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5 min readThe Hinsdale House’s ghosts did not stop with stolen objects and apparitions glimpsed through windows. By 1973, the Dandy family’s haunting escalated into physical attacks, possessions, and a near-fatal car crash that left their teenage son in a coma. This second part of the story follows the family’s desperate search for help—from priests, psychics, and exorcisms—as the spirits grew bolder and the family began to fall apart.
Attacks in the Dark
In July 1973, Clara Dandy was jolted awake by screaming. Her daughter Beth reported that something soft and furry had landed on her stomach in the dark, then leaped at her face. Beth swatted it away, but it made no sound hitting the floor—it simply vanished into the air. Clara had just walked past both of the family’s cats upstairs, so it couldn’t have been one of them. The next day, Clara found a strange pile outside Beth’s door that didn’t match any of their pets’ droppings. A similar incident had occurred in April, when Beth woke up slamming her casted arm against her nightstand.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **Episode Intro & Housekeeping** - Macy and Natalie recap part one and introduce the terrifying events of 1973.
- 2 (06:03) **Correction & July 1973 Escalation** - Macy corrects a timeline error from part one before detailing a violent attack on Beth.
- 3 (10:19) **Threatening Activity & The Letter Opener** - Objects are moved into a sealed room, and a photo of Mary is stabbed with a letter opener.
- 4 (13:27) **The Sound of Heavy Footsteps** - The family huddles together in fear as they hear a man in heavy boots walking through the house all night.
- 5 (14:51) **Seeking Help: Father Al & Psychics** - Clara contacts a paranormal expert, Father Al, and begins consulting with psychics.
- 6 (18:35) **New Spirits: The Dancing Woman & More** - Mary and her friend see a woman with a noose-like description, and Clara mistakes a ghost for her daughter.
- 7 (22:35) **Laura's Disturbing Transformation** - The haunting begins to severely affect the youngest daughter, Laura, leading to strange accusations.
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From July 1970 through 1974, the Dandy family lived in what is considered to be the most haunted house in the entire state of New York. They endured years of psychological terror in the form of sightings of full body apparitions so clear it was shocking to see those people disappear right before their eyes, disembodied voices whispering through their windows in the dark of night and chanting through the woods, objects being moved and stolen from their home when nobody was around to commit the act, burns appearing on their bodies and belongings when they woke in the morning, accidents causing severe injuries, and an overall sense of danger and dread over the entire home – it had an energy so negative and so strong that even a church sanctioned exorcism couldn't stop it.
Their home, located in northern Appalachia and now referred to as the infamous Hinsdale House, was a source of great struggle for the entire family for some time and left a lasting mark on all of them. What began as a family searching for a slower life and a country oasis turned dark and remains with them, some through to their end on this earthly plane. Their story, the story I want to relay to you today, lives on as a reminder that the land remembers.
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