James T
08-31-2017, 06:59 AM
Just been reading a Joe Nickell book where this case makes a brief appearance & the following is said.
In 1980 after the family moved into their Texas home they became aware that their house site had once been a cemetery for poor blacks. Following some neighbours suffering from stress & strange happenings & suing the developers for failing to inform them of this & that they had disturbed the graves of the dead.
The Williams family then started reporting every odd occurrence such as an ant infestation in the house or snakes in the backyard as being evidence of demonic activity, as was the malfunction of their garage door. When their eight year old granddaughter came to live with them & reported seeing shadowy presences, even though she had a tendency to invent imaginary friends, daydream & pretend this was taken as further proof.
Of all the phenomena they attributed to this force the most profound was the passing of their daughter Tina, but she suffered from Hodgkin's disease which was in remission, however she then acquired a virus that which caused her immune system to attack her heart muscle. She in fact died of a massive heart attack.
In reality the Wiliiamses were emotional & religious people-prone to outbursts, Jean to crying & Ben would shout at whoever would challenge him, as was demonstrated on the Maury Povich show. Jean was an avid reader of books on the supernatural & paranormal phenomena & at times wished she were a Catholic so that she could attempt an exorcism. When it became difficult for her to carry a bible through the house she instead bought a crucifix & walked around reciting prayers while holding a thirty eight pistol in her other hand.
Ida Ruth McKinney the ranch owner whose father had at one time owned the property said she thought it was a hoot, she had never heard so much as a boo on the property & added that someone is a little off in the head or wants some money & maybe we will see a sequel from this. Then in March 1992 CBS aired a made for television movie based on their story.
Pretty obvious that these people were religious zealots, eager to join the spurious lawsuit nonsense & of course make some money from selling their story & writing a book.
In 1980 after the family moved into their Texas home they became aware that their house site had once been a cemetery for poor blacks. Following some neighbours suffering from stress & strange happenings & suing the developers for failing to inform them of this & that they had disturbed the graves of the dead.
The Williams family then started reporting every odd occurrence such as an ant infestation in the house or snakes in the backyard as being evidence of demonic activity, as was the malfunction of their garage door. When their eight year old granddaughter came to live with them & reported seeing shadowy presences, even though she had a tendency to invent imaginary friends, daydream & pretend this was taken as further proof.
Of all the phenomena they attributed to this force the most profound was the passing of their daughter Tina, but she suffered from Hodgkin's disease which was in remission, however she then acquired a virus that which caused her immune system to attack her heart muscle. She in fact died of a massive heart attack.
In reality the Wiliiamses were emotional & religious people-prone to outbursts, Jean to crying & Ben would shout at whoever would challenge him, as was demonstrated on the Maury Povich show. Jean was an avid reader of books on the supernatural & paranormal phenomena & at times wished she were a Catholic so that she could attempt an exorcism. When it became difficult for her to carry a bible through the house she instead bought a crucifix & walked around reciting prayers while holding a thirty eight pistol in her other hand.
Ida Ruth McKinney the ranch owner whose father had at one time owned the property said she thought it was a hoot, she had never heard so much as a boo on the property & added that someone is a little off in the head or wants some money & maybe we will see a sequel from this. Then in March 1992 CBS aired a made for television movie based on their story.
Pretty obvious that these people were religious zealots, eager to join the spurious lawsuit nonsense & of course make some money from selling their story & writing a book.