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The Union Screaming House: Real Terror Lives Inside

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Shrieks, bangs and a looming shadow figure torment a single father and his children in this true story of the Union Screaming House located in Missouri.

Steven LaChance was looking to expand his family’s living quarters beyond that of a small apartment and when he finds the perfect home he doesn’t expect to go from skeptic to true believer almost overnight.

LaChance’s story has been well documented. He has given his own account several times and even wrote a book about his experience called “The Uninvited.”

The website Legends of America contains a brief but frightening first-hand account written by LaChance himself.

It all started in May 2001.

Having been cramped in a small apartment with his children for a while, LaChance was eager to stretch out. His lease was up anyway and fearing homelessness he looked at every classified ad for a possible lead.

So when an opportunity arose to look at a real house for rent in Union Missouri he jumped at the chance. Not only was it big, but it also had a yard and quiet neighborhood. Or so he thought.

The House

The landlady scheduled LaChance to view the house on a Sunday. Taking his daughter with him they arrived and entered the home.

“To our surprise, we were standing in a living room with cherubs surrounding the top of the walls all the way around the room. All of the original woodwork was intact and a large wooden pole ran to the ceiling creating a divider which separated the living room from the family room. The house had two floors with three bedrooms, and a large family kitchen with a mudroom that lead to the back door. The upstairs bedrooms had a breezeway that could be accessed from all rooms.”

It was perfect. This would solve many problems including an improvement to the family’s quality of life. The landlady had a few people interested in renting the home. The eager father waited with bated breath for her to make a decision.

“You understand the responsibility that comes with living in an old house such as this?’ she asked. “Oh, yes I understand. It’s beautiful.”, I quickly replied, not really understanding to what I was agreeing to. ‘Well then I will get back to you,’ she said.'”

They Got It!

It took a week, but the she called him back with good news. It was theirs.

Moving day came on a Friday and nothing of note happened inside the house, however, a local pulled up to the curb and said something odd: “Hope you get along okay here.”

The family unpacked their belongings and explored the house in a little more detail. The only thing LaChance found odd was that there were old-fashioned latches on the doors.

“The latches were on the outside of the rooms doors, as if to keep something in,” he recalls. He kept this to himself.

Then something else happened. He was hanging a picture in the living room which would crash to the floor every time he got it hung. Again he dismissed the incident and carried on.

But then there was another neighbor incident which struck him as bizarre. People would not walk in front of his house, they would cross the street instead.

Having to do some yard work because the trees in the front yard were losing their leaves, LaChance asked his son to retrieve the garden hose from the basement. It didn’t go well.

Suddenly from the front yard, LaChance could hear his son screaming at the top of his lungs. The concerned father ran inside.

“‘Something chased me up the basement steps.’ ‘What chased you?’ I asked, already thinking the overactive imagination of a little boy was at play here. ‘I don’t know daddy, but it was big.'”

Despite the few occurrences, their first weekend in the new home came and went. However, LaChance began to notice that whenever he would come home all the lights in the empty house would be on.

Hot & Cold

Soon the temperatures in the house would fluctuate from room to room. One room would be overly warm, but if you stepped into another it would be freezing.

Then one Sunday night LaChance saw it, him.

“The kids had their backs to the living room, for which I am still thankful because the memory of what happened next still haunts my dreams to this day. I noticed it first out of the corner of my eye.

A quick glance. Something moving, standing at the kitchen doorway that led into the family room. Not something – someone. I looked toward it again. It was a dark figure of a man, even though there was full light. He was solid in form except there was a moving, churning, dark gray, black smoke or mist that made up his form.”

A frightened LaChance looked away in disbelief sure that what he was seeing was a figment of his imagination, but when he looked back up it was still there. “He was solid in form except there was a moving, churning, dark gray, black smoke or mist that made up his form.”

Don’t Panic, But Get Out

The entity melted into thin air. LaChance decided for the sake of his children not to panic. Instead, he calmly told them to get in the car; they were going out to get a snack.

