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5 min readA nurse in New Orleans watched a doctor and a coworker die within weeks of being cursed by a woman practicing Voodoo. A roommate in Denver spent months being terrorized by an entity they nicknamed "Bill" that threw furniture, wrote the word "die" in salt, and left claw marks on skin. A man spent seven years trying to free his family from what he believed was a Voodoo curse placed by jilted acquaintances. These are the stories that make up this episode of Scary Stories — five firsthand accounts of people who believe they encountered Voodoo, curses, and demonic entities, and who are still trying to make sense of what happened.
The Hospital Curse
The first story comes from a thirty-year-old registered nurse who worked in a New Orleans emergency room. On a quiet Friday night, an elderly man was wheeled in, near death, with a rotting wound and fluid on his lungs. Two women — the man's wife and daughter — were screaming and wailing. When the nurse tried to lead the older woman away, she began hitting him and cursing him in another language. A coworker named Andre, a large man who spoke French Creole, managed to calm the women down. The man died despite the team's efforts.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (01:33) **Story 1: The Nurse and the Voodoo Curse in New Orleans** - A 30-year-old nurse recounts a terrifying experience after a patient dies in the ER and his family curses the medical team.
- 2 (06:36) **Story 2: Bill the Poltergeist** - A roommate duo in Denver names their apartment ghost "Bill," but their joking turns to terror as the haunting escalates into physical attacks and property damage.
- 3 (31:39) **Story 3: The Perfect Storm of Voodoo Revenge** - A man details seven years of hell after multiple people who felt slighted by him performed black magic, leading to possessions, accidents, and terrifying supernatural events.
- 4 (34:18) **Story 4: The Bunker's Voodoo Dolls** - A volunteer cleaning a historic San Francisco bunker discovers a room with disturbing Voodoo dolls and ominous graffiti.
- 5 (36:03) **Story 5: The Fishing Pond Voodoo Jar** - An angler reels in a sealed mason jar containing a Voodoo doll and bound ID cards, which he immediately abandons.
- 6 Standout Quotes
- 7 "From this day, I will never, ever, go anywhere near anyone or anything involved with Voodoo. That stuff is real." (30:09)
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Show Notes
I was cursed, then my life turned upside down..
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