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We are all in search of truth. Let us not be so blinded with prejudice as to be disgusted with its wrappings and

failed to find the fair treasure so snugly ensconced within.

The words of devout spiritualist preacher Dr. E. Winchester Stevens in his account of a spiritual possession that took place deep in the American Midwest in the spring of 1878.

Spanning several weeks, it was a curiously prolonged and public

possession that was witnessed by the entire town of Watsika, a small town of

1500 people in Iroquois County.

Amongst numerous strange occurrences, it is the tale of a young girl named

Lorentzivenum and the peculiar spiritual embodiment of Mary Roth.

This is Dark Histories where the facts are worth some fiction.

Hello and welcome to Dark History season 3 episode 6. I hope you're all doing

really well. This is episode 6 of the third season but who'd have thought it is the 50th main

episode of all time so that's a seriously awesome landmark and I'm really kind of

of like chuffed to pieces that the podcast is still alive after 50 episodes and getting stronger every day.

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