Loftus Hall Part 2

Astonishing Legends

Scott Philbrook

History, Society & Culture

4.6 • 9.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2019

⏱️ 150 minutes

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Summary

As it is said with legends, when you separate the wheat from the chaff, there is often a kernel of truth in them. So what is the truth about Loftus Hall? Whether the Devil himself came to visit this prominent family who can say with certainty, but it seems accurate that the real Anne Tottenham suffered so great an instance of emotional trauma that it left her to wither in a catatonic state for the rest of her short life. There may even be proof that she remained seated for years, staring out the window of her favorite room, waiting for her bewitching love to return. What is also known is that some occult force had disturbed the family and staff of the house so greatly and frequently thereafter, that Protestant nobility had broken with fierce tradition to seek help from a local Catholic priest. The much-beloved Father Thomas Broaders was called upon to exorcize the demonic presence and was successful, mostly. What remains true today is that Loftus Hall is a grand attraction, scarred by its history and haunted by a love lost.

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0:00.0	Estonishing legends will lead to thanks Square Space, the Great Courses Plus, Robinhood,
0:03.7	and our contributors at Patreon for making tonight's show possible.
0:07.6	Last week, we brought you the legend of Loftus Hall, a home in Ireland that is infamous for a
0:12.8	story about the time the devil visited, besting the baron of the house at cards,
0:17.6	stealing his daughter's heart, and then vanishing in a ball of fire that blasted through
0:22.1	three floors of rooms out into the rainy night. We talked about the history of the hall
0:27.2	and the area of Ireland that it's in. We helped you become familiar with the Loftus family
0:32.0	members and tried to paint a picture that would take you back to that time and place.
0:36.4	We discussed Father Brodus and his partially successful exorcism of the hall. Tonight,
0:42.5	we move past all of that, delving further into the story in its aftermath. We'll speak with
0:48.1	local author Chris Rush about his fictionalized book titled The Legend of Loftus Hall. Loftus Hall
0:55.0	is still quite haunted to this day. The question is, who or what is Trump there?
1:15.2	Welcome back to Estonishing Legends. I'm Scott Philbrook and this is Forrest Burgess.
1:20.4	The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to text of scripture,
1:25.2	is to cheer and flout him for he cannot bear scored. Martin Luther, join us tonight for the second
1:31.9	and final part of our series on Loftus Hall.
1:41.1	And we're back. That we are. We're starting tonight's show with an important if unusual announcement.
1:54.3	We recently found out that Bob Gimlin of the famous 1967 Patterson Gimlin Bigfoot film that
2:00.7	everyone who's hearing this has probably seen is about to embark on a brief tour around the
2:06.7	country. Bob is in his late 80s and when we found out that Jeffrey Gonzalez, who hosts a YouTube
2:11.1	show called Paranormal Central, invited Bob to an event in Fresno for just 200 people on April 6th,
2:17.3	we knew we could not pass it up. So if you live in or near Fresno, we're going to be there on the
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