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La historia del caso más aterrador de posesión demoníaca de EE.UU. que se convirtió en la base para la película de éxito Extrañas apariciones, protagonizada por Virginia Madsen.
Poco después de mudarse a su nueva casa, la familia Snedeker es atacada por una siniestra presencia que no deja en paz a ninguno de sus miembros. Tras intentarlo todo, recurren a los demonólogos de fama mundial Ed y Lorraine Warren, quienes jamás se han enfrentado a un caso tan aterrador… Nadie había advertido a los Snedeker que su nueva casa antes había sido una funeraria. La batalla contra unos incidentes salvajes e inexplicables no ha hecho más que empezar. Lo que, al principio, parecía un simple caso de poltergeist llegará a convertirse en una guerra total en la que una familia americana normal y corriente deberá hacer frente a oscuras fuerzas infernales. Ésta es una guerra que los Snedeker no pueden permitirse perder.
Poco después de mudarse a su nueva casa, la familia Snedeker es atacada por una siniestra presencia que no deja en paz a ninguno de sus miembros. Tras intentarlo todo, recurren a los demonólogos de fama mundial Ed y Lorraine Warren, quienes jamás se han enfrentado a un caso tan aterrador… Nadie había advertido a los Snedeker que su nueva casa antes había sido una funeraria. La batalla contra unos incidentes salvajes e inexplicables no ha hecho más que empezar. Lo que, al principio, parecía un simple caso de poltergeist llegará a convertirse en una guerra total en la que una familia americana normal y corriente deberá hacer frente a oscuras fuerzas infernales. Ésta es una guerra que los Snedeker no pueden permitirse perder.
328 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1992
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Ed Warren
20 books441 followers Edward "Ed" Warren Miney was an American paranormal investigator and author associated with prominent cases of haunting. He was a World War II US Navy veteran and former police officer who became a noted demonologist, author, and lecturer. He worked with his wife Lorraine Warren.
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January 29, 2022
I don't think I have ever been more frustrated with two people in my life like I was with Carmen and Al. It is one thing to be frightened and confused. It is another to be in complete denial to the point you are harming your children's mental welfare. Stephen is a better person than me. I wouldn't have spoken to either one of them again. Committing your son to a psyche hospital because you want to blame the things going on in the house on a cancer patient in treatment. Disgusting and vile. I would have loved to have more history on the house and what truly happened there. So many unanswered questions.
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October 24, 2024
Lugar Sombrio é o relato de uma família e dos eventos que os levaram a entrar nos domínios de uma casa assombrada, das experiências aterrorizantes e sobrenaturais pelas quais passaram e como, após todo o sofrimento, erros e desafios, se viram livres do seu maior pesadelo. A obra, com toda certeza, surpreenderá aqueles que nunca tiveram qualquer contacto com narrativas deste género, da mesma forma, que vai assombrar com a forma como são descritos os pormenores ao longo do livro ,os leitores mais habituados com obras mais viradas a assuntos sobrenaturais. De uma ou outra , vamos sempre desejar nunca ter de vivenciar os eventos aqui apresentados.
January 18, 2020
It was an OK story for me because I expected more from this book and therefore I skimmed several parts of this book. In addition, the couple Ed & Lorraine Warren appear only in the final 1/3 of the book and are rarely present in the book. They simply go to the haunted house to check for an evil presence there, say some prayers and leave a team of three persons in that house with the family pursued by the evil spirits, while trying to approve an exorcism process with the Catholic Church.
October 23, 2024
Nunca tinha lido um livro de horror/sobrenatural. Este, para primeira experiência, não está mal. Há atividade paranormal com fartura e, para quem acredita nestas coisas, foi baseado num caso verídico que aterrorizou os Snedeker.
Não é nenhum portento literário, mas entretém. Também não chegou ao nível de ter pesadelos de noite ou de roer as unhas, mas gostei mais do que estava à espera. Só deixo um conselho: não comprem/arrendem casas onde anteriormente era uma funerária. Happy Halloween! 👻🎃😈
Não é nenhum portento literário, mas entretém. Também não chegou ao nível de ter pesadelos de noite ou de roer as unhas, mas gostei mais do que estava à espera. Só deixo um conselho: não comprem/arrendem casas onde anteriormente era uma funerária. Happy Halloween! 👻🎃😈
October 23, 2024
This is my first of the Warren’s books, and it did not disappoint. It was not even a slow build book, it started very creepy very quickly and increased in momentum more than I could have guessed. The resolution came swiftly at the end with less detail expected, considering the great detail that went into the rest of the book.
April 5, 2013
I'm giving this book five stars because the author, Ray Garton, is a skillful horror writer, and he does a good job telling a very scary story. The book is atmospheric, to say the least: an innocent family moves into a new house that was once a funeral home. Predictably, things don't go well.
And that's my problem with stories like these, of which I've read hundreds: no one ever seems to suspect that something supernatural is occurring until far too late. Seriously: I'd hear a menacing, disembodied voice exactly one time before I'd think, "Hmmm...I live in a funeral home. There are cold spots. It feels clammy. It's always dim. Maybe, just maybe..." The other thing I found frustrating was the family's seeming inability to tell each other what was taking place. Again, if our bed was vibrating, and Julie (my wife) was hearing tinny music, laughing voices, and footsteps moving through our hallway, I suspect she might mention it to me. Like, at the top of her voice the instant it happened. And—this is just me; not to be judgmental or anything—were I sodomized by a demon, I wouldn’t then worry about how expensive moving is. It would become a bit of a priority in my life to, you know, leave. Right. Then.
