True Disturbing Ammons House Horror Story

in November 2011 Latoya Ammons claimed Sinister forces inhabited the rental home she shared with her mother Rosa Campbell and her three children at 3860 Carol Arina Street in Gary Indiana what began as strange noises and movements and shadows soon erupted into Terror too unsettling to dismiss and too implausible to comprehend according to Ammon her children soon began acting differently speaking of voices and Visions filled with grim purpose it became clear their home was no longer their own ammon's story of possession and Poltergeist activity in the one-story rental home she shared with her family would go on to amass widespread media attention all over the world in this article we're going to examine the events that allegedly happened to Latoya her mother and three children inside that unassuming house on Carolina Street the house located at 3860 Carolina Street in Gary Indiana was built in 192 6 and was a simple one-story 864 ft home with an enclosed porch the house had two bedrooms one bathroom and an unfinished basement with concrete walls and Floors the home's original owners were a young married couple who allegedly had a young son who tragically died in the home it's uncertain how many people would call this place home at one point in time since its construction but what is known is that the home would later be purchased in 2004 by Charles Reed after purchasing the home Reed began to rent it out to numerous families over the years until in 201 when Latoya Ammons and her family decided to move in Latoya her mother Rosa Campbell her 12-year-old daughter her 9-year-old son and her 7-year-old son moved into the home in November 2011 the house was not an ideal size for a family of five people but it was all that Latoya could afford at the time Latoya could never have guessed the terrible mistake she had just made or the lasting ramifications this house would have on her life and the lives of those closest to her it didn't take long after moving in for the family to start to realize that they had just unknowingly stepped into a portal to hell in December of 2011 roughly a month after they had moved into the home the family started to experience their first signs of trouble when swarms of large black flies began to infest the screened in porch of their home while the presence of flies would not be unusual in the middle of summer it was the dead of winter at the time and the frigid Indiana weather was not generally a breeding ground for insects within a few days it was supposedly impossible to go out onto the porch without being swarmed by the large black insects what made these particular flies peculiar was the fact that there never seemed to be an end to the Swarm no matter how how many flies the family killed it seemed more would come to replace them to the Ammon family at the time it seemed like the Flies just refused to stay dead those familiar with the piran family haunting will remember that their home was infested with a constant stream of flies and like the ammon's experience no matter how hard they tried they could never get a handle on the situation the Flies would continue to come no matter the season in the case of the pans self proclaimed demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren warned the family that an infestation of flies often appears in homes where Spirits are present and the Flies are harbingers of things to come according to the Warren the reason the Flies always seem to return after seemingly being killed is that you can't kill what is already dead shortly after the arrival of the Swarms of flies the Ammon family began to experience unexplained activity in their home according to l and Rosa each night when the Clock Struck midnight they would hear loud footsteps emanating from the basement both women claimed it sounded like someone or something was climbing the old wooden staircase from the basement into the kitchen then both Latoya and Rosa claimed that they could hear what sounded like a loud boom on the door to the basement Latoya then stated that the basement door would open on its own as if whatever had just ascended the stairs was making its way onto the main main floor of the house where every member of the family slept at first Rosa tried to convince her daughter that it was nothing more than the house shifting due to the cold temperatures outside Latoya even locked the door to the basement at night thinking that a cold draft was the culprit behind her troubles but despite being locked Latoya continued to hear the nightly bang of the basement door followed by the unmistakable sound of the door creaking open during the night it appeared that whatever was in the basement wanted out and a locked door was not enough to keep it from getting what it wanted Latoya's mother Rosa would claim that on numerous occasions a shadowy figure that resembled a large man would appear in her bedroom at night she claimed that the figure would appear to come out of her closet it would then exit her room and enter the living room where the figure would then continually Pace back and forth across the room other reports claim that Latoya also witnessed this figure of a man moving through the halls of her home what made this Apparition more disturbing was that whenever Rosa would turn on the lights the figure would completely disappear whatever this thing was it preferred to hide in the shadows but perhaps the most unnerving thing about this shadowy figure was that it would allegedly leave behind large wet bootprints Latoya and Rosa never found evidence to suggest that someone had been in the home as the boots never appeared to lead in or out of the home whatever it was it came from inside the house and never appeared to leave along with hearing the loud footsteps emanating from the