Possession and Aftermath

Today's podcast will feature two stories about unexplainable phenomena The audio from both of these stories has been pulled from our main YouTube channel and has been remastered for today's episode. The links to the original YouTube videos are in the description. The first story you'll hear is called Two faced, and it's about a man who's filled with this deep sense of foreboding ghastly sight in his mirror And the second and final story you'll hear is called Make it Rain. 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This politician was totally exhausted, but he was also really happy because in his hand, he had a telegram that confirmed he had won an election that he had worked so hard for and he wasn't sure he was going to get And so earlier that night, this politician had been out basically partying and celebrating this huge victory, but now he was totally beat and ready for bed Once the politician was inside his house, he picked up an oil lamp to light the way, and he walked through his house to his study where hed put the lamp down on his desk. He put the telegram saying he had won the election next to the lamp, and then the politician just collapsed into his sofa to fall asleep But before he closed his eyes, this politician looked over at a mirror on the wall, and what he saw in the mirror made him gasp and he sat upright and looked at it like he couldn't believe what he was seeing In this mirror, this politician was seeing his own face reflected as it should be, but then next to it was another face. and it was not his. It kinda looked like him, but it actually looked more like a corpse like a dead person was looking out at him from this mirror And so the politician, he stood up and began walking over to the mirror to get a closer look. But as he got closer, the dead person's face disappeared and all was left was his own reflection. And so he's like, okay, I must have been dreaming that. You know, that can't have been real. And so feeling very unsettled, this politician just went back over to the couch and he laid back down, thinking, okay, just forget about that, go to sleep Again, he glanced over at the mirror and now that he was laying down again, he saw the two faces again, his own and this dead person's face. and at this point he stood up and rushed out of the room into his bedroom where his wife was. Now his wife was a very devoted spiritualist, and so the politician thought maybe he could tell her about what he saw in the mirror and she could interpret it and tell him what it meant And so he sat down and he told his wife about what he had just seen, and she would sit there for a minute pondering what her husband had just said. And then her expression on her face just totally changed. She went from intrigued to very upset. In in a quivering voice, she would tell her husband that what this meant was he would serve honorably in the office that he had just been elected to for one term. He would get reelected but he would not survive the second term Now, when the politician heard this, he immediately rejected it. and he said to his wife, you know, there's no way that's true. You know, I probably didn't even see a face in the mirror. I'm probably just so tired, I imagined what I saw. So let's just forget about it. But his wife was not consoled and she fell into his arms sobbing as if he had just been diagnosed with some fatal illness. And over the next several days and weeks and months, this politician's wife continued to be so upset about this potential death omen that the politician had apparently had, even though again, the politician is constantly telling his wife Come on, like there's no way that's actually going to happen. And sure enough, over time, the politician's wife did sort of stop being so scared all the time that her husband was going to die. And the politician himself, he just kind of forgot about what he had seen in the mirror that night. So he would go on to serve his first term in this elected office. He would be reelected for a second term. and then during his second term on april fourteenth, eighteen sixty five This politician and his wife were out at a play in Washington, DC, and during the last act of the play, a man named John Wilkes Booth famously snuck up behind Abraham Lincoln, who was this elected politician. He was the president of the United States in his second term, and John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln in the back of the head And so Abraham Lincoln would indeed not survive his second term just like the mirror Death Omen had predicted Don't you hate it when your car just will not start? orr even worse when your car won't start and you're far from your house and you're by yourself I've been in that situation and it's awful. and that's why I keep this specific product in my car. It's called a Noco GB forty and it just sits in my car. It doesn't really do much, but heaven forbid I needed to use it. 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On february twenty fourth, nineteen eighty three, a twenty one year old man named Don Decker walked into a funeral home in the tiny rural town of Stroutsburg, Pennsylvania, where Don's grandfather's funeral was being held And as soon as Don walked inside, he saw his grandfather's casket open for viewing at the front of the room. And then he also saw lots of his family members and friends and friends of his grandfather kind of kneeled around the casket and you know, sitting in the front seats of this funeral home, and everybody is quietly crying and kind of consoling each other. But Don, you, he walks in and he doesn't talk to anybody in his family, doesn't talk to any of the friends. He doesn't go up to his grandfather's casket. Instead, Don sat down in the very last row of seats, he folded his arms just scowled angrily as he looked around them Unlike everybody else inside of this funeral home, Don was not remotely sad. He was instead just totally angry In fact, as he was sitting