“We moved orderly out the front door and I turned to lock the door,  when a loud painful scream of a man came from inside the house. It sounded as if he was screaming in pain, so loud that it could be heard throughout the neighborhood and the dogs began to bark. To hell with orderly, ‘Get in the car!’ I screamed at my children.”

Driving down the street, his son turned around, “Daddy the basement monster is standing in the upstairs window.” LaChance looked too. His son was right.

The Return

The clan stayed at LaChance’s parent’s house while he traveled out of town. The trip gave him an opportunity to rationalize what he saw and also come to the realization they had nowhere else to go. They returned to the house.

The house was quiet for a few days, then all hell broke loose. It started with the doors rattling softly becoming more violent after each interval. Then a stench wafted throughout the house:

In His Own Words

“And then, the screaming started – softly at first, but building in momentum.

I yelled through the phone to my mother to come help – we were getting out. Then the whole house began to shake and come alive.

From the above, I could hear something large coming down the stairs. Boom. Boom! BOOM! The screaming of the man over and over. The screaming of my daughter, ‘Daddy what is happening!’

Along with this came the thought that one of my two bedroom doors connected to the stairs. BOOM! BOOM!

It was coming down those stairs! I had to get to my children! The whole house was alive with noise.

The floor beneath me was shaking as I made my way to the bedroom door.  I felt something behind me and I knew I didn’t want to turnaround to see it! BOOM! SCREAMING!  

A new scream mixed into the man’s scream – this one from a child. BOOM! SCREAMS! BOOM! I made it to my bedroom door but it wouldn’t open.

By this time I, too, am screaming. Throwing myself against the door it still wouldn’t budge. I continued to throw myself against the door again and again until it finally slammed open.”

Scambling to freedom, they made their way to the car hearing the screams still emanating from inside the house.

“‘We could see “it” searching through the house. Searching! Searching for us! It’s blackness moving from room to room methodically.'”

The LaChance’s never returned to the house as a family. Steven made his way back to pack up, but he always brought someone with him.

The Ghost Identified

He later discovered that the man he saw was Captain John T. Crowe.

In the beginning, LaChance wasn’t a believer, but spending the little time he did in the “Screaming House,” made him one.

“‘The breathing you’d hear when you were alone with it in a room. The breathing you would hear when you knew it was there. Heavy. Labored. Breathing. Yes, I do believe in ghosts. I do believe in ghosts. And maybe you should too?'”

You can read LaChance’s full account HERE, or read his book “The Uninvited: The True Story of the Union Screaming House

Also this Facebook post explains how hard it was for him to write the book.

The Roman Catholic Church released a report on the Haunting. You can read that here.

Want more true haunted house scares, click HERE.

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New Poster Reveal For Nicolas Cage’s Survival Creature Feature ‘Arcadian’ [Trailer]

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In the latest cinematic venture featuring Nicolas Cage, Arcadian emerges as a compelling creature feature, teeming with suspense, horror, and emotional depth. RLJE Films has recently released a series of new images and a captivating poster, offering audiences a glimpse into the eerie and thrilling world of “Arcadian”. Scheduled to hit theaters on April 12, 2024, the film will later be available on Shudder and AMC+, ensuring a wide audience can experience its gripping narrative.

Arcadian Movie Trailer

The Motion Picture Association (MPA) has given this film an “R” rating for its “bloody images,” hinting at the visceral and intense experience awaiting viewers. The film draws inspiration from acclaimed horror benchmarks like “A Quiet Place,” weaving a post-apocalyptic tale of a father and his two sons navigating a desolate world. Following a catastrophic event that depopulates the planet, the family faces the dual challenge of surviving their dystopian environment and eluding mysterious nocturnal creatures.

Joining Nicolas Cage in this harrowing journey are Jaeden Martell, known for his role in “IT” (2017), Maxwell Jenkins from “Lost in Space,” and Sadie Soverall, featured in “Fate: The Winx Saga.” Directed by Ben Brewer (“The Trust”) and penned by Mike Nilon (“Braven”), “Arcadian” promises a unique blend of poignant storytelling and electrifying survival horror.

