The Red Treehouse: Scary Stories to Keep You Up at Night

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What would you do if you found out someone was secretly living inside your home?

Eating your food. Using your restroom. Watching you sleep.

How would you handle this? And more importantly, how would you even know?

Join me in The Red Treehouse for 4 true phrogging nightmares, where the scariest thing in your home may not be a ghost, but a stranger living there.

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Into the Dark by Shakibhasansayed

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Ouija boards -- opinions are usually mixed, with some claiming it's just a child's toy and works through the power of suggestion and manipulation. Others believe it's a portal to a metaphysical world and a conduit to connect with spirits from the other side.

If the latter is true, what happens when the spirit communicating isn't friendly--or worse, malevolent?

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In November 1980, Granger Taylor walked out of his parents home, climbed into his pickup truck, drove away, and was never heard from again.

As if that weren't chilling enough, Granger believed he'd been in communication with extraterrestrials and they had arranged to pick him up.

What happened to him?

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Sources:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-man-who-went-to-space-and-disappeared-the-story-of-granger-taylor/

https://www.trailwentcold.com/e/the-trail-went-cold-episode-403-granger-taylor/

https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/b-c-s-granger-taylor-left-a-note-saying-he-was-boarding-an-alien-spaceship-then-he-disappeared-1.7590847

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/tragic-mystery-man-who-disappeared-34761116

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As Nicola sinks deep into the grip of up to 29 demons, the Church fights to save her soul.

But do they succeed?

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Sources:

The Triumph of the Blessed Sacrament. Public Domain (1877)

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Over half of Americans claim they have been visited by the spirit of a dead relative. Overwhelmingly, those visitations provide a measure of relief and comfort.

In the mid-16th century, Nicola Aubry, a teenage girl, claimed she was being haunted by the spirit of her dead grandfather. It turns, the spirit was far darker and more malevolent.

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Sources:

The Triumph of the Blessed Sacrament. Public Domain (1877)

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The Deliverance, which released in 2024, tells the story of Ebony Jackson, who moves into a new home with her mother and children, with the hope of a fresh start.

What they got, instead, was a pure nightmare.

And, it's based on the real-life horror story of Latoya Ammons, who moved into what was known as the Demon House.

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Sources: https://www.reddit.com/r/threekings/comments/4l0syz/recipe_speaking_with_your_penumbra/

https://theghostinmymachine.com/2020/09/02/the-most-dangerous-games-an-alternate-soul-mirror-ritual-strange-face-illusion/

https://theghostinmymachine.com/2026/04/27/the-most-dangerous-games-the-hospitality-game/

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The Deliverance, which released in 2024, tells the story of Ebony Jackson, who moves into a new home with her mother and children, with the hope of a fresh start.

What they got, instead, was a pure nightmare.

And, it's based on the real-life horror story of Latoya Ammons, who moved into what was known as the Demon House.

Join me in The Red Treehouse to find out more!

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Into the Dark by Shakibhasansayed

Sad Rap Beat by Defekt Maschine

Sources:

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https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2014/01/25/the-disposession-of-latoya-ammons/4892553/

https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/articles/inside-the-bizarre-case-of-the-indiana-home-one-priest-called-a-

https://psychtimes.com/demonophobia-fear-of-demons/

https://the-line-up.com/ammons-family-haunting

https://allthatsinteresting.com/latoya-ammons

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The Ritual, which released in 2025, was one of the more disappointing horror movies that year; but I had high hopes because it was based on the real-life, terrifying exorcisms of Anna Ecklund--who was believed to be possessed by 5 demons.

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Sources:

https://khak.com/demons-in-iowa-the-possession-that-inspired-the-exorcist/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/demonic-possession/6

https://www.darkhistories.com/the-exorcism-of-anna-ecklund/

https://emadion.it/en/paranormal/exorcisms/the-exorcism-of-earling-the-true-story-of-anna-ecklund/

Begone,Satan! by Carl Vogl.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street, which introduced us to iconic slasher villain, Freddy Krueger, is one of the best horror movies ever made.

But did you know it was inspired by the real-life Hmong refugee nightmare deaths in the 70s and early 80s?

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Into the Dark by Shakibhasansayed

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Sources:

Munger, R.G. (1987). Sudden death in sleep of Laotian-Hmong refugees in Thailand: A

https://www.hmongofwa.org/our-history.html

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hmong

https://www.hmongamericancenter.org/hmong-history/

https://hmongamerican.org/unexplained-deaths-inspired-a-nightmare-on-elm-street/

https://www.history.com/news/nightmare-on-elm-street-real-inspiration-hmong-death

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/10/us/nightmares-suspected-in-bed-deaths-of-18-laotians.html

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

https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46nwn8.17?seq=2

https://documents.latimes.com/mysterious-fatal-malady-striking-hmong-men/

https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/agent-orange-in-vietnam-program/what-is-agent-orange/

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21878-ventricular-fibrillation#symptoms-and-causes

https://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/

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

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.007837

Behind the Horror: True Stories that Inspired Horror Movies (Dr. Lee Mellor)

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We know the story well--a woman, driving along a deserted road, is suddenly stalked by another vehicle whose driver is flashing his high beams and moving erratically.

Except, it isn't what it seems...

What's going on? And why is the driving scaring her to death?

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Sources:

HighBeams (FearsomeFrights)

https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/High_Beams

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