Prepare for the spookening of a lifetime, as Joe and Nicole discuss the dubious An American Haunting, featuring two actors who probably would rather forget this was in their filmography (RIP Donald Sutherland). Joe and Nicole discuss problematic portrayals, swooping ghost cameras, the real historical haunting, and bemoan the movie’s awful twist ending.
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Episode contains spoilers and mentions incest, rape, gun violence, suicide, slavery, and poisoning.
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An American Haunting (2006) (2006, May 5). IMDb.IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429573/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt
Monahan, B. (1997). The Bell Witch: An American Haunting: Being The Eye Witness Account of Richard Powell Concerning the Bell Witch Haunting of Robertson County, Tennessee, 1817-1821 . St. Martin's Press.
Wikipedia contributors. (2024e, September 8). Bell Witch. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Witch