OK it’s August and we’re just entering the holiday season.
As such we’re still a fair way off from Halloween – the time of “GHOASTIES & GHOULIES” and the like, so why you may ask are we starting this week’s outing with a report that might just create a few goosebumps for you?
Well it’s all due to the unexpected death of someone who’s been touring the US accompanied by a doll, which it has been claimed, is demonically possessed.
It’s a “spooky story” for sure!
Back in 1968, a then 28-year old nursing student named Donna, was given a Raggedy Ann type doll named ANNABELLE, for a birthday present.
Donna and her room mate Angie subsequently reported that the doll had been leaving them threatening notes whilst at the same time moving around the room they shared, apparently on its own.
The girls were sufficiently spooked by the goings-on, that they contacted a medium after which paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Watson determined that the doll was demonically possessed and so removed it, and placed it at their now closed Occult Museum.
The doll was stored in a glass case – with a “WARNING” attached to it.
Over time there were claims that the doll had somehow inflicted “psychic slashes” that drew blood from victims, caused a priest to crash his car into a tree, after he had supposedly insulted the doll (quite what form the insult took has not been revealed) and it’s also been claimed that the doll had somehow inflicted stab wounds to a homicide detective, forcing him into early retirement!
The doll would subsequently feature in a number of horror movies, but more recently Dan Riviera of the New England Society for Psychic Research took the doll on a tour to several locations across the US, so that paranormal enthusiasts could witness the real Annabelle.
Riviera had just completed the final date of the recent tour in Gettysburg, New England when he was mysteriously found dead in his hotel room, alone.
Contrary to earlier reports, of the notoriously creepy and allegedly haunted doll, there was no sign.
Perhaps its gone on the run!
Emergency crews tried unsuccessfully to revive Mr Riviera but so far the exact cause of death is unknown.
Staying put in the States, in the second hour of today’s show we learnt that US citizens, who feel like helping “THE DONALD” to bring down the US national debt, which as we speak stands at $36.7 trillion, it just emerged that the US treasury Department will now accept donations via PayPal and Venom.
Those who fancy donating simply head to pay.gov where donations can be made by credit card, debit card, PayPal, cheque account or savings account.
Alternatively they are also happy to accept cheques sent in by post.
Contributors then receive an acknowledgement reading:-
“Thank you for your contribution which will be deposited to the account ‘Gifts to Reduce the Public Debt.’
“Your contribution is accepted under the provisions of Section 31 U.S.C. 3113, which authorises the Secretary of the Treasury to accept conditional gifts to the United States for the purpose of reducing the public debt.
“These donations are voluntary, and no goods, services, or other considerations are provided to the donors.”
In truth it’s all a bit pointless as the donation process itself takes all of 80 seconds during which time the debt would have increased by over $4m or $55,000 per second, so even a donation of the maximum permitted amount of $1 million, would have had to have been made within 18 seconds, which at present, the system cannot achieve, just to keep pace with the speed by which the debt is increasing.
For once, I’m speechless!
Hope to see you again tomorrow,
Scott