there, he was clenching his fist so hard out of fury that his fingernails were practically cutting into his skin Don had come to this funeral home directly from the Monroe County Correctional Facility, where he was serving a four to twelve month sentence for receiving stolen property The jail had granted Don a furlough, which is a temporary leave of absence so he could go to his grandfather's funeral And Don had jumped at the opportunity, mostly just to get out of jail for a minute, but now that he was actually at the funeral, he kind of regretted going Eventually, the actual funeral began, and one by one, Don's family members would go up to the podium and say something nice about the grandfather and then sit back down. And at first, Don, you know, hed put up with it, but after a couple people had spoken, Don was just livid. He just couldn't hear anymore. And so he tried to focus his attention just on his grandfather's casket, where he could literally see his grandfather's face as he was laying there And as he was staring at his grandfather's face, suddenly Don saw something and he stood up really suddenly in his seat. And in fact, when he stood up, it immediately caught the attention of the speaker, which was Don's cousin. and the cousin just stopped and stared at Don. And at that point the rest of the people in the funeral also turned around and looked at Don, and Don, he knew people were looking at him But he didn't care anymore He was now so focused on his grandfather because a second ago, he could have sworn he saw his grandfather's lips moving like he was still alive. As Don continued to stare at his grandfather, expecting his lips to move again, they didn't. And so finally, Don didn't say a word to all these people who were still staring at him, and he just turned and stalked out of the funeral home Once Don was outside, he thought for a second about heading to the home where he knew his whole family would be going after the funeral, but Don just could not face being around that crowd again. And so instead, he headed to his friend's home. It was this couple named Bob and Jeannie Kifer. And the reason Don wanted to see them is he knew they were just kind of laid back people who would not ask him a lot of questions, and they would just kind of let him have some peace and quiet And really all Don wanted between now and two days from now when he had to go back to jail when his furlough ended was just to have some peace and quiet And so Don made his way to their house and when he got there, Bob and Jeannie were so excited to see him. They called him inside and said, Hey, you know, we're going to make dinner, you know, go wash up and relax and we'll eat together Don didn't say much, but you know, he nodded a thank you, he went inside. and right away he went upstairs to the bathroom and splashed some cold water on his face because still, you know, Don just could not shake that anger he was feeling when he was inside the funeral home And for a second, the splashing of water on his face seemed to be working. He felt like his whole body was getting cooler. In fact, the whole bathroom seemed to have this coolness descend on it A weird thing started to happen You know, Don, as he's feeling this kind of cool come over him, he realized it was actually getting so cold in the bathroom, literally like physically cold in the bathroom that it was becoming uncomfortable, like he was cold. And then when Don just happened to look up at the mirror right in front of him, he could have sworn for a second he saw on the edge of the mirror the face of an old man wearing a gold Cown I immediately Donwn he kind of freaked out and turned around, but there was nothing there. And as he's like shivering from the cold from being in this bathroom, he began looking all around him, you know trying to find this old man with a crown on his head, but obviously there was nothing in the bathroom with him. And so Don felt totally unsettled by this. He didn't understand why it was so cold, he didn't know what he had just seen. And then Don happened to look down at his wrists and he saw there were these deep scratches all over both of his wrists. And so kind of in a panic, Don just rolled his sleeves down to cover up whatever was on his wrists. he didn't want to think about it. He turned off the water and sprinted out of that freezing cold bathroom and just made his way downstairs where Bob and Jeannie were just sitting down for dinner. Don he took his seat, he got his food, and he didn't tell Bob or Jeannie about anything that had just happened up in the bathroom. He just sat there and ate in silence. Now, Bob and Jeannie could clearly tell something was on Don's mind, but they'd known him for years and they knew he was just not the type to come out and talk about anything personal. He basically completely kept to himself And then when he spoke, he was kind of oddly flat and monotone and emotionless. You know, that was just who he was. But you know, he didn't cause any problems. He was a very nice guy. And so for this entire meal, Bob and Jeannie just kind of looked at Don, but didn't ask him any questions and just let him eat in peace After the trio was done eating, Jeannie gathered up their dishes and headed to the kitchen to wash up, and Bob and Don headed to the living room where they sat down and Bob turned on the TV, and for a few minutes the two friends just watched TV. But at some point, Bob realized when he looked over at Don, that Don was not really looking at the TV. He was actually looking down at the ground. It was like he was just sitting there motionless, just staring off into space. And Bob thought to himself, Wow, you know, Don must be catatonic with grief here from losing his grandfather Bob, you know he felt really bad for Don, but he had no idea what to say to him. He knew Don was not about to launch into some deep story about how he was feeling. and so Bob just sat there and said nothing, hoping that you know, just his physical presence next to