Awesome episode! I'm so glad we have a nice ghost story! The sound of horse hooves reminds me of a paper I did several years ago on the "Herlechin's Hunt"--a medieval phenomena where people claimed to have seen a procession of either damned or purgatorial souls wandering through the wilderness. The particular one I was focusing on was found in the chronicle of Orderic Vitalis, a fairly careful and sober-minded historian of the Normans. He met a priest named Walchelin who claimed to have encountered the Hunt and met his dead brother and father. When one of the souls attempts to choke Walchelin to death, his brother shows up to rescue him. The encounter left a mark on his throat, which Orderic claims to have observed himself. At any rate, it's an interesting story and the Herlechin's Hunt (spellings differ) shows up in a number of medieval texts. I thought Jimmy might be interested in them. I must say that I don't understand Mrs. Livingston's attitude toward the voice. After everything that she'd been through, if I heard a supernatural voice telling me to pray for people and help draw them closer to God, I can imagine failing to do so out of fear or human frailty--but not just simply disapproving of the voice. I feel like I'd at least have to treat it seriously. Btw, Jimmy and Dom should consider selling T-shirts with "It's Always Aliens" printed on them! :-)
Mr. Jimmy, it would be great if you could do a series on Hinduism and it's mythology and debunking it. Please do consider this, as we are seeing men and women join a religion that has no divine presence. Hope you take this into consideration. And love your work on the mysterious world show. You are one of my favorite apologist on the catholic answers show. God bless.
I grew up as a stauch Hindu, from A Hindu Noble family, I can assure you that the stories are myths and legends. I love my Catholic faith, I was disowned for accepting the faith.
I am so sorry you were disowned that would be a difficult thing to bear. But I have to say welcome home to the one true faith! I will pray for your loved ones
Another great episode. I like the intersection of ghosts, exorcism and the Protestant heartland of early America. ADDED: Are you ever going to do an episode on the Beast of Gevaudan? I've been interested in that ever since I saw the movie Brotherhood of the Wolf.
If I can find enough evidence on it! Source recommendations along with topic recommendations are always welcome! (Especially if the sources are electronic, due to my dyslexia; it makes research *much* easier.)
So excited for this one- after two long (and enjoyable) years we finally have a ghost mystery! The true story behind the famous Exorcist film would be a great episode too.
Loved this episode, me and my wife are going to Virginia the third week of July and are going to make this our half way point and check out this cool little town and see this house first hand.
@@JimmyAkin basque witches of Northern Spain.. francisco de goya painting witches sabath is quite the modern horror theme..en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_witch_trials
This is a great story that is many stories in one. Love it. The range and quality of the specifics here remind me of those in the story of Gef the Mongoose.
My question to the hosts and others would be ~ why do you think this kind of thing does not happen more often? Why isn’t communication from the souls of purgatory a typical thing? Couldn’t or shouldn’t souls be more willing to let us know they want our prayers? Any idea why the Livingstons would be chosen in particular?
Just found out about this myself and I'm a descendant of Adam Livingston. Some versions of the story say we converted to Catholicism, I can say that we did not convert. We are still protestant. It could be that Adam converted but his children did not.
fragwagon yeah... personally I don’t like the borderline superstitious way many traditionalists treat the rosary, as if it is greater than all other forms of prayer. It works for some people, not for me. I also don’t buy that Mary literally gave the rosary to St.Dominic, as there is evidence of rosary-like items from the 11th century.
@@fragwagon Your like myself, I first heard it from Fr.Callaway. After his talk Wikipedia was my 1st source(very deliberately obscure) but the more I tried to know their where walls I came confronted with. Supposedly top geologists and NASA have examined this but I can't find documentation
I would watch father calloways talk on the rosary. I think you need to meditate on the mysteries of Christ’s life to be saved, and if you pray the rosary, it’s a Great Way to Meditate on those mysteries. We need to know Jesus to be saved.
Look up the BRIEF LIVES by 17th century Uk writer John Aubrey: look up the notice of Francis Fry, a Devon farm-worker. He was plagued with all the poltergeist phenomena recorded here, including the accurate shredding of garments, trundling about of large implements, etc. The Catholic connections aren’t in the Aubrey account, which is based on a memoir by Fry’s Protestant vicar. Aubrey’s account was reprinted in some American magazines in the early 19th century and may have affected 15:18 this story. Do check this …
Irish traveller, I know some of those, in South Carolina we have a whole town of them. I'm wondering if he's the same kind of Irish traveller. They are a social group that originates from Ireland, although some people consider them an ethnic group, and boy are they stereotyped, badly. So far in the story, I've gotten that he was Irish, and that he was a traveller, but not necessarily an Irish traveller, even though he was literally an Irish Traveller, English is a confusing language, isn't it?