basement stairs Rosa also claimed that she began to to hear what sounded like dogs barking what made this so troubling was the fact that the Barking seemed to be coming from inside the house even though the Ammons didn't own a dog neither did any of the families near by neighbors like the Flies were the dogs an omen of things to come hounds of hell that were sent to announc the arrival of an unnatural Force targeting the ammon's family after the arrival of the dogs came the true Horrors on March 10th 2012 roughly 5 months after the Ammons had moved into the house the family found that they were in for a rude awakening for whatever was happening in the house was no longer content with just making noises in the night now it decided to set its sights on the family at the time the family was coping with the recent loss of a loved one and everyone was in a state of mourning which is a prime breeding ground for an entity allegedly around 2: a.m. while Latoya mingled and grieved with her extended family in the living room she was suddenly startled out of her conversation when she heard her daughter screaming for her from the other room upon hearing hearing the young girl's blood curdling cries Latoya and every member of the ammon's family present in the house that night burst into the room but nothing could have prepared them for the sight they encountered upon throwing open the door there levitating in midair above the bed was the unconscious body of Latoya's 12-year-old daughter when the ammon's family members approached the young girl they found that she appeared to be in a deep sleep despite the fact that everyone swore that they had just just heard the girl scream for her mother from the other room as the family tried desperately to wake the young girl they found that every attempt proved to be in vain believing at that moment that the power of prayer would be enough to battle the unnatural Force manipulating the young girl Latoya her mother and every other member of the ammon's family present in the room formed a circle around the girl and began to pray allegedly their prayers worked as as the girl slowly lowered back down onto the bed and then regained Consciousness shortly after but when she awoke she had no idea why everyone was so worried as she claimed to have no memory of the events that had just transpired following the events of that night a number of the ammon's family members who witnessed the event that night refused to return to the house ever again it was now more apparent to Latoya than ever that something evil was attempting to take up residence in her home so being deeply religious and a devout Catholic Latoya reached out to local churches in the area for help unfortunately for Latoya most of the people she contacted didn't put much stake in her story believing it either to be a hoax or a delusion after all that kind of stuff only happened in the movies she would be told repeatedly to keep praying but unlike the success she had with her daughter that one night praying wasn't enough and was proving ineffective at keeping whatever was in her house at Bay one unnamed church official told Latoya to clean the house with bleach and ammonia then she was advised to use olive oil and to draw crosses on every door and window in the home finally she was told to pour the oil on her three children's hands and feet and then draw crosses on each child's forehead Latoya took the church's advice but despite her best efforts it did nothing to lessen the activity in the home wanting someone to step inside the house to witness what was happening Latoya sought the help of two unnamed local clairvoyants who after visiting the ammon's home each claimed that the house was inhabited by a total of 200 demons the psychics told Latoya to Sage and sulfur the entire house she was informed to dress all in white wrap a white sheet around her head and walk through the entire house going from room to room with a burning stick of sage while reading from Psalm 91 if you say the Lord is my refuge and you make the most high your dwelling no harm will overtake you Psalm 919 to10 New International Version she was then told to construct an altar in her basement she did this by covering a small table with a white sheet and upon the table she placed a white candle statues of Jesus Mary and Joseph and a Bible opened to Psalm 91 surprisingly the altar appeared to work the activity in the house seemed to subside and the Ammons were given hope of the possibility that their lives could go on their Tranquility did not last long after only 3 days whatever was in the house came back in and it appeared to come back with a vengeance after the 3 days of Peace The Entity allegedly began to Target all three of Latoya's children what makes this unusual is that in most reported demonic cases The Entity tends to Target one member of the family but in the case of the ammon's family it went after all three of Latoya's children Latoya would report that Twisted Smiles would appear on her children's faces their eyes would become bloodshot and bulgy when this happened they would speak in low voices and according to Latoya it was as if they changed into other people after one of these reported instances her 9-year-old son would describe to her that it felt like he was being choked and he described in detail what it felt like to be murdered her 7-year-old son would sit in his closet having entire conversations with no one during these conversations his voice would become low and deep a voice that didn't belong to a 7-year-old boy during the conversations the boy would allegedly say things like I've been here long enough and I came to kill allegedly when asked by his mother who he was talking to he would respond by stating that he talking to a young boy and that the boy would tell him in detail what it felt