Not to get too metaphysical in a book review, but I don’t doubt that the family in this house experienced…let’s say, phenomena. Their teenage son sounded like a handful: he was sick with lymphoma, and developed what sounds to me like a mental illness of some sort, compounded by a severe case of teenager. Was he influenced by energies in that house? Quite possibly. Were dead people coming out of the walls to tell the family how much they enjoyed necrophilia? I find that unlikely. Stories like this take the subtlety of ghostly events and turn them into cartoons.
This book is the basis of A Haunting in Connecticut (the terrifying Discovery Channel episode) and A Haunting in Connecticut (the abysmal box office film). It features the work of Ed and Lorraine Warren, who will have a biopic done on them this summer in the form of The Conjuring, which looks quite scary. When I was a kid, I read their books to tatters. I originally went to college intending to study parapsychology (before I realized there really aren’t any parapsychologists). That was a grim day.
It saddens me, sometimes, to see the guys on Ghost Hunters, or Paranormal State, or Haunted Pets, or Haunted Celebrities,or Haunted Collector, running around with infrared gear, night vision goggles, digital EVP rigs, and spray bottles full of holy water because…I could’a been a contender, you know? I could’a been somebody.
Who you gonna call? Not me. (Sniff…sniff…sniffle)
And that's my problem with stories like these, of which I've read hundreds: no one ever seems to suspect that something supernatural is occurring until far too late. Seriously: I'd hear a menacing, disembodied voice exactly one time before I'd think, "Hmmm...I live in a funeral home. There are cold spots. It feels clammy. It's always dim. Maybe, just maybe..." The other thing I found frustrating was the family's seeming inability to tell each other what was taking place. Again, if our bed was vibrating, and Julie (my wife) was hearing tinny music, laughing voices, and footsteps moving through our hallway, I suspect she might mention it to me. Like, at the top of her voice the instant it happened. And—this is just me; not to be judgmental or anything—were I sodomized by a demon, I wouldn’t then worry about how expensive moving is. It would become a bit of a priority in my life to, you know, leave. Right. Then.
Not to get too metaphysical in a book review, but I don’t doubt that the family in this house experienced…let’s say, phenomena. Their teenage son sounded like a handful: he was sick with lymphoma, and developed what sounds to me like a mental illness of some sort, compounded by a severe case of teenager. Was he influenced by energies in that house? Quite possibly. Were dead people coming out of the walls to tell the family how much they enjoyed necrophilia? I find that unlikely. Stories like this take the subtlety of ghostly events and turn them into cartoons.
This book is the basis of A Haunting in Connecticut (the terrifying Discovery Channel episode) and A Haunting in Connecticut (the abysmal box office film). It features the work of Ed and Lorraine Warren, who will have a biopic done on them this summer in the form of The Conjuring, which looks quite scary. When I was a kid, I read their books to tatters. I originally went to college intending to study parapsychology (before I realized there really aren’t any parapsychologists). That was a grim day.
It saddens me, sometimes, to see the guys on Ghost Hunters, or Paranormal State, or Haunted Pets, or Haunted Celebrities,or Haunted Collector, running around with infrared gear, night vision goggles, digital EVP rigs, and spray bottles full of holy water because…I could’a been a contender, you know? I could’a been somebody.
Who you gonna call? Not me. (Sniff…sniff…sniffle)
January 17, 2011
After it was revealed from the author that the story was false and the entire events documented a hoax, this novel ended up being a rare find for anyone interested in reading it. I finally was able to get my hands on it through a library loan, and while the story itself is frightening, it is just another documentation revealing one of the many versions of the events the family claims have happened to them.
Each time the story is told, mainly by the mother, it changes. Not a single movie, documentary, article or book is the same. The story just grows more and more bizarre and unbelievable that eventually it ends up being just another Amityville Horror. Not surprising that this story made headlines soon after the Amityville haunting was hot off the press. Besides, who wouldn't believe it? An old funeral home, still holding old tools and machines making it hard to forget what it used to be? It was the perfect setup for their story to grip an audience. Only, they just couldn't stick to one story.
In a way, I am conflicted. Part of me hoped this was a true story, because how horrible to harm your family with stories of rape by an unseen spirit, and making your son out to be a monster driven mentally insane just to try and profit from the haunted house hysteria of that time. On the other hand, I'm now convinced it is nothing but a hoax, where the mother herself has done just as much damage to her family as the story she continues to make up.
Whether or not you believe, the book is a frightening read if you can get over the often painfully sterile writing style which is oddly similar to Jay Anson.
Each time the story is told, mainly by the mother, it changes. Not a single movie, documentary, article or book is the same. The story just grows more and more bizarre and unbelievable that eventually it ends up being just another Amityville Horror. Not surprising that this story made headlines soon after the Amityville haunting was hot off the press. Besides, who wouldn't believe it? An old funeral home, still holding old tools and machines making it hard to forget what it used to be? It was the perfect setup for their story to grip an audience. Only, they just couldn't stick to one story.
In a way, I am conflicted. Part of me hoped this was a true story, because how horrible to harm your family with stories of rape by an unseen spirit, and making your son out to be a monster driven mentally insane just to try and profit from the haunted house hysteria of that time. On the other hand, I'm now convinced it is nothing but a hoax, where the mother herself has done just as much damage to her family as the story she continues to make up.
Whether or not you believe, the book is a frightening read if you can get over the often painfully sterile writing style which is oddly similar to Jay Anson.
