From The Real-Life ‘Conjuring’ To A Satanic Nun, Explore 9 Horrifying Tales Of Demonic Possession

Published October 25, 2022
Updated February 12, 2025

The Demonic Possession Of Latoya Ammons And Her Children

Latoya Ammons' Demonic Possession

Inside Edition/YouTubeLatoya Ammons alleges that demons terrorized her and her children after they moved into a rental home in Indiana.

Shortly after Latoya Ammons and her family moved into their Gary, Indiana, rental house in November 2011, they started feeling that something was off. Flies swarmed their porch, they heard footsteps at night, and they found inexplicable wet footprints on the floor. But that was just the beginning of their ordeal.

According to the Indy Star, things soon got even scarier. In March 2012, Ammons and her mother claim that they saw Ammons’ 12-year-old daughter levitating from her bed. They reached out to church officials, who instructed them to draw crosses using oil on the windows and doors, and to clairvoyants, who claimed that the house contained 200 demons.

The clairvoyants suggested that Ammons and her family move. Ammons didn’t have the money to do so, and things soon allegedly got even worse.

The Demon House

Inside Edition/YouTubeThe alleged “Demon House.”

Before long, the purported demons started targeting her three children, who allegedly flew across the room against their will and described hearing threatening voices. When Ammons brought them to the hospital, her youngest son growled and tried to strangle his brother.

There, Ammons’ mother, a nurse, and a Department of Child Services caseworker witnessed Ammons’ older boy walk backward onto the ceiling. “He walked up the wall, flipped over her, and stood there,” the nurse insisted. “There’s no way he could’ve done that.”

Though a clinical psychologist who examined the children believed that they were deluded by Ammons’s own beliefs, a number of police officers who visited the Ammons home also reported paranormal experiences. Officers took a photo in the home that appeared to show a mysterious face and recorded audio that appeared to pick up someone whispering “hey.”

A priest eventually conducted three exorcisms on Ammons, which seemed to help. She and her family have since moved out of the house, and the new tenant apparently has had no issues with demons since — only with curious looky-loos who drive by the “cursed” home to take a peek.

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Kaleena Fraga
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A senior staff writer for All That's Interesting since 2021 and co-host of the History Uncovered Podcast, Kaleena Fraga graduated with a dual degree in American History and French Language and Literature from Oberlin College. She previously ran the presidential history blog History First, and has had work published in The Washington Post, Gastro Obscura, and elsewhere. She has published more than 1,200 pieces on topics including history and archaeology. She is based in Brooklyn, New York.
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Jaclyn Anglis
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Based in Brooklyn, New York, Jaclyn Anglis is the senior managing editor at All That's Interesting, where she has worked since 2019. She holds a Master's degree in journalism from the City University of New York and a dual Bachelor's degree in English writing and history from DePauw University. In a career that spans 11 years, she has also worked with the New York Daily News, Bustle, and Bauer Xcel Media. Her interests include American history, true crime, modern history, and science.
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Fraga, Kaleena. "From The Real-Life ‘Conjuring’ To A Satanic Nun, Explore 9 Horrifying Tales Of Demonic Possession." AllThatsInteresting.com, October 25, 2022, https://allthatsinteresting.com/demonic-possession. Accessed July 31, 2025.