Jack Smurl Free Today

Finally, they called the Catholic Church. The Church, hesitant to validate a demonic presence, suggested they reach out to the Warrens.

For two years in the mid-1980s, a quiet street in West Pittston, Pennsylvania, became a war zone. It wasn't a war of nations, but of faith versus flesh. At the center of it all was Jack Smurl, his wife Janet, their children, and his elderly parents who lived in the adjoining half of their duplex. jack smurl

But things escalated quickly. This is where the Smurl case separates itself from a "noisy ghost" story. Janet Smurl reported being thrown from her bed onto the floor. Jack witnessed his mother, Mary Smurl, being pinned to her bed by an invisible force. She would later describe a black, shadowy figure with glowing red eyes hovering over her, scratching her arms and legs. Finally, they called the Catholic Church

According to the Warrens, the entity was eventually driven out of the home and "pushed" into the nearby Susquehanna River. The activity subsided, though Jack reported low-level harassment continued for years afterward. Naturally, not everyone believes the Smurl story. Skeptics point out that the family sold the rights to their story to a TV movie ( The Haunted , 1991) and that the Warrens had a financial incentive to sensationalize claims. It wasn't a war of nations, but of faith versus flesh