History's Greatest Ghost Hunters: the Warrens
After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal
History Hit
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Ghost hunting couple Ed and Lorraine Warren transformed twentieth century America into an enchanted land dotted with haunted houses, cursed objects, and portals to hell. Their exploits are the basis for the Conjuring movie franchise. They are the originators of the Annabelle doll. They are the most famous demon hunters ever. Who were the Warrens? Did they make it up? Or did they believe it all?
Maddy and Anthony's guest today is Professor Joseph Laycock from Texas State University. He was our guest last week on our episode about the Amityville Horror. Joseph is the author of: The Penguin Book of Exorcisms and co-author of The Exorcist Effect: Horror, Religion, and Demonic Belief.
Edited & produced by Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.
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| 0:45.8 | No home, no address, no address, no bank account, no bank account, no job, no job, no home, no home, no address, no bank account. No job. No job. No home. No address. No address. No bank account. No job. No job. No home. |
| 0:55.9 | It's time to break the vicious circle. We're working with charities like shelter to provide a bank account for people who are homeless. Such HSBCUK, |
| 1:01.9 | no fixed address. I'm political editor John Lee and I'm exploring the history of Sinn Féin and the troubles. Whatever you think of them, Sinn Féin continued to be shaped by their past, by the |
| 1:07.5 | conflicts that raged in Northern Ireland and by their transition |
| 1:11.3 | from the political wing of the IRA |
| 1:13.2 | to a mainstream party on the cusp of power in Ireland. |
| 1:17.1 | I've spoken to key players on both sides of the Irish border |
| 1:20.3 | and I've asked them all, |
| 1:21.7 | who are Sinn Féin reading? |
| 1:24.0 | Follow from bomb to ballot wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:32.3 | Okay. Follow from bomb to ballot, wherever you get your podcasts. It's February 1976. |
| 1:35.3 | A few weeks ago, George and Kathy Lutz abandoned their new home at 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, in horror. |
| 1:45.6 | They began desperately seeking help, or rather, but we know them better now, desperately |
| 1:51.0 | seeking for people to amplify and authenticate the tales they would tell. |
| 1:59.3 | It's a crisp winter morning, and now standing at the bottom of the drive of that same 112 Ocean Avenue, are a middle-aged couple. |
| 2:08.0 | Ed and Lorraine Warren. |
| 2:11.0 | Ed is a heavy-set man with sunken eyes and a white jacket. |
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