A rental house in Gary, Indiana. Black flies in the dead of winter. Children behaving... strangely. A boy allegedly walking backward up a hospital wall. Police reports. Child Protective Services removing the kids. A Catholic priest performing blessings. And eventually, Zak Bagans buying the house, investigating it, and bulldozing it into history.

Join us as we dive headfirst into the infamous Ammons Haunting, better known as the Demon House. Was this a genuine case of demonic infestation escalating toward possession, or a perfect storm of fear, family stress, bad plumbing, and media chaos? We break down the police reports, DCS findings, church involvement, the famous “wall-walking” hospital incident, and how Demon House turned one Gary rental into paranormal legend.

Because this week we set out to prove nothing says “haunted” quite like demons… and bureaucratic paperwork… on Hysteria 51!

Special thanks to this week’s research sources:

· ABC News – “Reality TV Star Snaps Up Indiana ‘Demon House’”

https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/02/reality-tv-star-snaps-up-indiana-demon-house

· Skeptical Inquirer – Joe Nickell, “The 200 Demons House: A Skeptical Demonologist’s Report”

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2014/05/the-200-demons-house-a-skeptical-demonologists-report/

· Skeptical Inquirer – “Demon House Deconstructed”

https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/demon-house-deconstructed/

· National Catholic Register – “Parish Priest Aids Family in Fight Against Demons”

https://www.ncregister.com/news/parish-priest-aids-family-in-fight-against-demons

· Diocese of Gary – Statement Regarding Rev. Michael Maginot

https://dcgary.org/news/reverend-michael-maginot-not-authorized-perform-exorcisms-03312022

· Indiana DCS / Publicly Circulated Case Documents (archived PDF)

https://www.fisheaters.com/garyhaunting2.pdf

· American Lung Association – Carbon Monoxide and “Haunting” Symptoms

https://www.lung.org/blog/spooky-things-in-house

· Wikipedia – Ammons Haunting Case

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammons_haunting_case

· Wikipedia – Demon House (2018 Documentary)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon_House_(film)

· Wikipedia – Anneliese Michel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel

· Wikipedia – Enfield Poltergeist

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enfield_poltergeist

· Wikipedia – Exorcism of Roland Doe / Robbie Mannheim

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exorcism_of_Roland_Doe

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