"Paranormal Witness: The Tenants" Season Finale Recap Pt. 2

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Edwin decides to talk to hisneighbor Walter to see if he can find any information about the Verdere family.Walker remembers the family as acting “very strange” and that they never smiledor spoke to Walter.  The family had builtthe complex in the 1900s and was strictly family owned. The Verdere family had 3sons and a daughter. Walter recalls the one son was named Ben and the daughterwas Myra. Walter mentioned the youngest son had died. Ben was a dominant man inthe house and controlled the house and everybody in it. He also mentioned that BenVerdere passed out dead in the bathtub due to a massive coronary. That’s theonly information that was given to Edwin at the time.

A distraught Edwin trying to hold on and solve the problem

One night, Marsha and Edwin leanup against the wall and hear thumps plus a woman’s chilling scream. She thoughtit was Dan and Diane downstairs but felt it was getting too violent. “Icouldn’t understand it because they were a very loving couple,” Marsha said. Itbegan to happen night after night; they thought it was occurring down the baseof the stairs. But then Diane and Dan began to hear it as well and thought itwas Marsha and Edwin. “We heard arguing, moaning and crying,” Dan said; “itsounded terrible”. Edwin stuck his head out around the staircase and itstopped. There was nothing to be seen. 
Edwin went back to Walter formore information and he told Edwin about Ben and his wife, whose marriage wasin turmoil full of turmoil, fighting and hateful screaming. Walter said sheshould’ve never moved into that house. The wife felt she couldn’t escape theabuse until she took her own life so she went down to the basement, wrapped anoose around her neck and hung herself. When Edwin relayed this story toMarsha, Marsha felt it all come together. “I realized the ghost of this family,the Vedere family, was occupying our house. It was built by them and someonedied there,” Marsha explained. Myra’s words and profanities at Edwin to get outof the house suddenly began to haunt him. 
While Edwin was at work, Marshawould be home but she was losing sleep, her mood was changing and he felt shewent through a spell of depression. It all affected Diane as well. Diane hadalways been bubbly and laughing and now she looked troubled. Dan would see herjust sit there and cry. Marsha was constantly on the move, wondering if thingsin the house were still in place and the fear almost became too much for her tobear. Both Marsha and Diane fell into deep states of depression, which wasprobably caused by the suicidal woman’s energy imprint that she left when shetook her life. Diane decided to leave with the baby and left Dan. “When Dianeleft, I was devastated.” Marsha remembers. “I felt alone. During dinnertime onenight, Edwin noticed Marsha was very quiet. He then noticed the door openingup. He goes up to close it. The door opens up again. Edwin got angry, got upand got a piece of heavy string and tied it around the doorknob and said “nowopen the door you pervert!” Edwin sat back down. The door kept opening and gotmore manic and worse. Edwin lost his temper and was tormenting Ben “I had norespect for him,” Edwin explained. “I fell in despair because there was nothingI can do. I cursed ben and the whole Vedere family. I felt they were ruining ourlife.” Marsha held out a glimmer of hope so she tried to find someone in thepsychic research field. She contacted a psychic who then got in touch with NBC. NBC called back and wanted toperform an exorcist on TV. Edwin didn’t know what to do but they decided to doit because they were at their last rope.

A warm, inviting house....

The production team on NBC cameand created chaos in the house. Among the NBC team was a priest and a psychic. “Therewere people all over the place, sound people, camera people and I lost trackwho everyone was,” Marsha said of the experience. Edwin helped the sound teamclose all the windows. Reverend Dale Davis tells the couple and the rest thatthey must hold a crucifix. Reverend Davis then tells the psychic would go in a“trance” and communicate with whatever spirit is present. The whole room fellquiet. As the priest prayed, they saw the psychic move. The sound man who washooked up on electronics and headsets were getting very nervous since he couldhear things that the others couldn’t. The priest had a crucifix with a mirroron his right hand. A gust of wind just blew through and the venetian blindsrattled. “Be gone, evil spirit in the name of Jesus Christ! Send your holyangels to watch over and protect us!” the priest prayed. All the sudden, theycould hear screaming and gusts of wind. Thousands of birds flew around thehouse and the noise became louder and louder. The psychic began shaking. Thebirds caused more racket. Something banged the window and the birds flew away. Thepsychic opened his eyes and the priest claimed the house to be “pure”. Edwinand Marsha were dumbfounded and not sure what to do next. “I knew that theyhonestly tried their best. They really believed that they were doing whatneeded to be done,” Marsha concluded. Edwin said if the activity continued,they would leave for good. “This whole experience was tormenting my life. I hadto get out of there. So I took off and never came back.” Dan said, disgruntledat how the residence tore his life apart. 
Meanwhile, Edwin’s sister Aprilcame over. She saw the footage and wanted to live on the 1^st floorbut he didn’t think it was a good idea; she insisted that she had to livethere. She insisted that she had to live there. April moved in and brought inan old piano of hers. She went in a room and saw the chandelier move on itsown. She told Dan and Marsha that the chandelier moves frequently and a lot.She asked if it was the ghost. “She was too excited about it and to her, it wasa ghost party,” Marsha said. And a ghost party it was when April and herfriends decided to come up with a genius idea and use an Ouija board. Marshaspied in on them; 

