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Emergency Exorcisms Call for Holy Water Enemas



in 1627, Jeanna de Agnes was appointed Mother Superior at the new Ursuline convent at Loudon in France.


It didn't take long before Jeanne became sexually enamored with the parish priest, Father Urbain Grandier, who had a history of adultery and scandal.


Perhaps that is why it came as no surprise when Jeanne began claiming that Grandier's spectral image was appearing in her dreams, seducing her and robbing her of her sacred vow to Jesus Christ.


Not long after, the other nuns in the convent started to complain that Grandier was possessing them as well. Of course, none of them were quite as afflicted as Jeanne, who hosted a whopping seven demons.


Exorcisms were performed for years. These spectacles were described to be very sexually-charged, including performing enemas with holy water, and nuns exposing themselves in fits of convulsions.


Grandier was charged with the crime of sorcery and initially acquitted. After the Chief Minister of France ordered a new trial, however, Grandier was burned at the stake; even after Jeanne and the other sisters had recounted their allegations.




As if the thought of having children could get any more terrifying


The urband legend of the Black-Eyed Children is most commonly sourced as having its beginnings near a movie theater in Abilene, Texas.


A local man stopped in the parking lot late one night to write a check. He was disrupted as two young boys tapped on his car window, motioning for him to roll it down. The older boy explained that they wanted to see a movie, but his brother had forgotten his money.


He asked if the man could give them a quick ride home to pick it up.


The man, filled with a strange sense of unease and dread upon the arrival of these children, declined, reasoning that the movie would be over by the time they got back, and returned to writing his check.


Frustrated, the boys argued that they couldn't get into the man's car unless he said it was okay. The man turned back to the boys to refuse their request once again, and realized in horror that their eyes had become completely blacked out.


The man tore out of the parking lot as fast as he could.





There are many similar stories of sightings of the Black-Eyed Children, stretching from the US to the UK. The entities are described as taking the appearance of regular children between 6-16, sometimes dressed in outdated clothing. Some are reported to have talon-like feet. they are said to approach you at the door of your home or car, asking either to use a phone or for a ride.


One thing is common in all experiences with the Black-Eyed Children. they bring with them a deep sense of dread.


Those who oblige the children's requests are never seen again.



Ned Stark's Head Wasn't the First to be Placed on a Spike



Beginning with the head of the notoriously rebellious Scot William Wallace (or who you might remember better as Mel Gibson in Braveheart) in 1305, the southern gate of the London Bridge served as a warning against betrayal to the crown.


Severed heads of those who were considered to be traitors were dipped in tar for preservation and placed out on the gate for all to see.


Though they were intended to be a displayed as an example of punishment, tourists came from far and wide just to catch a glimpse of the decapitated heads. At one point a German tourist counted 30 heads on display.


When the smell of decomposition became too much to bear for the surrounded shop keepers and bridge dwellers, the heads would be removed by an appointed "Master of Heads" and tossed into the Thames River below.

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