Family Moves Into a Funeral Home and Something Awakens

Family Moves Into a Funeral Home and Something Awakens

A mother signed a rental agreement with a single, ignored condition: "do not remove anything from the basement." She was exhausted, her son was battling cancer, and the house was close to the hospital. But what she didn't know was that the basement had been an active embalming room for 44 years, with tools, tanks, and a rotating cot still inside. What truly awakened in that house?

In this episode, we explore the desperate circumstances that led Carmen and her family to a white colonial house in Connecticut, and the terrifying events that unfolded when her sick son, Philip, chose the former embalming room as his bedroom. What secrets did the house hold, and how did they impact a family already fighting for survival?

Case: The Connecticut Haunting
Location: Connecticut
Period: 1986
Family: Carmen, Allen, Philip, Bradley, 4-year-old daughter, niece
Hospital: MSI Hospital

- The rental agreement included a clause: "do not remove anything from the basement."
- The house operated as a funeral home from 1936 to 1980, with the basement serving as an embalming room.
- Philip, 14, was undergoing chemotherapy for lymphatic cancer when the family moved in.
- The basement contained embalming tanks, metal tools, a rotating cot, and ramps for moving coffins.
- Philip began hearing voices, and his 4-year-old sister reported seeing a woman in white.

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