The Smurl family haunting took place in West Pittston, Pennsylvania, where Jack and Janet Smurl and their four daughters lived from 1973 to 1989. Soon after moving into their duplex home, strange things began to happen, objects vanished, foul smells appeared, and loud knocks echoed through the walls. Over time, the activity grew violent: furniture moved on its own, shadowy figures appeared, and the family reported being scratched, pushed, and even attacked by invisible forces.

Janet claimed she was levitated and thrown across the room, while Jack said a dark entity assaulted him at night. Their daughters saw faceless figures, and their dog was thrown by an unseen hand. Neighbors heard screams and banging when no one was home. Desperate, the Smurls contacted Ed and Lorraine Warren, who said the house was infested by several spirits controlled by a powerful demon. Despite blessings and exorcisms, the activity continued, sometimes worse after prayers.

Media attention and skepticism followed, some blamed stress or natural causes, others believed the story. After moving out in 1989, the Smurls said the haunting finally stopped. Their story was told in the book and 1991 movie The Haunted, remaining one of America’s most chilling and debated paranormal cases.

Ed and Lorraine Warren, noted demonologists, investigated and claimed the house was haunted by a powerful demonic presence. It was nowunder they care

It was now 1993 and Ed and Lorraine had send you a letter that they wanted you to spend a week there with them. Because you were also spiritual and quite well-known on YouTube because you often were in Sam Golbach and Colby Brock's videos. And after some time you said yes.