The Watseka Wonder

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This week Nicole brings us the story of America's first ever documented possession! The story of Mary Roff and Mary Lurancy Vennum has it all; spirituality, reincarnation, possession, old timey doctors, screaming cats, and more! 

Sources
https://libsysdigi.library.uiuc.edu/OCA/Books2009-06/watsekawonder00stev/watsekawonder00stev.pdf 

https://archive.org/details/historicghostsa00brucgoog/page/n188/mode/2up?view=theater 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalepsy 

https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/articles/watseka-wonder-the-startling-story-of-the-first-documented-possession-ghost-brothers-lights-out

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