December 16, 2018
In my current work on Nightmares with the Bible, forthcoming with Fortress Academic and Lexington presses, I’ve been trying to read all that I can on Ed and Lorraine Warren. This ghost-hunting pair is generally ignored in academia (as are ghosts in general), but there were about ten books written on or by them while Ed was still alive. Of all of them, this is the one I’d avoided because, as with Carrie, I saw the movie first.
Although I discussed this on my blog (Sects and Violence in the Ancient World) I need to reiterate that I watched a television movie of this story that put me off reading the book. Now, I’m not quite sure what to make of the Warrens. Reading their ghostwritten books they seem to be completely sincere. I don’t think they were really trying to fool anyone. Still, they were making a living via lecture tours and books, and to do that you have to make sure the books move. The author of this particular title mentioned in an interview that Ed thought the Snedeker family was crazy and that he should embellish what didn’t fit between their stories as long as it was scary. Of course that raises the question of whether Ray Garton, who is a horror writer, is fictionalizing this. We’ll never know.
It seems that at a minimum, the Snedeker case, as was true of the Lutzes at Amityville, revolved around strange things happening in a house with a history. While the jury remains out on psychic phenomena, the heavy use of Lorraine’s reconstruction of necrophilia in a funeral home being behind the haunting is somewhat strange. Making this even harder to read is the childhood cancer of the Snedeker’s son that led them to move into the house in order to be nearer the hospital. This is drawn out in the book, making for difficult reading from the beginning. It also seems callous to embellish such a tragic account. All of this makes the book problematic on so many levels that it’s not enjoyable to read as a scary story. That persistent question “could this have really happened?” will remain itching in that hard-to-reach space in your brain, if you’re open to the possibilities. Still, it would be better to have had a non-sensationalized account to try to have sorted out fact from fiction.
Although I discussed this on my blog (Sects and Violence in the Ancient World) I need to reiterate that I watched a television movie of this story that put me off reading the book. Now, I’m not quite sure what to make of the Warrens. Reading their ghostwritten books they seem to be completely sincere. I don’t think they were really trying to fool anyone. Still, they were making a living via lecture tours and books, and to do that you have to make sure the books move. The author of this particular title mentioned in an interview that Ed thought the Snedeker family was crazy and that he should embellish what didn’t fit between their stories as long as it was scary. Of course that raises the question of whether Ray Garton, who is a horror writer, is fictionalizing this. We’ll never know.
It seems that at a minimum, the Snedeker case, as was true of the Lutzes at Amityville, revolved around strange things happening in a house with a history. While the jury remains out on psychic phenomena, the heavy use of Lorraine’s reconstruction of necrophilia in a funeral home being behind the haunting is somewhat strange. Making this even harder to read is the childhood cancer of the Snedeker’s son that led them to move into the house in order to be nearer the hospital. This is drawn out in the book, making for difficult reading from the beginning. It also seems callous to embellish such a tragic account. All of this makes the book problematic on so many levels that it’s not enjoyable to read as a scary story. That persistent question “could this have really happened?” will remain itching in that hard-to-reach space in your brain, if you’re open to the possibilities. Still, it would be better to have had a non-sensationalized account to try to have sorted out fact from fiction.
May 31, 2020
Para ser mi primera toma de contacto leyendo un libro sobre uno de los casos del matrimonio Warren, no puedo estar más contenta.
El libro me ha transmitido una congoja importante. Se trata de un caso verídico llevado por el matrimonio y...la verdad me da que pensar. El punto de que sea un caso real para mí es un plus y hace que la lectura sea diferente. Al menos yo lo leo de manera más atenta, sabiendo que cada cosa que se cuenta fue real.
También tengo que decir que algunas de las manifestaciones que se narran me han parecido demasiado fantasiosas pero en el caso de posesiones y fenómenos paranormales nunca se sabe.
En este libro se relatan las vivencias de una familia que se muda para estar más cerca del hospital por cuestiones médicas de uno de sus hijos. Se narra desde un poco antes de entrar a la casa, la entrada al nuevo hogar, las vivencias y el contacto con el matrimonio Warren para pedir ayuda. Podemos encontrar desde voces, sombras, cosas que se mueven....hasta los hechos más radicales (que no diré cuales para que los descubras al leerlo). Esos hechos me resultan taaaaan inexplicables que me parecen totalmente inverosímiles; pero como ya mencioné con este tipo de cosas nunca se sabe 🤷♀️
El libro es muy explicativo y visual y está narrado a modo de historia, lo que lo ha hecho mucho más interesante y adictivo. La historia que esconde esa casa, cuando ya se nos desvela el porqué de todos los sucesos que acaecen, es bastante perturbador y macabro.
Lo único que quizás me ha faltado ha sido en la parte final cuando la Iglesia actúa que ha sido rápido, como de pasada. Durante todo el libro se narra todo con mucho mimo y cuidado de detallarlo todo bien y en el desenlace no me ha parecido que hayan seguido la misma línea.
Quitando este pequeño detalle, ha sido una lectura maravillosa.
Me ha gustado muchísimo y seguiré los casos de los Warren porque son realmente apasionantes 😍
El libro me ha transmitido una congoja importante. Se trata de un caso verídico llevado por el matrimonio y...la verdad me da que pensar. El punto de que sea un caso real para mí es un plus y hace que la lectura sea diferente. Al menos yo lo leo de manera más atenta, sabiendo que cada cosa que se cuenta fue real.
También tengo que decir que algunas de las manifestaciones que se narran me han parecido demasiado fantasiosas pero en el caso de posesiones y fenómenos paranormales nunca se sabe.