All a hoaxer would have to do to get the horses sound effect is to bang two empty halves of coconuts together. On a more serious note, I think another indication that the phenomena came from two different sources is that the spooky bad stuff seemed to overlap the benevolent voice stuff at one point. If both were the traveler from purgatory, it doesn't make sense for both to happen at the same time.
They may have sounded like invisible horse hooves running around (why not goats or deer or whatever else has hooves?) but they were more likely the sounds of the cloven hooves of invisible demons rampaging.
I'm reading a great Historical fiction book by Dr. Stan Williams - "Wizard Clip Haunting - a True American Ghost story" - the story brings a depth to all the true characters in this story.
Pls keep this type of content coming....it's hard to find this type of thing from Catholic perspectives. Glad to find your channel!
Awesome episode! I'm so glad we have a nice ghost story! The sound of horse hooves reminds me of a paper I did several years ago on the "Herlechin's Hunt"--a medieval phenomena where people claimed to have seen a procession of either damned or purgatorial souls wandering through the wilderness. The particular one I was focusing on was found in the chronicle of Orderic Vitalis, a fairly careful and sober-minded historian of the Normans. He met a priest named Walchelin who claimed to have encountered the Hunt and met his dead brother and father. When one of the souls attempts to choke Walchelin to death, his brother shows up to rescue him. The encounter left a mark on his throat, which Orderic claims to have observed himself. At any rate, it's an interesting story and the Herlechin's Hunt (spellings differ) shows up in a number of medieval texts. I thought Jimmy might be interested in them.
I must say that I don't understand Mrs. Livingston's attitude toward the voice. After everything that she'd been through, if I heard a supernatural voice telling me to pray for people and help draw them closer to God, I can imagine failing to do so out of fear or human frailty--but not just simply disapproving of the voice. I feel like I'd at least have to treat it seriously.
Btw, Jimmy and Dom should consider selling T-shirts with "It's Always Aliens" printed on them! :-)
Ghost stories as Purgatory apologetics. Love it!
Have u read ‘Hungry Souls’ and ‘Get Us Out of Here’
Mr. Jimmy, it would be great if you could do a series on Hinduism and it's mythology and debunking it.
Please do consider this, as we are seeing men and women join a religion that has no divine presence.
Hope you take this into consideration.
And love your work on the mysterious world show. You are one of my favorite apologist on the catholic answers show.
God bless.
I grew up as a stauch Hindu, from A Hindu Noble family, I can assure you that the stories are myths and legends.
I love my Catholic faith, I was disowned for accepting the faith.
I am so sorry you were disowned that would be a difficult thing to bear. But I have to say welcome home to the one true faith! I will pray for your loved ones
Another great episode. I like the intersection of ghosts, exorcism and the Protestant heartland of early America. ADDED: Are you ever going to do an episode on the Beast of Gevaudan? I've been interested in that ever since I saw the movie Brotherhood of the Wolf.
If I can find enough evidence on it! Source recommendations along with topic recommendations are always welcome! (Especially if the sources are electronic, due to my dyslexia; it makes research *much* easier.)
@@JimmyAkin Sadly, I can't offer anything beyond the results of a Google search. :(
Fascinating. If nothing else, it is a very good story about the conversion of a "Good Samaritan".
Oddly, the thing I found the weirdest about this story s that the family took in this boarder and never asked him his name.
I love your podcast! Listening from Brazil.
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@@Jerônimo_de_Estridão hahaahah é nois
Moral of the story. Never deny an Irishman a priest.
So excited for this one- after two long (and enjoyable) years we finally have a ghost mystery! The true story behind the famous Exorcist film would be a great episode too.
I love these types of ghostly stories! Keep them coming
Loved this episode, me and my wife are going to Virginia the third week of July and are going to make this our half way point and check out this cool little town and see this house first hand.
You answered my request wooow this was awesome
Always happy to help when possible! :-)
@@JimmyAkin basque witches of Northern Spain.. francisco de goya painting witches sabath is quite the modern horror theme..en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basque_witch_trials
Great presentation...Someone should do a long form "Skinwalker Ranch" movie length presentation about this.A person can't get enough of this..
Loved this episode. Loved the intermittent clipping sounds, and I think those should be a recurring sound effect from now on 😃
What a cool story! Why do I have the feeling that there's so many more Catholic stories yet to discover from Early American history...
This is a great story that is many stories in one. Love it. The range and quality of the specifics here remind me of those in the story of Gef the Mongoose.
