Episode 392 - The Great Amherst Mystery | A True Poltergeist Horror Story
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What is the opening premise of the Great Amherst Mystery and who is Esther Cox?
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Three people die in a quiet suburb in Mississauga, Canada.
It's not a coincidence.
Она афер, і на сай хау. Is this bad luck or something more sinister?
The worst investigative mess I've ever. A long simmering what took you so fucking long. To get here.
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Hi. Hello. This
is two Crossman Ghost. And we are your ghostesses, that is Corinne. Hello. I'm Sabrina. And usually we save the really haunted episodes for the month of October. But this giddy bitch couldn't contain herself. This giddy bitch. This girl who loves to give presents early is gonna give you another present early. Present to ourselves, right? It really is a present to ourselves. I am truly so shocked that I had never heard of this case before. I've never heard of it at all. And when you hear the contents of it and what happened, you're gonna be boggled. We're gonna be gasted flabbers of how we have not heard it. I'm already belching. Things are coming out of me. And things will be coming out of the house and haunting people and trying to kill people in this.
Oh, a good classic haunted house.
Although is it classic the house trying to kill you? I'm not sure.
Uh well, it wasn't the house, it was a something trying to kill someone. And this is the scariest part, is this is a example of an entity, a poltergeist, if you will, that physically had the ability to
harm. Oh, I hate these stories. I like hate them and love them. Yes. I love them 'cause they instill fear, but I hate them because then it proves the possibility of like actually being s stabbed or murdered or And that's
about to happen. Oh god. Multiple times.
How does the haunting first manifest in Esther’s bedroom on September 4 1878?
I I'm speaking excitedly, but um it's terrifying.
Yeah.
Shout out to a book that I read for this. Uh it is called The Great Amherst Mystery by Walter Hubble. As context, it's 180 pages and this episode is only 20 pages. So there's a lot that's not being included, but there's a lot of. So we're gonna go back in time. It's eighteen seventy eight. It's September. The last week has been something akin to peculiar. And it started with a sound a rustling beneath the bed after everyone in the little cottage had gone to bed for the night. Esther heard it, and then she felt it. Something crawling in her bed. She called to her sister sleeping beside her. Denny said, it's probably just a mouse. The next night, it happened again. This time, though, it was accompanied by objects being manipulated in their bedroom, as in manipulated and lifted and levitated in the air by an unseen force.
I'm
sorry,
her excuse of saying it's probably just a mouse at this point in the story, I would have been more fearful of a mouse than a ghost.
It's 1878. It's a cottage. They're probably used to mice. Yeah. Tonight, though, they've tried to ignore it. Nineteen year old Esther Cox lies in bed, desperate for a peaceful night's sleep. She prays for it, but someone or something has another plan for her. And that is when Esther's body begins to swell. Her fingers, her toes, her stomach, her legs literally ballooning, filling. It feels unbearable. It as if her internal organs are about to burst. She screams in pain and everyone in the house comes running into the room. They stare in horror, watching their beloved family member physically literally swell before their eyes. This is so creepy. Her face turns blood red. Her hair starts standing up on its own, defying the laws of gravity.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the opening premise of the Great Amherst Mystery and who is Esther Cox?
0:00–3:08
2
How does the haunting first manifest in Esther’s bedroom on September 4 1878?
3:08–8:35
3
What physical attacks and bizarre phenomena do the family witness on the second night?
8:35–17:18
4
How does the unseen force write the threatening message on the wall?
17:18–27:40
5
What role does Dr. Carwright play and how does he attempt to explain the events?
27:40–38:20
6
How does skeptic Walter Hubble investigate and document the case?
38:20–57:12
7
What happens to Esther after she marries Adam Porter and does the haunting stop?
57:12–1:07:58
8
What is the lasting legacy of the Great Amherst Mystery in folklore and media?
1:07:58–1:14:34
Speakers
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