En este libro se relatan las vivencias de una familia que se muda para estar más cerca del hospital por cuestiones médicas de uno de sus hijos. Se narra desde un poco antes de entrar a la casa, la entrada al nuevo hogar, las vivencias y el contacto con el matrimonio Warren para pedir ayuda. Podemos encontrar desde voces, sombras, cosas que se mueven....hasta los hechos más radicales (que no diré cuales para que los descubras al leerlo). Esos hechos me resultan taaaaan inexplicables que me parecen totalmente inverosímiles; pero como ya mencioné con este tipo de cosas nunca se sabe 🤷♀️
El libro es muy explicativo y visual y está narrado a modo de historia, lo que lo ha hecho mucho más interesante y adictivo. La historia que esconde esa casa, cuando ya se nos desvela el porqué de todos los sucesos que acaecen, es bastante perturbador y macabro.
Lo único que quizás me ha faltado ha sido en la parte final cuando la Iglesia actúa que ha sido rápido, como de pasada. Durante todo el libro se narra todo con mucho mimo y cuidado de detallarlo todo bien y en el desenlace no me ha parecido que hayan seguido la misma línea.
Quitando este pequeño detalle, ha sido una lectura maravillosa.
Me ha gustado muchísimo y seguiré los casos de los Warren porque son realmente apasionantes 😍
February 22, 2020
Jesus!!! The scariest thing about this book is the TERRIBLE PARENTING!!! What is wrong with this couple????
Poor kids, having to deal with cancer and the supernatural on top of those HORRIBLE parents.
Poor kids, having to deal with cancer and the supernatural on top of those HORRIBLE parents.
November 1, 2018
Read through a fictional lens, I quite enjoyed Garton's style and world building.
April 6, 2025
I had forgotten I read this one. I’ll have to reread it this year, because I don’t remember a lot about it. What I DO remember is having to put it in the freezer a couple of times!!
March 19, 2021
Nueva York, años 80. La familia Snedeker sufre la enfermedad de uno de sus hijos, Stephen, quien padece cáncer. Se tienen que ir continuamente a Connecticut para que el pequeño pueda recibir su tratamiento. Como los gastos son muy grandes, la familia decide mudarse. En la casa nueva Stephen comienza a notar cosas raras, especialmente una voz de un hombre que le llama. El niño se lo cuenta a sus padres, pero nadie le cree. La casa era antes una funeraria, pero nadie lo sabe.
El libro comienza con un prólogo de Salvador Larroca, no lo pasen por alto porque es bastante interesante. Larroca nos pone los cimientos de lo que vamos a encontrar en el libro, además de hablar de las películas del matrimonio. Le sigue un prefacio y acaba en un prólogo.
Creo que todos conocen ya de sobra al matrimonio Warren. Este libro recoge uno de los numerosos casos en los que trabajaron los dos. Poco a poco la ambientación se va cargando de un aire de incertidumbre y de puro terror. De hecho, pocas veces me ha pasado, he sentido un mal rollito de miedo que me atrae bastante. También se tratan los continuos problemas que la familia tuvo con el adolescente, ya que nadie le creía y lo asumieron más como cambios de personalidad del joven.
Aunque el libro está en tercera persona, vamos a ir conociendo el punto de vista de los propios personajes, lo que nos hace percibir mucho mejor la evolución que van teniendo estos, especialmente los patriarcas de la familia Snedeker. Al mismo tiempo el pasado y el presente de la historia se entrelazan perfectamente. Vamos a ser testigos de toda la historia al completo. Una historia, compleja pero con un buen ritmo, muy bueno, y que atrapa casi desde el principio, siendo una lectura muy emocionante y da mucha intriga.
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El libro comienza con un prólogo de Salvador Larroca, no lo pasen por alto porque es bastante interesante. Larroca nos pone los cimientos de lo que vamos a encontrar en el libro, además de hablar de las películas del matrimonio. Le sigue un prefacio y acaba en un prólogo.
Creo que todos conocen ya de sobra al matrimonio Warren. Este libro recoge uno de los numerosos casos en los que trabajaron los dos. Poco a poco la ambientación se va cargando de un aire de incertidumbre y de puro terror. De hecho, pocas veces me ha pasado, he sentido un mal rollito de miedo que me atrae bastante. También se tratan los continuos problemas que la familia tuvo con el adolescente, ya que nadie le creía y lo asumieron más como cambios de personalidad del joven.
Aunque el libro está en tercera persona, vamos a ir conociendo el punto de vista de los propios personajes, lo que nos hace percibir mucho mejor la evolución que van teniendo estos, especialmente los patriarcas de la familia Snedeker. Al mismo tiempo el pasado y el presente de la historia se entrelazan perfectamente. Vamos a ser testigos de toda la historia al completo. Una historia, compleja pero con un buen ritmo, muy bueno, y que atrapa casi desde el principio, siendo una lectura muy emocionante y da mucha intriga.
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April 28, 2024
A good quick read on another paranormal investigation
June 26, 2021
Me gustó, encuentro que es una historia perturbadora y el hecho de que este caso es real lo hace peor aún.... Me sentí inquieta en varias partes del libro, sobre todo al final, mmm lo único que no me agradó tanto es que los Warren aparecieron muy poco y en el último tercio del libro, pensé que tendrían más protagonismo, pero de todas formas recomiendo leerlo a quienes les gustan este tipo de historias fantasmales y demoníacas.
July 8, 2022
The book is very atmospheric and creepy and I think I would've given this 5 stars if not for the few issues I encountered.
