The Demon House
Imagine finding your dream home only to realize that you’re living in an infested demon portal that leads everyone to hell.
From a possessed child crawling upside down to another levitating, what’s been nicknamed The Demon House, is downright mortifying. While these events might sound like something out of the Poltergeist and the Exorcist, it’s true, at least according to witnesses that lived and visited this home in Indiana.
The Demon House Via Believe a Paranormal Experience/YouTube
Events
In November of 2011, Latoya Ammons, a mother of three, moved to a white rental cottage at 3860 Carolina Street in Gary, Indiana. Yes, the city that was once considered the murder capital of the U.S.
After moving in with her children and mother, the family allegedly began to encounter poltergeist activities. Immediately after their move, the enclosed front porch was inundated with enormous black flies. How is that possible the family thought? It was the dead of winter.
Following the incident, it became a recurring event that after midnight both Ammons and her mother, Campbell, would hear footsteps coming from the basement, and the slow creaking of the door opening entirely to the exposed kitchen. Without fail, anytime either one would check the basement, no one was there.
One night, Layota’s mother felt a strange presence that awoke her. As she peeked outside her door, she was startled. She says there was a black shadow pacing back and forth in the living room. She removed herself from her bed to find giant muddy bootprints.
Not making a fuss over what had occurred, the family continued with their life at the Demon House. It wasn’t until March of 2012 that what seemed to be odd turned to dread. One night, around 2 a.m., family and friends were gathered at the Demon House to mourn a loss of someone close. According to Ammons, she went to check on her kids to find her 12-year-old daughter unconsciously levitating above the bed, and without hesitation, everyone gathered around the child and began praying until she fell back to the bed. It was then that Ammons sought help.
Seeking Help
Local churches refused to visit the home and suggested Ammons clean the Demon House by pouring ammonia and bleach throughout. Not only that but to draw crosses on every door and bathe her children in olive oil. It was also proposed the family create a makeshift altar in the possessed basement. Regrettably, It wasn’t doing much so Layota solicited two clairvoyants who claimed the house was possessed by more than 200 demonic spirits.
The family didn’t have enough money to break the lease on the Demon House. They had no other choice but to stay.
Ammons began to exorcise the home. She did everything from only wearing white to burning sage, and reading the Psalm 91 out loud. Instead of things coming to a clam end, it only worsened.
People insist that’s a spirit on the screen porch. Via dreadcentral.com
She also claims to have found her children speaking in tongues with bloodshot eyes, and sporting sinister smirks. Her daughter said she felt like she was always being choked. Her youngest son would lock himself up in his closet to talk to a boy no one had ever seen.
Around April, Ammons gave up and sought help from a physician. During their visit, the two boys, in diabolical yells, cursed the entire staff. A report filed by Department of Child Services (DCS) and police, stated that one of the boys had been magically thrown against a wall. After the incident, the boys proceed to pass out and were hospitalized after.
This is where things got a little out of hand.
The youngest boy kept growling and telling his brother he was going to kill him and began to hit his brother’s stomach by headbutting it. Following the gruesome act, he allegedly walked backward, up onto a wall, made it to the ceiling, and flipped over to land on his feet. During this time, the children were examined for any signs of abuse and Ammons went through a psychological evaluation. To everyone’s surprise, nothing was found.
Either way, what had occurred in front of the hospital staff and police convinced the DCS to take custody of the children.
Rosa Campbell and Latoya Ammons tell the story about the Demon House CC Chris Bergin via The Daily Mail
Investigation
Apparently, staff at the hospital reached out to Reverend Michael Maginot to perform an exorcism on one of the children.
The Reverend visited the Demon House where he insists he too experienced paranormal activity from everything to the muddy footprints and flickering lights that wouldn’t stop every time he investigated something supernatural. Maginot knew he had to exorcise Ammons. He placed a crucifix against her head, and she couldn’t stop convulsing. With four hours into his investigation, Maginot established the house was possessed and demanded they seek shelter elsewhere.
They couldn’t.
CC by Steve Duerr
The DCS was far from done with their investigation. They requested officer Austin to review the living conditions of the Demon House. He stated in a police report that he’d seen and heard some unexplainable things. His flashlight flickered uncontrollably in the basement until it eventually turned off by itself. It alarmed him because he had just replaced the batteries that morning. Austin took pictures of the basement where he said he could see a cloud resemble someone’s face, and even recorded audio where you can supposedly hear someone whispering “hey.” He claimed that he brought something back with him as his driver seat kept moving back and forth on his way home. The movement was so intense that his seat motor broke. A believer in the supernatural, the DCS still wasn’t convinced.
Without hesitation, Reverend Maginot continued to investigate the Demon House, particularly the basement with the police and Samantha Ilic, the DCS family case manager. During his many visits, Maginot was convinced there might be a body buried under the stairs of the basement, which would explain the poltergeist activity. Police dug a four by three hole. It’s here where they uncovered a pair of panties, socks, a cooking pan, and a drapery cord.
Freaky.
Ilic claimed to have felt her pinky going numb after touching a sticky substance she found in the house. That same liquid was allegedly found dripping from the venetian blinds in one of the bedrooms; however, no one could see where it was building. They cleaned it off the blinders to find the fluid dripping again.
Exorcism of the Demon House
Reverend Maginot insisted the Demon House needed to be exorcised. The two-hour ritual, which consisted of prayers and performing an exorcism on Ammons yet again, was accompanied by two police officer, and Ilic. According to Ilic, within 30 days after the exorcism, she went through a series of painful events that consisted of her breaking three ribs and obtaining third-degree burns.
Did something attach itself to her?
Maginot continued to purify Ammons even though she had moved to Indianapolis with her mother but returned to Gray for the court hearings. During months and months of “cleaning” her soul, Maginot said she was clear of any demonic presences, and eventually, the DCS returned custody to Ammons.