like to die could this young boy be the original owner's young son who died in the house in one incident one of the boys was thrown out of a room by an invisible force he complained that he felt an unseen Force pulling at his limbs Latoya's daughter would allegedly hear voices that would taunt her to attempt to block out the voices she would cover her ears and yell things like I can't take it anymore make them stop and perhaps even more disturbing I can't look into their eyes during another incident Latoya's daughter's head was smashed against her headboard by an unseen Force the force was strong enough that it caused a small gash in her forehead and she ended up requiring stitches for the wound another time she claimed that she was held down by another unseen Force she alleged that it felt like she was being choked she also claimed that during this time she was unable to move or even speak a voice would then speak to her telling her that she would never see her family again as she would be dead in 20 minutes on April 19th 2012 fearing for their well-being Latoya brought her children to see the family's pediatrician Jeffrey onuku in an interview Rosa Campbell gave with mail online she stated that after the two boys were brought into the office her 7-year-old grandson's head began twisting and his eyes started rolling in his head at which point the Young boy started speaking in tongues and began to curse out the doctor she then claimed that whatever had taken hold of her seven-year-old grandson threw him completely across the room Campbell stated that this event was witnessed by Dr onuku and a couple of nurses who were also present at the time who Campbell reports started to back out of the room after the event after hitting the wall the young boy passed out this then caused the 9-year-old to inexplicably pass out as well this prompted Dr onuku to contact the authorities and they responded by sending multiple ambulances and at least eight police officers the boys were then transported to the hospital and after regaining Consciousness in the hospital the 7-year-old began acting erotically reportedly screaming and thrashing around on the hospital bed due to this erotic Behavior the hospital staff was forced to restrain the child and in the end it took five men to finally subdue the young boy it was at this point that the Department of Child and Family Services became involved a decision that would forever changed the life of DCS worker Valerie Washington when Washington arrived at the hospital she initially interviewed Latoya and her children according to an official DCS report while discussing the events that led to her family coming to the hospital that night Latoya's 7-year-old son started making growling noises when she mentioned the different Church she had contacted for help as Latoya spoke more about seeking out advice on how to kill the spirits her son continued to get louder and louder when Washington attempted to speak with the two boys the seven-year-old boy became enraged during the meeting and started growling at her and bared his teeth while his eyes rolled back into his head the 7-year-old then lunged at his older brother and proceeded to wrap his hands around the boy's throat placing him in a choke hold the young boy refused to loosen his grip and his hands needed to be physically pried off his brother's throat by the adults present in the room following the events of her initial interview Washington decided to take a break and reconvene later for her second interview Washington brought the two boys into an examination room along with the children's grandmother a registered nurse who worked at the hospital named Willie Lee Walker and a hospital psychologist during the conversation the seven-year-old boy turned his attention toward his older brother and he once again began to growl a weird smile then began to form on the 9-year-old boy's face as he charged at his grandmother's stomach repeatedly headbutting her in the stomach over and over again Rosa then grabbed her grandson's hand and allegedly proclaimed you're not my grandson she then began to pray while still holding the boy's hand according to the intake report the 99-year-old stated that a ghost was attacking him and his brother at the same time this was going on the 7-year-old began speaking in a demonic voice stating it was time to die and I will kill you the 9-year-old boy then started walking backward toward a wall when he reached the wall to everyone's bewilderment the young boy began to walk up the wall backward while his grandmother still clutched his hand the boy continued to walk backward up the wall and right onto the ceiling at this point he flipped over Rosa and landed on his feet directly in front of Washington terrified by what she had just witnessed Washington ran out of the room followed by the other staff members who had been in the room with her the staff then proceeded to get the attending doctor Dr Richardson who asked the boy to do it again but when questioned about it the boy had no knowledge of ever performing the feat stating I did not walk up a wall I cannot walk up a wall [Music] other reports have claimed that it was the 7-year-old boy that had walked up the wall but the excerpts above from Washington's report appeared to indicate that it was the 9-year-old who performed this task the following day the children were taken into CPS care due to the Department of Child and Family Services believing that the kids were simply performing for their mother they were also concerned about the amount of school the ammon's children had been missing up to this point for this was not the first time that a notice had been filed against Latoya in 2009 a complaint was also filed against her detailing that her children had been missing school then as well long before they