A new family is moving to a house that used to be a funeral home in Connecticut and things don't go well.
My first question is: Who on earth wants to move into a funeral home? I would rather live on the streets period.
I feel so bad for Stephen because no matter what he said to warn his parents, they just kept ignoring him. The family has no belief in the paranormal and is quick to dismiss all the strange voices and apparitions and I believe this is my problem with this book. I couldn't deal with the denial throughout this book and the family started taking action when it was so late.
It has been a nice read 4 stars.
A new family is moving to a house that used to be a funeral home in Connecticut and things don't go well.
My first question is: Who on earth wants to move into a funeral home? I would rather live on the streets period.
I feel so bad for Stephen because no matter what he said to warn his parents, they just kept ignoring him. The family has no belief in the paranormal and is quick to dismiss all the strange voices and apparitions and I believe this is my problem with this book. I couldn't deal with the denial throughout this book and the family started taking action when it was so late.
It has been a nice read 4 stars.
September 11, 2017
Too graphic and scary for me and I really didn't like how it seems the evil can just run all over the righteous Word of the Lord and there was a particularly terrible scene where Jesus is shown to be grotesque and well... I don't even want to say the rest. I mean also a man gets anally raped by an unseen entity that turns out to look like some kind of reptilian in the end! What the?? If these people made this crap up, especially the parts about Jesus, I'm really very angry.
If not, then I am asking myself why the forces of good never or rarely seem to intercede on behalf of the children of God when they are being tortured so terribly, both believers and non-believers alike. It's sick and confusing. At first I said the book was okay because it did have some crazy unreal stuff in it that might open people's eyes to the way evil works but it definitely left an overall bad taste in my mouth. I would NEVER, EVER recommend it to anyone I know so I changed my rating from 1.5 stars to 1 which is "I didn't like it."
I can't even explain how these evil entities put grotesque images of Christ into people's minds. Why don't the righteous angelic forces ever come to assist? Oh...let me guess...they cannot interfere with free will. Hmm...well I'd say the evil forces are interfering quite a lot to the point of keeping persons prisoner, rape, torture, causing insanity, suicide, molestation from one child to another, murder in some cases and losing one's eternal soul. Yup umm I'd say that's interfering with our own free will alright! They lie and trick people. Are they demons or ghosts or even E.T.'s from another dimension people may ask. I don 't care where they come from if they are that evil they should have no place, no right to get the upper hand on the Children of God.
It seems it's only evil in this world 24/7 unless we are talking about the good in the hearts of ordinary people who love one another. We must never let the love go. Rarely do I hear of or read about an authentic supernatural savior because there are much more demonic forces out there hard at work it seems. I wish I had never read this book and I never want to see that grotesque image of the Prince of Peace in my minds eye again. If anyone takes the time to read this review which I highly doubt but whatever if someone does...what is your opinion of Ed and Lorraine Warren? Has anyone ever met them or have any insights to share on this couple? I thought I liked them but now I'm not so sure.
I read Ralph Sarchie's (the ex law enforcement officer who also helped on exorcism cases and took "the work" very seriously as he is a devout soldier of God) book and I think he's the real deal, no liar. Straight up that one! I recall there was some in-fighting with his people who helped on exorcisms on whether or not they wanted the Warrens to come along. Do you think the Warrens are true Christians or do they have ulterior motives? I'm interested in what others have to say about this.
If not, then I am asking myself why the forces of good never or rarely seem to intercede on behalf of the children of God when they are being tortured so terribly, both believers and non-believers alike. It's sick and confusing. At first I said the book was okay because it did have some crazy unreal stuff in it that might open people's eyes to the way evil works but it definitely left an overall bad taste in my mouth. I would NEVER, EVER recommend it to anyone I know so I changed my rating from 1.5 stars to 1 which is "I didn't like it."
I can't even explain how these evil entities put grotesque images of Christ into people's minds. Why don't the righteous angelic forces ever come to assist? Oh...let me guess...they cannot interfere with free will. Hmm...well I'd say the evil forces are interfering quite a lot to the point of keeping persons prisoner, rape, torture, causing insanity, suicide, molestation from one child to another, murder in some cases and losing one's eternal soul. Yup umm I'd say that's interfering with our own free will alright! They lie and trick people. Are they demons or ghosts or even E.T.'s from another dimension people may ask. I don 't care where they come from if they are that evil they should have no place, no right to get the upper hand on the Children of God.
It seems it's only evil in this world 24/7 unless we are talking about the good in the hearts of ordinary people who love one another. We must never let the love go. Rarely do I hear of or read about an authentic supernatural savior because there are much more demonic forces out there hard at work it seems. I wish I had never read this book and I never want to see that grotesque image of the Prince of Peace in my minds eye again. If anyone takes the time to read this review which I highly doubt but whatever if someone does...what is your opinion of Ed and Lorraine Warren? Has anyone ever met them or have any insights to share on this couple? I thought I liked them but now I'm not so sure.
I read Ralph Sarchie's (the ex law enforcement officer who also helped on exorcism cases and took "the work" very seriously as he is a devout soldier of God) book and I think he's the real deal, no liar. Straight up that one! I recall there was some in-fighting with his people who helped on exorcisms on whether or not they wanted the Warrens to come along. Do you think the Warrens are true Christians or do they have ulterior motives? I'm interested in what others have to say about this.
