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Carmen Reed Q+A

posted 13 years ago by Gypsy_Violins
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If these events are true, this sure is an awful lot of bad luck for one family to suddenly endure. If it were a demonic entity terrorizing the home and family, moving probably would not have helped all too much. She readily admits that the story was embellished beyond her control. Also, she notes other odd incidents that occurred to others involving the home and story. I think something did happen there...she said that there was quiet a bit of evidence that necrophilia was part of the problem, and I can't help but agree with her. No good energy could come from such actions, that much I can believe.

From the Q & A of the Carmen Reed Website:
http://www.carmenreed.com/haunting_connecticut3.htm

"Does the current owner of the house have any supernatural phenomena occurring today?

The current owner has owned the property since Mr. Hallahan sold it. The owner wanted to use the property as an office building for the hospital, however, he could not get the zoning changed. He was forced to rent it as a two family house or duplex. When I went to rent from this gentleman, he was very kind and did what he could to accomodate us. He still owns the property today. Although I haven't had contact with him since I moved, I have heard there have been no further supernatural occurances.

Prior to the story breaking he did tell me of a couple of things that workers and others had told him. One story involded a worker that had taken tools and a ladder off his truck, he couldn't find something and went back to the truck upon returning to the foyer his ladder was gone along with his tools. they were back on the truck.

There were a few more stories. One worker broke his leg coming down the stairs and another had a stroke and later died. Are these things connected to the house? I cant answer that for sure, but I can add my father was murdered within months of me moving in. He was very concerned about his oldest grandson, but I lost touch with him the month I moved in. I could not reach him by phone and no one saw him. I filed a missing person report in July they found my father beaten to death in his home on December 8, 1987. My sister contracted AIDS that year and my brother was run over by a van and killed. I had a car accident and lost 4 more family members over the next years. I injured my spine in 1998 and it took 6 years for me to recover and return to work"

[–] drewgilbert 13 years ago

The haunting did take place. It definitely was embellished some though. The debunkers of this case are not very credible. Like the older woman who lived across the street. She kept a journal that explained how ordinary things were responsible for the activity. "Every time I wrote down something, you'd read about another incident in the paper." She could've easily have written down an entry and put a false date. The lady has gotten quite a bit of attention for coming forward as well. Ray Garton claims he believes the boy never had cancer and the parents acted as if they didn't know what type it was. Back in 1988, a news article stated it was Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Garton probably figured no one would see any of the older material which can be found in a Southington library. As for things that didn't mesh in the family's accounts, he claims he can't remember exactly what it was. Face it. The man makes stuff up for a living. These claims by him could very well be put in the same boat. Plus, he ALWAYS brings his new books up when interviewed about the case. I think it's a way to get publicity for himself. I don't care if you get angry for me getting preachy, but Satan does indeed exist. He might cause certain things to happen to make this family look like lying fools. Carmen only wants people to know that the other side is there and we shouldn't wander in to it via the occult. She never forced anyone to read, listen, or watch anything concerning this.

One last thing. The boy who's now a man isn't hiding the truth. He's just simply hiding from us. It's been known that weird things have happened to Carmen whenever she tells this story. He doesn't want the same happening to him.
He's also hurt by the hate speech directed towards him on the net. He was a 15 year old kid who caused some trouble just like anyone else at that age. Why should he owe anyone a telling from his perspective?