Don was comforting in some way to Don during this really difficult time And so a few minutes goes by and the two men are still silently sitting in their seats, when Bob begins to hear what sounds like running water. And at first he looked over at Don, thinking maybe Don had spilled a drink on the ground, but Don didn't have a drink. Don was still just sitting there catatonic staring at the ground in front of him. And then, you, Bobby turned and looked towards the kitchen, thinking maybe Jeannie had spilled a drink She didn't appear to have done that, and then Bob felt a drop of water land on his head. And so he looked up and he saw water was coming through the ceiling And so right away, Bob stood up and he yelled to his wife that a pipe had burst. And then Bob he grabbed his phone and he called his landlord who lived right nearby and said, you gott to get over here. You know, there's a pipe that's bursting your house. And just a couple of minutes later, the landlord and his wife arrived at the house. The landlord ran inside and he and Bob rushed upstairs to try to find the origin of this leak And when they got up there, they looked everywhere and there was no obvious sign of where water could be leaking from. The toilet wasn't overflowing, neither was the sink. You know they couldn't hear the sound of running water anywhere. And then they also realized as they're walking around upstairs that where the leak was coming through the ceiling above the living room, they went to that rough area above the living room And the landlord was like, There's no plumbing over this area. There should be absolutely no water anywhere near where the water was coming through. And so Bob and the landlord were very confused and they began walking downstairs to try to figure out what else they could do. And when they walked downstairs, two things happened very quickly. The first was as they came down the stairs, they were entering the living room where the leak had originally been noticed. And when they walked back into the living room, they saw right away that this leak had grown and it was now not just coming out of the ceiling of the living room, but it was also now leaking out of the walls of the living room Basically all the different walls and surfaces in the living room were leaking water. And then the second thing they noticed was dawn Don was still sitting on the couch, still just totally catatonic, staring at the ground, not doing anything. Which made no sense. Everybody else in the house is running around trying to figure out this leak, and there's Don just staring at the ground. And so Bob, who at this point is pretty overwhelmed with what's happening here, but he thought I gotta make sure Dwn's okay. And so he just walked through the leaking living room right over to Dawn, and he said, Dwn, are you okay? And Daon, he didn't say anything, he didn't move, but his mouth kind of contorted into this weird smile with his lips kind of pulling away from his teeth and all the tendons on the top of his hands began to tense as he wiggled his fingers Bob at this point, he realized there's something wrong with Don, and they needed to call the police. A couple of minutes later, two police officers named John Bosen and Richard Wolbert arrived at Bob and Jeennie's house. And so they came inside and Bob quickly tried to explain what was going on, but John and Richard, I mean, they walked inside and immediately saw, okay, something totally weird is happening here, because they looked into the living room and they saw water coming down from the ceiling coming out of the walls, It was even bubbling up all over the floor. and in the middle of all this chaos was one person Don who's just sitting there totally erect, not moving, wiggling his fingers with this weird expression on his face, and the police very quickly said to Bob that we don't know what this is. We don't even know how to help. So we're going to get our police chief And as soon as those officers left, it was like Bob, Jenie, the landlord, the landlord's wife. they were now scared to be in this house. Before, it was just baffling. But now with Don sitting there tapping his fingers with that weird grimace on his face and water coming out of everywhere for no reason, it was like terrifying. And so the four of them just kind of huddled in the dining room staring at Don and the living room until finally the two officers came back lease, cheief Once the chief came inside, things did not get any better becausecause the chief walked inside and he saw how totally weird this was. but his reaction was, this is not a police problem. You clearly have some sort of totally weird plumbing issue that seems very extensive, and your friend, he seems okay. he's just acting really weird. And so the chief told his two officers, John and Richard, to not talk about what they saw in this house and just leave, Don't report it, Get out of here. We're done with this. And just like that, John, Richard, the police chief, they said, okay guys, your problem. And they left And then Bob and Jeennie's landlord was like, okay, we're going to get a plumber over here right away, you know, and you can deal with this. 