October 10, 2019
I hate giving non fiction a rating. But here is why I went with a 4 star. I am incredibly hard to scare. I have yet to find a book to scare me and I was truly hoping that this one would be it. The events in the beginning were unnerving but not scary. At one point, I was starting to lose interest, but it was still gripping enough to keep me pushing through. And I’m so glad I did! The events in the ending were truly unsettling and eerie! ( though, I still haven’t found the book to scare the tar out of me yet:() BUT it definitely gets under your skin, makes you uncomfortable and keeps you guessing how/ if it will be resolved. There were some scenes that truly did creep me out. I also really enjoyed learning about the true story and about true facts that the tv series “A Haunting” and the movie left out. (The movie was way off but I already knew that because I had watched the tv series first.) But even the tv series had some misinformation and left things out. So I highly suggest reading this if you’re interested in learning about the true story, want to know more about it or if you just want a good scary book to read:) I also think this would be perfect for Halloween! :)
June 10, 2024
I have to say, this book had me really terrified. I read the whole book and seen the whole story in my mind. Very frightening and worth buying...
I really didn't like how the parents were treating the son, and then onto the other kids. Especially the father's treatment towards Stephen aka Phillip which is his real name. The parents could've handled it better instead how they did.
May Phillip Snedeker rest in peace. Sadly his cancer came back and took his life in 2012.
I really didn't like how the parents were treating the son, and then onto the other kids. Especially the father's treatment towards Stephen aka Phillip which is his real name. The parents could've handled it better instead how they did.
May Phillip Snedeker rest in peace. Sadly his cancer came back and took his life in 2012.
October 12, 2021
Libro que me ha encantado. Vi la película hace años y me lo imaginaba tal cual
March 2, 2009
I read this book TODAY. Picked it up to skim the first chapter, then found myself unable to put it down. My mom recommended this book to me and loaned me her first-edition copy, so I just want to say...thanks, Mom!
The Snedekers live in New York until their oldest son, Stephen, is diagnosed with lymphatic cancer. When the commute back and forth between NY and CT becomes too much and too costly, the family moves to Connecticut, closer to Stephen's doctors. That's when it begins.
It turns out, their new home is the downstairs apartment in an old Colonial house that used to be a funeral home. In the basement, the Snedekers discover all sorts of macabre tools and rooms. But having exhausted their resources, they decide to stay and not tell the kids. But...
The day they move in, Stephen tells his mom they need to leave the house because the house is evil. She, of course, doesn't believe him. Things progress. Stephen insists he hears a voice calling his name from the basement and sees things moving out of the corner of his eye. But still, no one believes him. When his younger siblings start seeing things too, their parents blame Stephen for scaring them and putting ideas in their head.
Ultimately, Stephen changes. He finally gives in to the demands of the voice and starts to do its bidding. He listens to dark music and draws disturbing images on his sketchpad. He becomes surly and rude to his family and cold and distant. When he molests his cousins, that's the last straw. He is diagnosed as schizophrenic and admitted into a mental hospital. He warns his family that now that he's gone, whatever's in the house will start attacking them.
He's right.
Things start moving and disappearing. Everyone starts to hear voices. Empty light sockets glow with illumination. Swarms of flies infest the house, then vanish. Terrible smells of rotting meat waft through the house, then are gone. The two oldest females in the house are sexually assaulted and molested by invisible hands. There are cold spots.
Eventually, pushed past the limits of being able to explain it away, the Snedekers call on the Warrens, paranormal investigators of some reknown. They determine that the house is indeed possessed by a powerful demonic presence and appeal to the Catholic Church for permission to perform an exorcism.
Permission is eventually granted, but not before weeks of unspeakable torment is visited upon the Snedeker family.
In the end, the demonic presence is forced from the home, but nothing is ever the same.
Horror stories usually aren't my thing, but this one was fascinating. And creepy. And something I'm glad I read while the sun was still out.
There is some controversy as to whether or not this is actually based on a true story. Some say yes, others no (including, apparently, the author himself). But regardless of whether it's fact or fiction, it is a riveting book.
The Snedekers live in New York until their oldest son, Stephen, is diagnosed with lymphatic cancer. When the commute back and forth between NY and CT becomes too much and too costly, the family moves to Connecticut, closer to Stephen's doctors. That's when it begins.
It turns out, their new home is the downstairs apartment in an old Colonial house that used to be a funeral home. In the basement, the Snedekers discover all sorts of macabre tools and rooms. But having exhausted their resources, they decide to stay and not tell the kids. But...
The day they move in, Stephen tells his mom they need to leave the house because the house is evil. She, of course, doesn't believe him. Things progress. Stephen insists he hears a voice calling his name from the basement and sees things moving out of the corner of his eye. But still, no one believes him. When his younger siblings start seeing things too, their parents blame Stephen for scaring them and putting ideas in their head.
Ultimately, Stephen changes. He finally gives in to the demands of the voice and starts to do its bidding. He listens to dark music and draws disturbing images on his sketchpad. He becomes surly and rude to his family and cold and distant. When he molests his cousins, that's the last straw. He is diagnosed as schizophrenic and admitted into a mental hospital. He warns his family that now that he's gone, whatever's in the house will start attacking them.
He's right.
Things start moving and disappearing. Everyone starts to hear voices. Empty light sockets glow with illumination. Swarms of flies infest the house, then vanish. Terrible smells of rotting meat waft through the house, then are gone. The two oldest females in the house are sexually assaulted and molested by invisible hands. There are cold spots.
Eventually, pushed past the limits of being able to explain it away, the Snedekers call on the Warrens, paranormal investigators of some reknown. They determine that the house is indeed possessed by a powerful demonic presence and appeal to the Catholic Church for permission to perform an exorcism.