So...this has sent me on a ghost story binge. Do you guys have the Sallie House on your 1000-topic list? That one is really giving me goosebumps. 😳
My question to the hosts and others would be ~ why do you think this kind of thing does not happen more often? Why isn’t communication from the souls of purgatory a typical thing? Couldn’t or shouldn’t souls be more willing to let us know they want our prayers? Any idea why the Livingstons would be chosen in particular?
I recommend checking out the purgatory museum, it’s very interesting and this stuff is reported happening more often than you’d think
I suspect it happens more often than people want to admit.
who said they aren't more often?
Finally. A ghost story.
Anabelle next please
YES
Wonderful episode!
Just found out about this myself and I'm a descendant of Adam Livingston. Some versions of the story say we converted to Catholicism, I can say that we did not convert. We are still protestant. It could be that Adam converted but his children did not.
Father Galitzen’s cause is being proposed for canonization
Whoa. I live like an hour from here. I should visit!
Thanks 😊
Episode on 'Las Lajas' please. English speaking world doesn't know about it. Even trying to get information on it is hard
Detective Holmes yes! I just heard about it and suggested it on another video. Very interesting
Yes, great story. First heard about it from Fr Don Calloway's talk on the rosary. (Life changing talk for me, btw)
fragwagon yeah... personally I don’t like the borderline superstitious way many traditionalists treat the rosary, as if it is greater than all other forms of prayer. It works for some people, not for me. I also don’t buy that Mary literally gave the rosary to St.Dominic, as there is evidence of rosary-like items from the 11th century.
@@fragwagon Your like myself, I first heard it from Fr.Callaway. After his talk Wikipedia was my 1st source(very deliberately obscure) but the more I tried to know their where walls I came confronted with. Supposedly top geologists and NASA have examined this but I can't find documentation
I would watch father calloways talk on the rosary.
I think you need to meditate on the mysteries of Christ’s life to be saved, and if you pray the rosary, it’s a Great Way to Meditate on those mysteries. We need to know Jesus to be saved.
My grandparents had a small farm near Prince Gallitzen park near Altoona Pa.
I love this content from a Catholic prospective
My 5th Great Grandfather
Look up the BRIEF LIVES by 17th century Uk writer John Aubrey: look up the notice of Francis Fry, a Devon farm-worker. He was plagued with all the poltergeist phenomena recorded here, including the accurate shredding of garments, trundling about of large implements, etc. The Catholic connections aren’t in the Aubrey account, which is based on a memoir by Fry’s Protestant vicar. Aubrey’s account was reprinted in some American magazines in the early 19th century and may have affected 15:18 this story. Do check this …
I only regret one thing about this TH-cam channel…. Have discovered AFTER the pandemic!!! 😩😩😩😩 It’s better late than never… 👍
Incrível como Deus age misteriosamente para realizar seus prodígios, nesse caso, para a conversão de muitas pessoas.
I live near Port Tobacco that's so neat.
I used to spend a bunch of time in that area. It’s well, well known there.
28:40 brief explanation of purgatory
Irish traveller, I know some of those, in South Carolina we have a whole town of them. I'm wondering if he's the same kind of Irish traveller. They are a social group that originates from Ireland, although some people consider them an ethnic group, and boy are they stereotyped, badly. So far in the story, I've gotten that he was Irish, and that he was a traveller, but not necessarily an Irish traveller, even though he was literally an Irish Traveller, English is a confusing language, isn't it?
We had Irish Traveler or Gypsy communities in Georgia and they were Catholic also.
@@mrs.cracker4622 I live in South Carolina, they live in Murphy's estate also called Murphy's Village, Don't Call them gypsies
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All a hoaxer would have to do to get the horses sound effect is to bang two empty halves of coconuts together.
On a more serious note, I think another indication that the phenomena came from two different sources is that the spooky bad stuff seemed to overlap the benevolent voice stuff at one point. If both were the traveler from purgatory, it doesn't make sense for both to happen at the same time.
Coconuts don't grow in the middle Atlantic states. I think they'd have seen someone running around the house banging coconut halves together
Fatima showed that purgatory can last a very long time, even until the final judgement.
They may have sounded like invisible horse hooves running around (why not goats or deer or whatever else has hooves?) but they were more likely the sounds of the cloven hooves of invisible demons rampaging.
Doubtful. Not everything is demons.
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Never know who's listening .
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I'm reading a great Historical fiction book by Dr. Stan Williams - "Wizard Clip Haunting - a True American Ghost story" - the story brings a depth to all the true characters in this story.
Thanks, Scott !!!