Believe it or not
Many speculate that these unforeseen tragic events were purely made up by Ammons, especially her landlord Charles Reed, to avoid any payment when living at 3860 Carolina Street in Gary.
Anyone who’s lived before and after Ammons has yet to experience supernatural activity.
The Demon House has turned into such a pop culture phenomenon that Zak Bagans, the investigator from TV Ghost Adventures, purchased the house to film his documentary The Demon House. There has been no release date as of yet, but Bagans did demolish the house in 2016. It looks like someone is spooked out.
Do you believe the story? Comment below and let us know!
Idk, but I believe in God. So this doesn’t seem real. Rent is expensive.
I live in Gary… the house is real and it was torn down. Gary called in Hammond police (next town over) and they had there own terrifying experiences.
Gary is near Chicago and was never covered in local newz. Indy reported it and thats how most locals found out about it, and we only get Chicago news round here.
I can’t help but need to correct that… if you believe in God, you better, for the life of you, believe that demons and Satan are real. It would be a foolish thing not to since it’s in the Bible… This is very real, paranormal activity from demons is hella real and that stuff should definitely not be tampered with.
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Well I do know if you mix ammonia and bleach, it will react to form chlorine gas and kill everyone who breathes it.
Yes it’s absolutely true!! I’m an ER nurse that works at the hospital where those kids came! That boy did walk slowly up the wall backwards in the ER! And had a creepy demon-like voice! More than 1 person noticed that!! The documentary has not released yet prolly cause they are freaked out and scared to!! While filming their crew started to get sick – 1 was said to have been possessed!! Even these ghost thrill seekers were prolly freaked out about how real this was!!! And if they’re smart- prolly decided not to mess with real demon shit!! Anyone who is skeptic- would be a believer had they been in that ER that day!!
I’m an ER nurse too at that same hospital. The kid lifted up a hospital bed and start smacking people with it and speaking French! (see how easy this is)
What I want to know is did she get her kids back? We experienced something like this but not to the magnitude this family has. My daughter saw 3 faces in a cloud in her room. We experienced choking at night me & my husband. We couldn’t afford to movie we had just bought our house. If we sold out we would have lost money. So we stuck it out. Long story short a couple of ladies from a church we attended came & prayed over our house & cast out the demonic presence. After that the house was clean & no more activity.
Can you tell me the whole story? I would love to hear it.
I hope she got her kids back n moved to another home…. They should condemn that house
Did anyone actually read the story?!? Yes, she got her kids back and the house wasn’t condemned…it was demolished. I am also from Gary and wanted to see this house when I first heard the story but was too terrified to go anywhere near it (even after Zak bought it and I heard he was in town. I am a huge fan!). Guess I was smart not to as I heard that the things that happened during filming of the documentary caused his crew to run from the house and refuse to return.
Still no proof of anything. With as many devices with cameras on them you’d figure there would be evidence.
If you zoom into the window door in the first photo you can see a small child peeking through the window.
As someone who has a strong interest in the paranormal, I do believe there are buildings that can house residual energy from past events, particularly events of a macabre nature. Strangely enough I watched the movie “Demon House” just last night, a film based around the alleged events surrounding this house in Gary, Indiana, and the haunting experienced by the Ammons family, where it is suggested three children became possessed by entities inside the house.
It takes a huge leap of faith to attach any credence to demonic possession, and yet, there are many accounts of people being taken over by some entity or other. My all time favourite film, “The Exorcist” is based around an alleged true account of demonic possession, as is the famed novel and film, “The Amityville Horror” where many are still unsure about its authenticity, one thing is for sure, there is much about the paranormal world we don’t understand.
What exactly happened in this house, having watched the movie based upon it, I can only come to the conclusion that much of the occurencies were fabricated, or at least embellished to make them appear more fantastical, was the house infested with ghosts, demons or whatever, the maker of the movie, Zak Bagans, a paranormal investigator, decided to have himself locked in the house to investigate further and try and ascertain whether any of the accounts were true, or at least whether the house was indeed infested with anything demonic or paranormal, what we see is Mr Bagans looking very restless, and reluctant to sleep, no doubt more than a little afraid, towards 5am, we see him sat on a bed, and then we hear what can only be described as animal grunting/snorting, Bagans becomes very agitated, as this presence appears to be very close and threatening, not least horrific, he shouts out for the entity to keep away from him, and throws his mobile phone into the room where the noise is coming from, he is then overcome with a blinding pain behind his eyes, which as he states, he now suffers a permanent eye defect. Throughout the film we are shown an image of a demon prowling around the house, “The Goat Of Mendes” or Baphomet, a hideous manifestation of evil, was this merely to suggest the notion of a greater entity invading the house and the people within it, or merely for effect, either way, it prompted Bagans to have the “Demon House” demolished, in the hope it would rid the area of the alleged demonic entities that resided there.
Here’sthe thing about stuff like this; skeptics in that field and people surrounding that story are all very religious. Demonic possession and stories relating to it validate those beliefs. They go into those places wanting those things to happen. The brain is a powerful thing (look at placebo studies for example). We know more about outer space than we know about the human brain.
When you take that into account, you can see how a story about religious mythology being experienced by people who seek a validation for their beliefs actually experiencing something can be very hokey.
Every previous tenant they were able to locate, the one post tenant, and the land lord all stated that the never experineced any happenings while in the house.
Zak Bagans destroyed that house for one reason; After his movie he knew there would be other visitors and investigators who would come along and prove he is just another fraud looking to make a buck exploiting peoples fears who know no better.
We humans are an interesring species; ever seeking to attach supernatural explanations to things that have rational ones. Ever choosing to live life in fear rather than seeking to be enlightened.