Permission is eventually granted, but not before weeks of unspeakable torment is visited upon the Snedeker family.
In the end, the demonic presence is forced from the home, but nothing is ever the same.
Horror stories usually aren't my thing, but this one was fascinating. And creepy. And something I'm glad I read while the sun was still out.
There is some controversy as to whether or not this is actually based on a true story. Some say yes, others no (including, apparently, the author himself). But regardless of whether it's fact or fiction, it is a riveting book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 24, 2021
En la oscuridad es una de las novelas de los casos paranormales de Ed y Lorraine Warren. Un título con una casa maldita y una familia que, por motivos económicos, no puede abandonar la vivienda y solo les queda una opción: luchar. Reseña completa: https://laestanteriadecho.blogspot.co...
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November 7, 2013I'm starting this book today. I know Ray and he told me that he was to make it as scary as possible. So yeah, it's not true but I heard its really scary! I'll let you know how it turns out!
October 18, 2022
Lo tenía pendiente del año pasado.😐
La historia del caso más aterrador de posesión demoníaca de EE.UU. (hecho real)
"En la oscuridad" cuenta con 344 páginas divididas en 29 capítulos, más un prólogo y epílogo. La historia está narrada en tercera persona y dentro de cada capítulo, nos encontramos con los distintos puntos de vista de cada personaje. Por lo que, podemos ir conociendo ese escepticismo de los padres, la impotencia de los niños al percibir tanto voces, como presencias y que nadie les crea lo que dicen.
💠Es de los libros que más sensación de terror me ha dejado. En algunas partes es chocante. Diría que es el libro más fuerte de los Warren. Una historia compleja pero que atrapa desde el principio, siendo una lectura muy emocionante y con mucho suspenso.
Este caso que afectó a la familia Snedeker y con la ayuda del matrimonio Warren y la del padre Nolan pudieron sobrevivir. Es uno de los más escabrosos que he leído.
💠No apto para personas sensibles.
💠UN POCO DEL LIBRO.
La historia empieza en el Nueva York de 1980 , la familia Snedeker se ve enfrentada al cáncer de uno de sus hijos. Y para estar más cerca del hospital se mudan a otra casa. Es allí donde todo cambia y el primero en darse cuenta es Stephen. Poco después la familia Snedeker es atacada por una siniestra presencia que no deja en paz a ninguno de sus miembros. Tras intentarlo todo, recurren a los demonólogos de fama mundial Ed y Lorraine Warren.
💠Muy recomendable para los que les gusta los libros basados en hechos reales y para los que le gustan estos temas, es una buena lectura, que no los dejará indiferente.
La historia del caso más aterrador de posesión demoníaca de EE.UU. (hecho real)
"En la oscuridad" cuenta con 344 páginas divididas en 29 capítulos, más un prólogo y epílogo. La historia está narrada en tercera persona y dentro de cada capítulo, nos encontramos con los distintos puntos de vista de cada personaje. Por lo que, podemos ir conociendo ese escepticismo de los padres, la impotencia de los niños al percibir tanto voces, como presencias y que nadie les crea lo que dicen.
💠Es de los libros que más sensación de terror me ha dejado. En algunas partes es chocante. Diría que es el libro más fuerte de los Warren. Una historia compleja pero que atrapa desde el principio, siendo una lectura muy emocionante y con mucho suspenso.
Este caso que afectó a la familia Snedeker y con la ayuda del matrimonio Warren y la del padre Nolan pudieron sobrevivir. Es uno de los más escabrosos que he leído.
💠No apto para personas sensibles.
💠UN POCO DEL LIBRO.
La historia empieza en el Nueva York de 1980 , la familia Snedeker se ve enfrentada al cáncer de uno de sus hijos. Y para estar más cerca del hospital se mudan a otra casa. Es allí donde todo cambia y el primero en darse cuenta es Stephen. Poco después la familia Snedeker es atacada por una siniestra presencia que no deja en paz a ninguno de sus miembros. Tras intentarlo todo, recurren a los demonólogos de fama mundial Ed y Lorraine Warren.
💠Muy recomendable para los que les gusta los libros basados en hechos reales y para los que le gustan estos temas, es una buena lectura, que no los dejará indiferente.
June 22, 2021
Двойка. Книгата е много страшна и напрегната, но изключително неетично написана, а отделно има и някои простотии вътре.
Ревю на линка:
https://citadelata.com/in-a-dark-plac...
Ревю на линка:
https://citadelata.com/in-a-dark-plac...
July 9, 2021
Another story from the case files of the paranormal investigators Ed & Lorraine Warren. Solid story. Either you like this kind of stuff or you don't. I do.
July 12, 2024
Well, that was something. 😶
June 26, 2022
fajne, ale szkoda, że nie było bardziej opisane jak byli Warrenowie u Carmen i Ala
December 29, 2009
I have read this book several years ago at the library. I liked it so much that I purchased it - that was when it was cheap. Then they featured it on the DSC & A&E channels. Amazon.com has the hardback starting at $70 & paperback starting at $83.83. It makes for good FICTIONAL reading. I recommended it to my friend & it didn't scare her at all. DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU READ!
Go to this link & read what the author, Ray Garton, has to say about the book he wrote:
http://www.horrorbound.com/readarticl...
He also doesn't have any good words for the Warrens. All of it was a hoax, just like the Amityville Horror.
