The Smurl House Visitation

One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries

Laurah Norton

Paranormalpodcast, History, True Crime, Paranormal, Mystery

4.6 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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During the swell of the Satanic Panic, New England's premiere paranormal investigators, Ed and Lorraine Warren, headed to the Pennsylvania home of Jack and Janet Smurl, who believed they were beset by unwelcome visitors: demonic ones. The Smurls' strange experiences were chalked up to a cash grab by some, but could they have truly been in need of an exorcism--or was the problem actually a different supernatural phenomena? One Strange Thing: True Paranormal Mysteries explores the archives of the unexplained, blending rigorous historical research with a wry, skeptical wit to investigate true supernatural stories and baffling mysteries that made headlines. Dive into our Episode Mystery Archive — a curated, topic-organized source for documented hauntings, UFO sightings, cryptids, folklore, and bizarre true mysteries. Check it out here! https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/episodes-by-topic-mystery-archive Pre order Laurah's book LAY THEM TO REST: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/laurah-norton/lay-them-to-rest/9780306828805/ Sign up today at butcherbox.com/OST and use code OST to get one 10- 14 lb Turkey FREE in your first box. Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OSTPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Hosted and Written by Laurah Norton Researched by Bryan Worters and Laurah Norton Engineered by Bill Bertschinger Produced and Script-edited by Maura Currie Sources on our website: https://www.onestrangethingpodcast.com/ Join us on Patreon for early release and ad-free episodes, exclusive stories, and bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/OneStrangeThing Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/OSTPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onestrangethingpod/ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/One-Strange-Thing-114307627035607 Interested in advertising on our show? Contact Glassbox Media: https://glassboxmedia.com/contact-us/ Copyright One Strange Thing Podcast LLC 2022

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0:00.0	I'm Laura Norton, and this is one strange thing, the show where we search the nation's
0:10.1	news archives for stories that can't quite be explained.
0:19.4	In honor of Halloween, we think it's past time that we covered a story involving two of the most famous, or infamous, depending on your perspective, figures in the paranormal world.
0:32.3	After all, the supernatural 70s and the paranoid 1980s, that was the prime era for Ed and Lorraine Warren.
0:42.8	Now, we've mentioned them in passing before, but in the spirit of the season, a recap is in order.
0:51.7	In brief, Ed and Lorraine Warren were made famous by their investigations into a number
0:57.7	of high-profile cases of alleged demonic possession and poltergeist infestation. This includes
1:05.9	the doll known as Annabelle, the Amityville House, and the real-life stories behind the Conjury movies,
1:13.6	plus many more events. According to the Connecticut Post, the Warrens were the United
1:19.6	States' most famous paranormal investigators for close to half a century. Actually, they were
1:26.6	internationally famous and were called to consult
1:29.9	on cases all over the world. The Warrens were devout Catholics and based their approach
1:35.7	to the paranormal on a few key concepts. They believed in the literal manifestation of evil,
1:42.0	the power of exorcism, and the strength of Lorraine's alleged
1:45.8	clairvoyant powers. Ed was a purported demonologist. Per the Connecticut Post, the Warren's
1:53.1	claimed to have, quote, conducted over 100 individual paranormal investigations. The Warrens even consulted on a murder trial in 1981, where, per the post, the defense
2:06.3	was literally, quote, the devil made me do it.
2:10.3	The couple supported the defendant's claim of demonic possession.
2:14.5	The judge, however, quote, disregarded the theory and sentenced the defendant to prison.
2:21.3	As the Hollywood reporter has noted, the warrants offered their services for free, but that doesn't
2:27.8	mean that there was no financial gain involved in their work. Quote, they enjoyed immense
2:33.4	financial success nonetheless, thanks to
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