The world’s most famous demonologists, Ed & Lorraine Warren, were called in to help an average American family who were assaulted by forces too awesome, too powerful, too dark, to be stopped.It’s a true story, supported by dozens of eyewitnesses—neighbors, priests, police, journalists, and researchers.The grim slaughterhouse of odors. The deafening pounding. The hoofed half-man charging down … half-man charging down the hall. The physical attacks, a vicious strangling, failed exorcisms, the succubus… and the final terror which continued to torment the Smurls.
In this shocking, terrifying, deeply absorbing book rivaled only by The Amityville Horror—a case also investigated by the Warrens—journalist Robert Curran digs deep into the haunting of the Smurl home in West Pittston, Pennsylvania, and the unshakeable family bonds that helped them survive.
Don’t miss the Warrens’ blockbuster films The Conjuring and Annabelle (in theaters October, 2014.)
Books by Ed & Lorraine Warren also include Graveyard, Ghost Hunters, In a Dark Place, Werewolf, and Satan’s Harvest.
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THE HAUNTED is the true story of the Smurl family, devout Catholics living in Pennsylvania who find themselves being infested with a demon and other vengeful spirits. Based on everything I’ve read so far about demons, this situation can occur when someone invites the demonic into their home through the use of Ouija boards, spells, or cursed objects like the Annabelle doll. Not so with the Smurls. This family did none of those things, yet the demonic entered their lives and plagued them for years, terrorizing individual family members—and even the neighbors.
Despite everything that happens, the Smurl family remains rooted in their faith. It’s the main reason they were able to manage for so long, undergoing multiple exorcisms and hordes of tourists wanting a glimpse of “the dark side.” As for me, I am comfortable in my faith and have always believed the demonic will leave me alone so long as I don’t seek it out. After reading THE HAUNTED, I’m not so sure anymore.
Based upon the Smurl family’s testimony of what happened to them, this was an interesting read and pretty frightening if true. I’m not going to say it is all true or not, I wasn’t there and didn’t live in their house with them, so I can’t say. We only have their word. This book was written in a rather peculiar fashion, with interviews, testimonies, and the author giving background information, much like in a newspaper, which makes some sense, since Robert Curran was a journalist. It was rather unusual, especially after having read In A Dark Place, which told the story in literary style, but perhaps that’s what worked best. If you’re interested in hauntings and the paranormal as I am, then check this out.