Also "google" or "bing" Ray Garton, or In a Dark Place &/or Ric Osuna
http://www.horrorbound.com/readarticl...
excerpt: Ah, the Warrens. Ed, of course, has gone to that great haunted house in the sky, but Lorraine is still around. Back in the early ‘90s, I was offered a chance to write a book for Ed and Lorraine. As a kid, I used to follow their ghost-hunting exploits in the National Enquirer. I thought it sounded like a fun job, so I took it. I went to Connecticut and spent time with the Snedeker family. They’d moved into a house with their sick son and learned the place used to be a funeral home. They claimed all kinds of spooky things had happened in the house. They’d called in Ed and Lorraine, and after investigating, the Warrens announced that the house was infested with demons. Some of these demons had anally raped members of the family.
A little aside here. Back when I was reading about the Warrens, they were ghost hunters. Every house they investigated had at least one ghost, and there was always a spooky story behind it. But after The Exorcist was so wildly popular, first as a novel and then as a movie, Ed and Lorraine stopped encountering ghosts and began to uncover demon infestations. And it seems that wherever they went, people were being sexually molested by demons. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
Carmen Snedeker was an unemployed wife and mother who was running an illegal interstate lottery business, about which she asked me numerous times to tell no one. I never met the son, who was said to be ill, although I was allowed to talk to him on the phone once, supervised by Carmen. When the boy began to talk about drugs and told me that he didn’t hear and see strange things in the house once he began taking medication, Carmen ended the conversation. As I gathered all the necessary information for the book, I found that the accounts of the individual Snedekers didn’t quite mesh. They just couldn’t keep their stories straight. I went to Ed with this problem. "Oh, they’re crazy," he said. "Everybody who comes to us is crazy. Otherwise why would they come to us? You’ve got some of the story – just use what works and make the rest up. And make it scary. You write scary books, right? That’s why we hired you. So just make it up and make it scary." I didn’t like that one bit. But by then, I’d signed the contract and there was no going back. I did as Ed instructed – I used what I could, made up the rest, and tried to make it as scary as I could. The book was called In A Dark Place: The Story of a True Haunting.
Go to this link & read what the author, Ray Garton, has to say about the book he wrote:
http://www.horrorbound.com/readarticl...
He also doesn't have any good words for the Warrens. All of it was a hoax, just like the Amityville Horror.
Also "google" or "bing" Ray Garton, or In a Dark Place &/or Ric Osuna
http://www.horrorbound.com/readarticl...
excerpt: Ah, the Warrens. Ed, of course, has gone to that great haunted house in the sky, but Lorraine is still around. Back in the early ‘90s, I was offered a chance to write a book for Ed and Lorraine. As a kid, I used to follow their ghost-hunting exploits in the National Enquirer. I thought it sounded like a fun job, so I took it. I went to Connecticut and spent time with the Snedeker family. They’d moved into a house with their sick son and learned the place used to be a funeral home. They claimed all kinds of spooky things had happened in the house. They’d called in Ed and Lorraine, and after investigating, the Warrens announced that the house was infested with demons. Some of these demons had anally raped members of the family.
A little aside here. Back when I was reading about the Warrens, they were ghost hunters. Every house they investigated had at least one ghost, and there was always a spooky story behind it. But after The Exorcist was so wildly popular, first as a novel and then as a movie, Ed and Lorraine stopped encountering ghosts and began to uncover demon infestations. And it seems that wherever they went, people were being sexually molested by demons. Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
Carmen Snedeker was an unemployed wife and mother who was running an illegal interstate lottery business, about which she asked me numerous times to tell no one. I never met the son, who was said to be ill, although I was allowed to talk to him on the phone once, supervised by Carmen. When the boy began to talk about drugs and told me that he didn’t hear and see strange things in the house once he began taking medication, Carmen ended the conversation. As I gathered all the necessary information for the book, I found that the accounts of the individual Snedekers didn’t quite mesh. They just couldn’t keep their stories straight. I went to Ed with this problem. "Oh, they’re crazy," he said. "Everybody who comes to us is crazy. Otherwise why would they come to us? You’ve got some of the story – just use what works and make the rest up. And make it scary. You write scary books, right? That’s why we hired you. So just make it up and make it scary." I didn’t like that one bit. But by then, I’d signed the contract and there was no going back. I did as Ed instructed – I used what I could, made up the rest, and tried to make it as scary as I could. The book was called In A Dark Place: The Story of a True Haunting.
January 23, 2021
Siendo fiel a la realidad, comencé el libro con mucho miedo. Me encantan estas temáticas pero lo paso mal leyendo. ¿Qué ocurrió? A medida que iba avanzando en la historia fue bajando la intensidad del miedo hasta prácticamente el final en el que volví a notar los pelos de punta. Pese a todo pronóstico no me robó ni una sola noche de sueño. Disfruté muchísimo de su lectura y mi intención es continuar leyendo las historias de los Warren. ¿No he pasado tanto miedo como temía? No. Y casi lo agradezco. Quizás si se hubiera apoderado de mi ese miedo irrefrenable que esperaba, lo hubiera dejado a medias y me hubiera llenado de paranoias y terrores. Fui comentando el desarrollo de la trama con @eleuka27 ya que ella ya lo había leído y fue quien me animó a hacer lo propio y fue sin duda un acierto. Hubo ciertos momentos, ciertas cuestiones, que sentí la necesidad de comentar al segundo. Decididamente continuaré con sus historias y espero que me ocurra como con esta, que el miedo vaya menguando sin llegar a desaparecer en el transcurso de la lectura y me haga más llevaderos estos casos basados en hechos reales.
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