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Please be aware the stories, theories, re-enactments and language in this podcast are of an adult nature and can be considered disturbing, frightening and in some cases even offensive. Listener Discretion is therefore advised.
Welcome heathens welcome to the world of the weird and unexplained. I’m your host, Nicole Delacroix and together, we will be investigating stories about the things that go bump in the night, monsters lurking under your bed or deep in the forest, that unknown creature lurking just out of sight and frighteningly imagined creatures, ghosts, supernatural beings and even some unsolved mysteries. So, sit back, grab your favorite drink, and prepare to be transported to today's dark Enigma....
And on today’s Dark enigma, since it’s my birthday, I’m doing a story about the things I like to hear about, so I hope you guys enjoy it as well. So, with that said, we will still be playing our drinking game and as you know, the drinking game is only for those of us that are at home and have nowhere else to go tonight. The choice of libation is yours, so choose your poison accordingly… Alright, now for the game part how about every time I say Demon that will be a single shot and every time I say possession, that will be a double shot. Now that the business end is out of the way we can jump headfirst into today’s dark enigma… and today we are talking Demons Death And The Strange Tale Of One Michael Taylor, but before we get to the bulk of today’s story, I have a little ghost story to whet your appetite… so our first story is Remembering Nelly Butler, America’s First Ghost Story
It was August 9, 1799, when Abner Blaisdel first heard the “knocking noises” in his house in Machiasport, Maine. And on January 2, 1800, both Abner and his daughter heard a woman’s voice coming from the cellar. “I’m the dead wife,” the voice said, “of Captain George Butler, born Nelly Hooper.” Nelly Butler thus became what many believe is America’s first documented ghost. David Hooper, Nelly’s father, lived about five miles from the Blaisdel home, so Abner sent for him. Mr. Hooper was skeptical, but he was also curious. After walking five miles through a raging snowstorm, Hooper joined Abner in the cellar.
Once again Nelly spoke, and Mr. Hooper became a believer. “She gave such clear and irresistible tokens of her being the spirit of my own daughter as gave me no less satisfaction than admiration and delight,” he wrote later. Soon after her father returned home, Nelly appeared visually for the first time to Abner’s son Paul. Terrified, he ran home, reporting that he was walking through the fields and was chased by the apparition that “floated” behind him. That night, Nelly scolded Paul for not speaking to her when he saw her.
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