4. Harrisville Haunting
In 1970, days after Roger and Andrea Perron moved their family into a new home in Harrisville, Rhode Island, strange things started happening. The house, a 200-acre estate, was one of the original plantations in the area. The Perron’s soon learned that their home was lived in by eight generations of the Arnold family, many of whom died in the house.
Some of the deaths were tragic, including the one of Mrs. John Arnold who hung herself from the rafters of the barn when she was 93, several suicides, hangings, drowning’s, and the unsolved rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl. Some spirits were benign, but others, including the infamous Bathsheba Sherman, a speculated Satanist and witch, terrorized the family, particularly Mrs. Perron.
Bathsheba would slap or throw objects at Mrs. Perron, and even attack her with fire. When the physical attacks didn’t seem to work Bathsheba began attacking Perron from within. The Perron’s enlisted the help of a paranormal group who then invited Ed and Lorraine Warren to participate in the investigation, but the Warren’s were unsuccessful at cleansing the property. A séance was even held where it was believed Mrs. Perron became possessed.
The Perron’s received confirmation that nearly every living person at the time who had formerly inhabited the estate, or even visited, had experienced some sort of supernatural phenomena. After a decade of enduring activity, the family fled. The current owners have confirmed activity.
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