April: “We want to know if there’s anyone here withus” The planchette began moving.“y-e-s” “Whose here with us?” April asked. “H-E-N-R-Y”The planchette then moved on its own“Whose Henry, what are you doing here?” April asked.
Marsha had seen enough and interruptedthe ghost party. She told Edwin, who was less-than-pleased. “I was in a blindrage that I started ripping it, folding it and tearing it into pieces,” Edwinsaid. Edwin warned April never to bring a board or any other voodoo items inthe house or she’d be kicked out. So Edwin went back to Walter to ask aboutHenry. Walter told him that Henry was the youngest son and that the family wasashamed of him because “he was evil”. His own family restricted his travel andkept him in the house. Walter saw him looking out the window of the secondfloor but that’s all he saw of him.One night, April was in her roomwhen her piano began playing. There was no explanation for why it was playingby itself. She confided in this to Marsha. Marsha said she was worried aboutApril because April felt she has established this connection with Henry and wasexcited about it. She began hearing voices from the basement. Edwin went to thebasement and experienced feelings of “being watched”. Edwin worried about Aprilbecause he saw a huge change come over her. All the sudden, the piano wasbecoming more of a torment…ding, ding, ding…like a cadence…notice me, I’m here….
April began telling Marsha thatshe felt she was being touched inappropriately. She also began hearing voicessaying “kill yourself”. Edwin was in despair and having really terriblethoughts. So Edwin would go down in the basement to investigate. He discovereda hidden door in the back wall of the basement. He discovered a small room thatwas completely empty. It had a mattress, a water pan, plates and bottles. Itlooked like someone was locked in the room. It became a revelation that Henrywas locked inside this room. “What happened to him?” Edwin thought. But then hethought back to the time he found bullets in the basement too and so Edwincouldn’t help but wonder if Henry was killed by his own family. 

A couple holding onto hope...

Horrified at this revelation, Edwinput the house up for sale. The family sold the building and property for ameasly $10. Edwin and Marsha took off for good. Three weeks later, the policefound April. The family lost all contact with April. “I should’ve never let hermove into the apartment….” Edwin concluded, shadowing the words of his neighborWalton when he told Edwin that Ben Verdere’s wife shouldn’t have moved in…..
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Jane's Notes: What a great episode to end afantastic season of Paranormal Witness full of ghosts, ghouls, a UFO and alienabduction…and an evil Jewish wine box (I still get comments for that one!). Nowlet’s get to business here….first off….the video! No shocker, the first televised exorcism is on Youtube. Some made comments on the production but keepin mind, this was the 70s, a time where the likes of Steve Jobs and Bill Gateswere probably building computers in their garages. Speaking of Youtube, I can't help but post this comment that made me laugh for 5 minutes straight;


I do believe that this case was sincere and genuine....as far as demonic activity goes, I am not too sure about that as I don't know quite enough about the subject of demonology to know. However, let's look at the house...full of violence, abuse, rage, suicide...and a possible murder...there is no doubt the energy imprints at the location were toxic and draining.
I also came across Edwin’s website and after looking over it, he has a bookthat he published about the haunting and went on to publish more ghost books and articles. He even took the time to answer someFAQ’s, which I liked. I also like that it included his biography and not onlythat but he also blogs about some thoughts concerning the field of society, cultureand healthcare. He takes pride in his daughters and grandchildren, with ason-in-law serving in the law enforcement field. Personally, Edwin seems likethe kind of man you can sit with at Starbucks over a good cup of coffee andtalk to for hours.  Check out his site and see if there's anything there that sparks your interest...make sure to sign his guestbook too! 
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