In 2011, the Ammons family moved into a new home in Gary, Indiana – but it wasn’t exactly vacant when they arrived. It was said to be haunted by hundreds of spirits that led to wild paranormal phenomena – like levitation, poltergeist activity and demonic possession. And it wasn’t just the Ammons who witnessed this activity first hand – nurses, doctors, child service workers and police officers experienced it too…
Episode Source Material
COURT DOCUMENTS
- DCS Intake Officer’s Report, by Valerie Washington, contributed by Marisa Kwiatkowski.
- Excerpt from Lake County Police Report, contributed by Marisa Kwiatkowski.
ACADEMIC PAPERS
WEB / SOCIAL MEDIA / MESSAGE BOARDS
- Huffpost: Notorious ‘Demon House’ Torn Down After Purchase by ‘Ghost Adventures’ Star by Nina Golgowski. (web)
- Indy Star: ‘The Deliverance’ is based on exorcism of Latoya Ammons. Here’s what’s real, fiction by Joe Mutascio. (web)
- Indy Star: The Exorcism of Evil by Kelly Wilkinson. Video. (web)
- Indy Star: Exorcism: The story behind the Latoya Ammons story, inspiration for ‘The Deliverance’ by Marisa Kwiatkowski. (web)
- Indy Star: The Exorcisms of Latoya Ammons by Marisa Kwiatkowski. (web)
- Indy Star: How Other Outlets Handled ‘The Exorcisms of Latoya Ammons” by Marisa Kwiatkowski. (web)
- LA Times: Exorcism is Something We Can’t Quite Quit by Lynn Hightower. (web)
- The New York Times: What to Know About The Real Story That Inspired “The Deliverance.” (web)
- Skeptical Inquirer: The ‘200 Demons’ House: A Skeptical Demonologist’s Report by Joe Nickell. (web)
- Time: The Real Story Behind Netflix’s Demonic Possession Horror The Deliverance by Megan McCluskey. (web)
- USA Today: Strange Events Lead Ind. Family to Resort to Exorcism by Marisa Kwiatkowski. (web)