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And then finally, a plumber came to the house and they searched the whole house and they could not find anywhere where there was a leak. It literally didn't make sense that the living room was still leaking water And so Bob, you know, he contacted his landlord and said, you know, what do you want me to do? And the landlord said, you know what? I don't know. We'llnd out more plumbers tomorrow. We'll figure it out. And so Bob and Jeanie, they just put out as many towels and blankets as they could all over the living room, doing their best to kind of soft up the water. The whole time they're glancing over at Don who's still not moving, tapping his fingers sitting on the couch. And then finally, after Bob and Jeannie had exhausted their towel and blanket supply trying to sop up all this water, they're like, you know, what can we even do? It's still leaking. We can't stop it. We don't know what's going on with Don And so the couple just sat in the dining room staring into the living room basically at Don, just kind of waiting for him to maybe break out of his trance. And eventually Don would, you know, break out of his trance, kind of. instead of, suddenly standing up and talking to Bob and Jeannie, he just eventually kind of dozed off, still in the upright sitting position And so at this point, Bob walked over to Don just to check on him and make sure he was breathing and that he was okay. And so he checked and you know, he was, you know, Don was okay. But Bob noticed that on Don's neck were all these dark red scratches and marks, like someone had been strangling him. and then also on the inside of Don's collar was a little bit of blood Bob you know, he calls over Jeanie and he's like, what do you make of this? And she's like, I don't know this whole thing. I don't know what's going on here. so the couple decided they would just go to bed. You know, Don seems like he's okay. He's sleeping on the couch. You know, we can't fix the water, so That's all we can do. And so the couple they went upstairs, they went to bed, and the next morning when they came back down, the living room was still leaking, and Don was wide awake again back in that sitting position tapping his fingers with this bizarre grimace on his face. And all day that day and all day the next day, that's where Don would stay in that position, only stopping to fall asleep still in that ition And over those two days, all these plumbers and different people came over the house and nobody could figure out where this leak was coming from. And so the water just continued to pool inside of the living room. And then finally, on february twenty sixth, so two days after Don had arrived at Bob and Jeannie's house, Don suddenly stood up. He didn't say a word to Bob or Jeanie He just walked out of the house As soon as he did, all the water that was leaking out of the ceiling and the walls stopped Don would go back to prison, and when he walked into a cell, his cellmate took one look at Don, and apparently the look on Don's face was so unsettling that the cellmate immediately called over one of the guards and said, you gott to get me out of the cell. I can't be in here with this guy. And so this cellmate and the guard, they both turned and looked at Don and Don, he was at the back of the cell and he was facing both of them. And when they looked at Don, that totally weird grimace came across his face, the same one he had on as he sat in Bob and Jeannie's house for those two days. It was the same expression and with that expression on his face in this totally creepy kind of hollow voice, he says to the two men, I can make it rain. The cellmate was terrified of Don and was practically screaming for the guard to let him leave the cell, but the guard, who was definitely unsettled by Don and his behavior, he was less scared and more just kind of intrigued with what Don had just said. and he said, okay, hey Don, if you can make it rain, then why don't you make it rain in the warden's office And after the guard said this, Don's expression, that kind of creepy, weird smile he had, it grew larger and larger until he had this totally bizarre smile on his face, exposing all of his teeth. At this point, the guard now felt totally terrified of Don and understood why the cellmate was so scared of him. and kind of instinctively, the guard just turned and ran into the wardroom office to tell the warden what was going on with this guy. But when he got into the warden's office, he looked at the warden, Dave Keenhold was his name, and he was sitting at his desk doing some paperwork, and Dave looked up at the guard and the guard realized on Dave's chest his shirt, there was this wet spot that was growing slowly all over his chest and it was almost like the warden didn't realize it was happening And so Dave looks up at the guard and he's like, what what's going on? And the guard he just points at Dave's chest and says, lookook, look! And so the guard told the warden about what he had just witnessed in the jail cell and how he had kind of jokingly told Don to make it rain in the warden's office and now there's this wet patch on your shirt. You know, what's going on here? And the warden, you know, he looked down and he was just as caught off guard by this wet spot in his shirt. And so he leapt up and he and the guard ran back to Don's jail cell. And when they got there, they couldn't believe what they saw. water was pouring out of the ceiling it was coming out of the ground, even the bars were leaking water. And there was Don in the back of the jail cell, standing there with that terrible smile on his face and his fingers were contorting, all the tendons were all tight in his hand, and his cellmate was practically crying huddled in the corner And so right away, Warden Keenhold moved the cellmate out of that cell, put him in another cell, and then shut the cell where Daon was. and then the warden called a plumber to come out here and stop this leak from wherever it was coming from. But the plumber came to the jail and no matter where he looked, he could not find anything that would cause this leak inside of this jail cell. It just didn't make sense And in fact, the plumber was so scared of Don, who the whole time this inspection is happening, he's standing in the back, wiggling his fingers with this bizarre look on his face. The plumber was so scared of Don that after he told the warden that he couldn't find a leak, he just left without even being paid. He just had to get away from Don. Now, Warden Keenholdt had no idea what was happening with Don, but he could tell it was well beyond his own expertise. and frankly, he had no idea who he should call about what was going on And so he just called the jail's minister and asked him to come over and see what was going on