moved into the house on Carolina Street when asked why the kids had been missing so much school Latoya stated that the spirits in the home would keep them up all night and that as a result her children were too tired to attend school the next day the two oldest children were sent to St Joseph's carlite home in East Chicago Indiana and her 7-year-old son was sent to Christian Haven in Wheatfield Indiana for psychiatric evaluation while under evaluation it was reported that the 7-year-old would act possessed when he was challenged and faced with questions he didn't want to answer the rest of the time he acted normally as long as the conversation didn't involve demons or hauntings it was theorized that the young boy was being influenced by his mother's paranormal superstitions and that his behavior was reinforced by her as he would receive more attention whenever he claimed to be possessed by a demon the other two children received a similar diagnosis as the psychiatrist assessing them believed that they were being affected by their mother's extreme religious beliefs and that thanks to their mother's beliefs they believed that demons were the ones to blame for their recent misfortunes following the events in the hospital the hospital chaplain contacted Father Michael magino and he agreed to meet with LaToya inside the ammon's family home on Sunday April 22nd 2012 supposedly while father magino was in the home Rosa pointed out a light in the bathroom that would continually flicker on and off allegedly whenever father magino would approach the light the flickering would stop after walking away way the light would allegedly begin to flicker again despite father magino being convinced that the light was off this apparently happened multiple times while he was at the home each time the light would stop whenever he approached father magino would later speak to the Indianapolis Star about his experience and in regard to the light turning off whenever he approached he stated it must have been scared of me while in the home at one point Latoya pointed out to father magino that an unknown oily substance had started to form on one of the window blinds when they went to inspect the blinds they found themselves unable to determine where the liquid was coming from while they were examining the blinds the cord allegedly began to sway back and forth despite there being no open windows or notable drafts to explain the movement father magino also saw wet bootprints on the floor the same wet bootprints that Latoya and Rosa had seen countless times before during an interview father magino later gave with inside addition he spoke about attending the ammon's family home and how he originally believed that the children were the ones possessed but after spending time in the home he was now convinced that Latoya was the one the entities had attached themselves to he noted that during his visit he placed a crucifix on Latoya's head and she immediately began convulsing after meeting with LaToya and Rosa for a reported 4 hours he was convinced that the ammon's family was being terrorized by ghosts and demons before leaving the ammon's house he blessed each room with holy water while reading from the Bible one week after the frightening ordeal at the hospital Latoya Ammons Rosa Campbell DCS worker Valerie Washington Chief Brian Miller lieutenant John grusa and Captain Charles Austin all attended the Ammon residence to inspect the alleged House of Horrors when it came time to inspect the home Latoya refused to set foot in her own home too terrified of what malevolent forces awaited inside while the house initially seemed innocent enough it wasn't until the officers decided to descend into the basement that they found the evil in the house began to emerge upon inspecting the basement the officers noted that the basement floor was concrete except for the area underneath the stairs for some unknown reason the concrete floor had been torn up and removed Under the Staircase leaving behind a cavity of loose dirt the officers also noted that the basement was covered in candles many of which Latoya had burnt down to their wicks in another feudal attempt to keep the evil at Bay when questioned about the candles Rosa stated that she believed whatever was affecting the home was coming from the basement in particular the space under the stairs noting that there appeared to be negative energy emanating from under the stairs lieutenant John grusa had been tasked with documenting and recording the home inspection but when he attempted to turn on his audio recording equipment he found that the equipment was malfunctioning and completely unresponsive despite checking that the batteries had been fully charged upon entering the home he discovered that they now appeared to be stoned dead a second recording device was brought in and lucky for grusa this second device appeared to be functioning properly perhaps even a little too well when the tape was later analyzed amidst the hiss and Sy static the officers heard what they believed to be a raspy disembodied voice Whispering the word hey the officers wondered if whoever or whatever that raspy voice belonged to was the same Sinister entity that had sabotaged the original recorder was this a warning or a threat had they captured on tape one of the foul spirits that had been terrorizing the ammon's family lieutenant grusa and Captain Austin also took photos during the investigation but when they later reviewed one particular photo they had taken of the basement stairs the officers noted what appeared to be a Cloudy white image in the upper right corner when they enlarged the photo and examined the white image closely they saw what appeared to be a man's face a second less distinctive green imperfection was also noted on the left side of the photo and when