The paranormal phenomena , poltergeist, ghosts, demons, etc.are themes that continue to mark trend until the present 21st century, a century in which doubts and theories about what exists beyond death and human knowledge about the soul and the occultism maintain the fantastic expectation in the minds of all of us, despite the amount of scientific and objective explanations that are given every day about events that apparently have no explanation. But have you ever wondered about what will it be like? Is there a possibility that a part of the human being, bored of objectivity, wants to find a world full of magic and fabulous alternate worlds? With the case that concerns us today, the question echoes in our ment, and making us believe that we may not be so far from reality by believing in something more than proven facts.
The babysitter they called a witch
Rome, Italy , a charming tourist destination for those who enjoy its extensive history, the attractive sacred art and other cultural wealth it possesses, witnessed a mysterious case that until today has become an object of doubt and supersticion.
In 1982, a young of 20 years of Scottish origin was accused of witchcraft , murder and pyromania in the wake of a fire, allegedly caused by it, in which died a minor named Agnese.
Carole Compton began working for the Ricci family as a nurse after moving with her boyfriend to Roma g>; their employment would last only a few days, but during their stay they began to present events extremely strangers that involved religious cadres falling and fires that were mysteriously caused each time Carole was close, so the family decided to fire the girl when a last fire took place in the room of one of the children.
Subsequently, Compton She was hired by the Tonti family to practice again as a babysitter.This family lived in the grandparents' house on the island of Elba, Grandma Tonti was an extremely superstitious woman, a fact that led to the tension in the house, as he continually pointed out that Carole was not to his liking.
The inexplicable phenomena followed Compton, the burning of a mattress, religious statues destroyed , objects thrown out of the house and other anomalies caused the grandmother to bother the young woman by calling her “ strega "( witch ) every time I had her close.The strange events continued to intensify, to such an extent that Carole came to hear scratches inside the house without knowing where They came or caused them.However, the critical point came when one of those mysterious fires reached the youngest of the family, little Agnese who died while in her crib, the Tonti family called the police and accused Carole having started that fire.
Detention and trial of witches in the twentieth century
The police arrested Carole to interrogated her and took her to Livorno prison, however, they did not get much information, since Carole claimed not to know what was happening or how those fires were caused.The case was made known by the press with the headline of " The ninera they called witch ", creating great controversy, as it seemed that they were entering a trial in the old style of the Salem's paranoia .
Quickly, Compton was picked up by experts and parapsychologists that They wanted to contact her and help her in the trial against her.However, she denied the help because she feared she would be considered a person involved in the occultism .The girl was sure she had no psychic power or paranormal, a fact that ensured in the interrogations.Even an attempt was made to recreate a fire, but no success was obtained.Of course, no one had witnessed that she could provoke any of these events.
The forensic experts testified that some of the fires, such as the mattress, could not have been caused by any external force or at the hands of a person, because they had arisen from a kind of heat intense that intensified in some way by itself .
In December 1983 I face the trial, after there r been in prison for 16 months.The superstition and the paranoia of the jurors caused Carole to be locked in a cage during the trial.He is considered innocent of the accusations for attempted homicide and guilty for intentional fire , the penalty consisted of remaining two and a half years in prison However, this sentence was revoked, since they had completed 16 months of their stay in this place.
After his release, Compton decided to move away from the media until 1990 when he published a book about his experience entitled" Superstition: The true story of a babysitter they called a witch , ”which did not have a great impact.The young woman currently lives in Yorkshire, England, with her esp bear.
Curious coincidences in a religious place
The case of Compton ceased to be an isolated event for 2004, when there were new testimonies about appliances that caught fire spontaneously in Sicily.After thoroughly investigating a possible electromagnetic charge, the researchers were unable to explain these facts.An expert in exorcisms of the Vatican, Father Gabriel Amorth, affirmed that the Roman Catholic Church was considering that, possibly, the city was being attacked by demons .
What do you think? Are we getting closer and closer to the truth about heaven and hell? Was this a case of poltergeist or a wild coincidence? Comment your opinion constructively.
If you liked this article, you will surely want to know the case of Madame Lalaurie, the witch of Royal Street.
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