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731 OCT 1926Paranormal1926PAR7HOUDINI SEANCESHOUDINI SEANCES - TEN HALLOWEENS AND A SECRET CODEDetroit, 31 October 1926. Harry Houdini dies on Halloween after promising his wife Bess a coded message from beyond. She holds a séance every Halloween for ten years, ending on a Hollywood rooftop in 1936. No message has ever been accepted.Detroit, 31 October 1926. Harry Houdini dies on Halloween after promising his wife Bess a coded message from beyond. She holds a séance every Halloween for ten years, ending on a Hollywood rooftop in 1936. No message has ever been accepted. 71 JUL 1976Paranormal1976PAR7ANNELIESE MICHELANNELIESE MICHEL - THE STUDENT, THE ILLNESS AND THE RITEKlingenberg am Main, Germany, 1976. Anneliese Michel, a 23-year-old student teacher with epilepsy, dies of starvation after ten months of Church-approved exorcisms. Her parents and two priests are convicted of negligent homicide. Her story inspired The Exorcism of Emily Rose.Klingenberg am Main, Germany, 1976. Anneliese Michel, a 23-year-old student teacher with epilepsy, dies of starvation after ten months of Church-approved exorcisms. Her parents and two priests are convicted of negligent homicide. Her story inspired The Exorcism of Emily Rose. 731 OCT 1974Weird1974WRD7POISONED HALLOWEEN CANDYPOISONED HALLOWEEN CANDY - THE STRANGER WHO NEVER CAMEPasadena, Texas, 31 October 1974. Eight-year-old Timothy O'Bryan dies after eating a cyanide-laced Pixy Stix given to him by his own father. The case fixed a fear of poisoned trick-or-treat sweets that decades of research have never matched with a stranger.Pasadena, Texas, 31 October 1974. Eight-year-old Timothy O'Bryan dies after eating a cyanide-laced Pixy Stix given to him by his own father. The case fixed a fear of poisoned trick-or-treat sweets that decades of research have never matched with a stranger. 516 FEB 1981Paranormal1981PAR5ARNE CHEYENNE JOHNSONARNE CHEYENNE JOHNSON - THE DEVIL MADE ME DO ITBrookfield, Connecticut, 1981. Arne Cheyenne Johnson kills his landlord, Alan Bono, months after Ed and Lorraine Warren declared his girlfriend's young brother possessed. His lawyer tries the first demonic possession defence in a US court. The judge refuses it.Brookfield, Connecticut, 1981. Arne Cheyenne Johnson kills his landlord, Alan Bono, months after Ed and Lorraine Warren declared his girlfriend's young brother possessed. His lawyer tries the first demonic possession defence in a US court. The judge refuses it. 830 OCT 1938Weird1938WRD8WAR OF THE WORLDSWAR OF THE WORLDS - THE NIGHT RADIO INVADED NEW JERSEYCBS radio, 30 October 1938. Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre tells a Martian invasion as breaking news from Grovers Mill, New Jersey. Next morning the papers report a nation in panic. Historians who went back to the ratings and the letters think almost nobody was fooled.CBS radio, 30 October 1938. Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre tells a Martian invasion as breaking news from Grovers Mill, New Jersey. Next morning the papers report a nation in panic. Historians who went back to the ratings and the letters think almost nobody was fooled. 612 APR 1981Weird1981WRD6KEDDIE MURDERSKEDDIE MURDERS - CABIN 28Keddie, California, April 1981. Sue Sharp, her son John and his friend Dana Wingate are killed in cabin 28, and twelve-year-old Tina Sharp is taken. Three boys sleep through it in the next room. Tina's remains are found three years later. No one has ever been charged.Keddie, California, April 1981. Sue Sharp, her son John and his friend Dana Wingate are killed in cabin 28, and twelve-year-old Tina Sharp is taken. Three boys sleep through it in the next room. Tina's remains are found three years later. No one has ever been charged. 42003Paranormal2003PAR4DYBBUK BOXDYBBUK BOX - THE EBAY CURSE THAT WAS WRITTENPortland, Oregon, 2003. Kevin Mannis sells a small wine cabinet on eBay with a story of a Holocaust survivor and a trapped spirit. It inspires the film The Possession and ends up in a Las Vegas haunted museum. In 2021 Mannis says he made the story up.Portland, Oregon, 2003. Kevin Mannis sells a small wine cabinet on eBay with a story of a Holocaust survivor and a trapped spirit. It inspires the film The Possession and ends up in a Las Vegas haunted museum. In 2021 Mannis says he made the story up. 56 OCT 1974Paranormal1974PAR5OSSETT EXORCISMOSSETT EXORCISM - THE NIGHT AT GAWBER AND CHRISTINE TAYLORWest Yorkshire, October 1974. After an all-night exorcism at a church near Barnsley, Michael Taylor is sent home still said to carry the demon of murder. Within hours he kills his wife, Christine. He is found not guilty by reason of insanity, and the Church of England writes its first exorcism rules.West Yorkshire, October 1974. After an all-night exorcism at a church near Barnsley, Michael Taylor is sent home still said to carry the demon of murder. Within hours he kills his wife, Christine. He is found not guilty by reason of insanity, and the Church of England writes its first exorcism rules. 618 AUG 1634Paranormal1634PAR6LOUDUN POSSESSIONSLOUDUN POSSESSIONS - THE NUNS, THE PRIEST AND THE PYRELoudun, France, 1632 to 1637. Ursuline nuns say they are possessed and name the parish priest Urbain Grandier, a man they have never met. After public exorcisms and a devil's pact produced in court, Grandier is burned alive in 1634. The possessions continue without him.Loudun, France, 1632 to 1637. Ursuline nuns say they are possessed and name the parish priest Urbain Grandier, a man they have never met. After public exorcisms and a devil's pact produced in court, Grandier is burned alive in 1634. The possessions continue without him.