they zoomed in on it it resembled a female figure while in the basement Chief Brian Miller also noted that the door to one of the rooms appeared to move on its own as if manipulated by unseen hands shifting to a different position each time he looked at it following the walkthrough Austin reported that when he stopped at a gas station about a mile from the ammon's residence to make a phone call the radio in his car began to malfunction in an interview Austin later gave to Inside Edition he stated that after leaving the house he was on the phone when the radio in his car began to emit loud static and he heard what he believed to be a loud voice growling out of the speakers stating you in there he noted during the interview that the person he was on the phone with also heard the voice following this event when he arrived home he found that his garage door wouldn't open he also noted that the seat of his vehicle began to move back and forth on its own while he was driving not long after he visited the Ammon residence when he took his vehicle in to be inspected the mechanic noted that the seat motor had broken but there was no discernable cause the mechanic also told him that if this issue hadn't been resolved it could have potentially resulted in a serious accident following these events Captain Austin was convinced that whatever was in the ammon's home was now coming after him as well on May 10th 2012 another group consisting of Latoya her mother Rosa father magino two officers from the initial visit along with two additional officers a police dog and new DCS case manager Samantha ilck gathered to inspect the house the new DCS case manager was required because Valerie Washington refused to return to the ammon's home not long after Washington would quit her job and move out of Gary Indiana because of what she had witnessed during the ammon's case when the group entered the home they didn't initially notice anything on the main level of the house so they decided to head into the basement as father magino was convinced that whatever evil was inside the house was coming from the basement around this same time Latoya began complaining of a headache and not wanting to stay in the house any longer or go into the basement with the group left the residents and decided to wait outside on the front yard while the remainder of the group headed into the basement when they opened the door and descended the stairs into the basement Samantha saw what looked to be an oily substance dripping down the basement walls unable to determine the source of the liquid and curious to determine what it was she reached out and touched the mysterious substance which she later described as slippery but also sticky while in the basement father magino began to Proclaim that the officers needed to dig Under the Stairs he was adamant that the source of evil inside the house was undoubtedly tied to whatever was buried under the stairs eventually persuaded by father mago's insistence the officers began to start digging up the loose dirt under the stairs after only digging a 4-ft hole the officers Unearthed a variety of items buried in the loose dirt that consisted of a single pink press on nail a white pair of women's underwear two child-sized socks with the bottoms cut off a red lid to a pot a couple of candy wrappers a comb and a heavy metal bar unsure as to the items significance but convinced that they might have been used in some type of necromancy ritual father magino decided to sprinkle salt under the stairs and all around the basement walls for protection determining that there was nothing more to be discovered in the basement the group moved upstairs and it was upstairs in the living room that Samantha began to feel excruciating pain in her pinky finger the very finger she had used to touch the unknown substance on the basement walls Samantha claimed that the pain was so intense that it felt as if her pinky had just been broken when she inspected her finger she noticed that it had begun to turn pale white as if the blood had been drained from the appendage soon after the pale complexion began to spread across half of her hand and it was at this time that Samantha began to suffer a panic attack and decided it was in her best interest to leave the 's residence unbeknownst to her at the time similar to what happened with Captain Austin whatever was in that house wasn't just going to let Samantha go within 30 days of her visit to the ammon's residence Samantha would break three ribs in a jet skiing accident suffer third degree burns from a motorcycle accident break her hand hitting a table and also break her ankle while out running while still in the house chief Miller discovered that a set of blinds in one of the bedrooms appeared to be dripping an oily substance the same substance that Samantha had touched in the basement and that father magino had seen on his initial visit to the Ammon residence just like father magino on that day sheif Miller was unable to determine where the substance was coming from he noted that the substance wasn't dripping from the top but rather appeared to be originating from the middle of the blinds initially suspecting that someone might be attempting to tamper with their investigation the officers decided to clean the blinds and seal the room to make sure no one was tampering with their investigation the officers placed a Q-tip in the door before closing it when the officers returned roughly 40 minutes later they found the Q-tip in the exact spot they had left it indicating to them that no one had gone into or out of the room during those 40 minutes but when they entered the room they found that the blinds were once again dripping with the same oily substance they continued to try to determine the nature of the oily substance but no matter how hard they