s recent demon-in-media-space film Late Night With the Devil, The Exorcism happens during a production. Although the former takes place on a live network talk show, the latter is on an active sound stage. Hopefully, it won’t be entirely serious and we’ll get some meta chuckles out of it.

The film will open in theaters on June 7, but since Shudder also acquired it, it probably won’t be long after that until it finds a home on the streaming service.

Crowe plays, “Anthony Miller, a troubled actor who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. His estranged daughter, Lee (Ryan Simpkins), wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play. The film also stars Sam Worthington, Chloe Bailey, Adam Goldberg and David Hyde Pierce.”

Crowe did see some success in last year’s The Pope’s Exorcist mostly because his character was so over-the-top and infused with such comical hubris it bordered on parody. We will see if that is the route actor-turned-director Joshua John Miller takes with The Exorcism.

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Win a Stay at The Lizzie Borden House From Spirit Halloween

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8 hours ago

April 25, 2024

Timothy Rawles

Spirit Halloween has declared that this week marks the start of spooky season and to celebrate they are offering fans a chance to stay at the Lizzie Borden House with so many perks Lizzie herself would approve.

The Lizzie Borden House in Fall River, MA is claimed to be one of the most haunted houses in America. Of course one lucky winner and up to 12 of their friends will find out if the rumors are true if they win the grand prize: A private stay in the notorious house.

“We are delighted to work with Spirit Halloween to roll out the red carpet and offer the public a chance to win a one-of-a-kind experience at the infamous Lizzie Borden House, which also includes additional haunted experiences and merchandise,” said Lance Zaal, President & Founder of US Ghost Adventures.

Fans can enter to win by following Spirit Halloween‘s Instagram and leaving a comment on the contest post from now through April 28.

The prize also includes:

An exclusive guided house tour, including insider insight around the murder, the trial, and commonly reported hauntings

A late-night ghost tour, complete with professional ghost-hunting gear

A private breakfast in the Borden family dining room

A ghost hunting starter kit with two pieces of Ghost Daddy Ghost Hunting Gear and a lesson for two at US Ghost Adventures Ghost Hunting Course

The ultimate Lizzie Borden gift package, featuring an official hatchet, the Lizzie Borden board game, Lily the Haunted Doll, and America’s Most Haunted Volume II

Winner’s choice of a Ghost Tour experience in Salem or a True Crime experience in Boston for two

“Our Halfway to Halloween celebration provides fans an exhilarating taste of what’s to come this fall and empowers them to start planning for their favorite season as early as they please,” said Steven Silverstein, CEO of Spirit Halloween. “We have cultivated an incredible following of enthusiasts who embody the Halloween lifestyle, and we’re thrilled to bring the fun back to life.”

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Spirit Halloween is also preparing for their retail haunted houses. On Thursday, August 1 their flagship store in Egg Harbor Township, NJ. will officially open to start off the season. That event usually draws in hordes of people eager to see what new merch, animatronics, and exclusive IP goods will be trending this year.

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’28 Years Later’ Trilogy Taking Shape With Serious Star Power

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10 hours ago

April 25, 2024

Timothy Rawles

Danny Boyle is revisiting his 28 Days Later universe with three new films. He will direct the first, 28 Years Later, with two more to follow. Deadline is reporting that sources say Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and Ralph Fiennes have been cast for the first entry, a sequel to the original. Details are being kept under wraps so we don’t know how or if the first original sequel 28 Weeks Later fits into the project.

**Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes**

Boyle will direct the first movie but it’s unclear which role he will take on in the subsequent films. What is known is Candyman (2021) director Nia DaCosta is scheduled to direct the second film in this trilogy and that the third will be filmed immediately afterward. Whether DaCosta will direct both is still unclear.

Alex Garland is writing the scripts. Garland is having a successful time at the box office right now. He wrote and directed the current action/thriller Civil War which was just knocked out of the theatrical top spot by Radio Silence’s Abigail.

There is no word yet on when, or where, 28 Years Later will start production.