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Here are the answers to 10 frequently asked questions about the documentary and the real-life case that inspired the chilling tale.In addition to hosting and executive-producing the"Ghost Adventures" series on the Travel Channel, Bagans is also an author, actor and paranormal investigator. He bought and later demolished the"Demon House" on Carolina Street in Gary, Indiana in 2014 after reading an IndyStar story about Ammons' claims of demon possession inside the home.
Ammons claims she and her three children were possessed by demons inside the northwest Indiana home when they began renting it in November 2011. Immediately after they arrived, Ammons told the IndyStar that, despite cold December temperatures, large black flies swarmed their screened-in porch. And they kept coming back, even when the family"killed them and killed them,"Campbell and Ammons heard footsteps on the basement stairs late at night.
. They told Ammons to find a job and appropriate housing, and cared for her three children while she did. A priest told IndyStar that the exorcisms the Rev. Michael Maginot performed on Ammons and her family were the first authorized by the bishop of the Catholic Church's Diocese of Gary in his 21 years of service.Before the major exorcism Maginot performed on Ammons, he prayed over her and made appeals to cast out demons. He named the demons tormenting Ammons during the ritual after she looked their identities up online because he claimed names had power.
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