Maxwell Jenkins, Nicolas Cage, and Jaeden Martell 

Critics have already begun to praise “Arcadian” for its imaginative monster designs and exhilarating action sequences, with one review from Bloody Disgusting highlighting the film’s balance between emotional coming-of-age elements and heart-pounding horror. Despite sharing thematic elements with similar genre films, “Arcadian” sets itself apart through its creative approach and action-driven plot, promising a cinematic experience filled with mystery, suspense, and relentless thrills.

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‘Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 3’ Is a Go with Enhanced Budget and New Characters

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Wow, they’re churning things out fast! The upcoming sequel “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 3” is officially moving forward, promising an expanded narrative with a larger budget and the introduction of beloved characters from A.A. Milne’s original tales. As confirmed by Variety, the third installment in the horror franchise will welcome Rabbit, the heffalumps, and the woozles into its dark and twisted narrative.

This sequel is a part of an ambitious cinematic universe that reimagines children’s stories as horror tales. Alongside “Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey” and its first sequel, the universe includes films such as “Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare”, “Bambi: The Reckoning,” and “Pinocchio Unstrung”. These movies are set to converge in the crossover event “Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble,” slated for a 2025 release.

Winnie the Pooh Poohniverse

The creation of these films was made possible when A.A. Milne’s 1926 children’s book “Winnie-the-Pooh” entered the public domain last year, allowing filmmakers to explore these cherished characters in unprecedented ways. Director Rhys Frake-Waterfield and producer Scott Jeffrey Chambers, of Jagged Edge Productions, have led the charge in this innovative endeavor.

The inclusion of Rabbit, heffalumps, and woozles in the upcoming sequel introduces a new layer to the franchise. In Milne’s original stories, heffalumps are imagined creatures resembling elephants, while woozles are known for their weasel-like characteristics and a penchant for stealing honey. Their roles in the narrative remain to be seen, but their addition promises to enrich the horror universe with deeper connections to the source material.

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For fans eager to dive into one of this year’s most talked-about horror films from the comfort of their own home, “Late Night with the Devil” will be available for streaming exclusively on Shudder starting April 19, 2024. This announcement has been highly anticipated following the film’s successful theatrical release by IFC Films, which saw it earning rave reviews and a record-breaking opening weekend for the distributor.

“Late Night with the Devil” emerges as a standout horror film, captivating audiences and critics alike, with Stephen King himself offering high praise for the 1977-set film. Starring David Dastmalchian, the movie unfolds on Halloween night during a live late-night talk show broadcast that disastrously unleashes evil across the nation. This found footage-style film not only delivers scares but also authentically captures the aesthetic of the 1970s, drawing viewers into its nightmarish scenario.

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The film’s initial box office success, opening to $2.8 million in 1,034 theaters, underscores its wide appeal and marks the highest opening weekend for an IFC Films release. Critically acclaimed, “Late Night with the Devil” boasts a 96% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 135 reviews, with the consensus praising it for rejuvenating the possession horror genre and showcasing David Dastmalchian’s exceptional performance.

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Simon Rother of iHorror.com encapsulates the film’s allure, emphasizing its immersive quality that transports viewers back to the 1970s, making them feel as if they are part of the eerie “Night Owls” Halloween broadcast. Rother lauds the film for its meticulously crafted script and the emotional and shocking journey it takes viewers on, stating, “This whole experience will have viewers of the Cairnes brothers’ film glued to their screen… The script, from beginning to end, is neatly sewn together with an ending that’ll have jaws on the floor.” You can read the full review here.

Rother further encourages audiences to watch the film, highlighting its multifaceted appeal: “Whenever it is made available to you, you must attempt to view the Cairnes Brothers’ latest project as it will make you laugh, it will creep you out, it will amaze you, and it might even strike an emotional cord.”

Set to stream on Shudder on April 19, 2024, “Late Night with the Devil” offers a compelling blend of horror, history, and heart. This film is not just a must-watch for horror aficionados but for anyone looking to be thoroughly entertained and moved by a cinematic experience that redefines the boundaries of its genre.

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