tried they found themselves unable to determine where it was coming from around this time the sun was beginning to set and as it was nearing dark Captain Austin proclaimed that he was leaving the house declaring that he refused to be in the house when the sun went down stating that nothing scared him more than this house shortly after heading outside to check on Samantha and Latoya Captain Austin spotted father magino coming out of the house behind him and immediately stopped dead in his tracks on the enclosed porch as he continued to watch father magino he noted that magino appeared to be transfixed on a single spot on the porch and that he appeared to turn as white as a sheet when Captain Austin called out to Father magino asking him what was wrong father magino replied the blind are dripping after this second investigation father magino believed he had all the proof he needed that a demonic entity had taken up residence in the Ammon home and that it had affixed itself to Latoya Ammon he knew that the only way to help her was to request an exorcism after being convinced that an exorcism was needed to rid Latoya and her family of the evil that appeared to have attached itself to her and her children father magino requested approval from Bishop MC the current Catholic dicese of Gary Indiana to perform an exorcism his initial request was denied instead he was advised to perform a minor exorcism as this minor right did not need permission from the church to be performed not knowing how to perform this minor right father magino allegedly had to learn how to perform this specific ritual by researching it on the internet eventually confident that he would be able to perform the ritual which father magino called in an intense blessing he returned to the ammon's home along with two police officers and DCS case manager Samantha ilck the ritual reportedly lasted for 2 hours during which time father magino said prayers recited scripture and attempted to cast out the demons he believed to be possessing Latoya Samantha ilck stated that the whole thing gave her chills she also stated we felt like someone was in the room with you breathing down your neck the entire time following this minor exorcism father magino instructed Latoya to look up the names of the Demons she believed were tormenting her explaining that if he had the names of the specific demons plaguing her he would be able to command more power over them following father mago's instructions Latoya started researching the names of demons and attempted to match the names with the experiences she had been encountering one name that Latoya finally settled on was Beelzebub the Lord of of the Flies according to magino he spent months investigating ammon's claims of possession and torment by evil spirits and in 2012 he finally received approval from Bishop melt to perform an exorcism on Latoya Ammons based on a lack of natural explanations for her symptoms and the strange phenomena affecting her home and family in June of 2012 magino performed three official exorcism rights on Latoya Ammons at St Steven martyr cathol Church in marville where he served as a priest during the exorcisms magino claimed that Ammons reacted violently often convulsing as he recited scripture Latoya herself claimed that during the exorcisms she would experience an intense pain coming from inside her as if something was trying desperately to cling to her she described the pain she felt during the exorcisms to be more painful than childbirth she also noted that the pain would become too much at times and she would pass out due to the physically demanding toll the exorcisms took on father magino and Latoya the exorcisms had to be spread out although it is unknown how much time passed between the first two finally near the end of June father magino prepared to deliver his third and final exorcism on Latoya where the first two exorcisms were performed in English this third exorcism was performed entirely in Latin similar to the previous two exorcisms Latoya suffered as father magino recited scripture and demanded in Latin that the demons leave her body unlike during the previous two exorcisms however the presence inside her seemed powerless to continue its strangle hold over her and after a roughly 4-Hour process Latoya passed out however this time when she awoke Latoya Ammons claimed that the evil spirits inside her were finally gone and that she was now free in between the three exorcisms Latoya and Rose had found a new residence in Indianapolis Indiana having put the home on Carolina Street permanently in their rearview mirror they were determined never to step foot inside the house again as long as they lived then in November of 2012 Latoya was granted custody of her children and roughly 6 months after the final exorcism she and her three children were finally reunited but perhaps the best news of all was that following the exorcism the Ammons family finally appeared to be free from whatever had been plaguing their lives for so long Latoya reported that nothing paranormal or demonic had followed them to their new residence they were in fact truly free though Latoya Ammons and her family found Freedom At Last from the Sinister forces that tormented them the house on Carolina Street was not finished claiming victims its Dark Legacy lived on when purchased by Zack beins Awakening new depths of evil that would spur future stories yet to be told for that unassuming home still held darker Secrets within its walls and a more profound malevolence embedded in its foundations that had only just begun to reveal itself the house continued to stand as a silent Sentinel waiting patiently for its next inhabitants to descend into the depths of Terror that had been the ammon's Fate this was a story that would unfold slowly with many chapters yet to come