Biography
Childhood
John Stuart Bell was born on 28 June 1928 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, into a poor Irish family. Since his father's name was also John, his family always called him by his middle name, Stuart. In addition to John Stewart, father John and mother Annie had three more children: the eldest daughter Ruby and the youngest sons David and Robert.
The mother dreamed of giving her children a good education, because, in her opinion, only an educated person could make his way to a better life and, as she said, “wear a Sunday suit all week.” John Stewart was among the best students in elementary school. “Perhaps I was not the best, but out of three or four at the top in the class.” He began his studies at Ulsterville Avenue School. Ulsterville Avenue School), then moved to school on Fane Street (eng. Fane Street School). At the age of 11 instead of 14, he passed all the exams to continue his secondary education.
However, the 1920s and 1930s were a time of greatest unemployment in Belfast, with its shipbuilding and repair yards standing virtually empty, leading to a general decline in the city's economy. Due to lack of funds, it was decided that only John Stewart, obviously the most gifted of the children, would continue his education beyond primary school. At that time, full school education was not compulsory, and only primary school was free.
The cost of education at prestigious Belfast secondary schools, even for one child, was unaffordable for the family, so John Stewart entered Belfast Technical High School. Belfast Technical High School, at that time the approximate equivalent of a technical school). This school, however, had academic accreditation, that is, with its diploma one could take university exams.
When John Stewart began high school, Great Britain had already entered World War II. The war revitalized the economy of Belfast, which became a major naval construction and repair dockyard. However, this also made the city the target of regular German bombing. The night “Easter” raid on April 15, 1941 was especially destructive. (English) Russian . Then about 200 Luftwaffe bombers dropped tons of conventional and incendiary bombs on the city and shipyards. 955 people were killed, 1,500 were injured, half of the city, including most industrial facilities, was destroyed. Fortunately, trouble spared the Bell family. No one was hurt; their house and school survived, and classes soon resumed.
Youth
After successfully graduating from technical school in 1944, 16-year-old Bell worked for a year as a laboratory assistant in the physics department at Queen's University. Faculty teachers Professor Karl Emeleus and Dr. Robert Sloan sympathized with the gifted young man. They not only allowed him to use the faculty library, but also allowed him to listen to the general lectures of the first year.
Finally, in 1945, funds for training were raised, and John Stuart Bell became a student at the Faculty of Physics at Queen's University. He studied brilliantly and in 1948 graduated with honors from the faculty with a specialization in experimental physics. It was then that his interest in quantum mechanics was born - not in its practical application, but in the deep meaning of its provisions. In an interview with Jeremy Bernstein (German) Russian given shortly before his sudden death, Bell recalls being "stunned" by Heisenberg's uncertainty principle:
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The funds allowed Bell to study for another year, and he, again, graduated with honors in mathematical physics. On this course, his leader was the German scientist Paul Ewald, who fled the Nazi regime. (English) Russian , founder of X-ray diffraction analysis.
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Fence with a warning sign. Atomic Research Center in Harvel.
Bell would have preferred to immediately begin work on his doctoral dissertation and work closely on the theory of quantum mechanics. Financial considerations, however, forced him into practice, and he joined the British Atomic Energy Research Department. (English) Russian in Harvel (English) Russian , from where he was soon transferred to the accelerator development group in Malvern (English) Russian . There he met his future wife Mary Ross, a physicist and mathematician from Scotland. They became husband and wife four years later, in 1954. Their marriage turned out to be strong, but childless. Being specialists in related fields, they helped each other both in life and in work. In the preface to his 1987 book, The Expressible and the Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics, Bell wrote: “Here again I especially want to express my warm gratitude to Mary Bell. When I look through these papers, I see her everywhere.”
In 1951, Bell received a year's leave to continue his education. He conducted it at the University of Birmingham under the direction of Professor Peierls. There he formulated his version of the CPT-invariance theorem. However, a little earlier, similar theorems had already been independently proposed by Lueders (German) Russian and Pauli, who received the status of discoverers.
However, the leave was extended for the time necessary to prepare and defend the dissertation. In 1956, Bell defended his thesis on the analysis of CPT invariance and received the title of Ph.D. The support of Peierls acquired over the years turned out to be valuable, who helped Bell, upon returning to Harvel, transfer to a new research group on the theory of elementary particles.
Bell and his wife worked at Harwell until 1960, but they became increasingly dissatisfied with the steady shift of the project's activities from basic research to applied nuclear physics. Therefore, both, without hesitation, accepted the offer from CERN and moved to Switzerland.
Switzerland, CERN
At CERN, Bell's official specialization was particle physics and quantum field theory, but his true passion remained the theory of quantum mechanics, and it was his achievements in this field that brought him his main fame. Inspired by Bohm's ideas (see Interpretation of Bohm), Bell continued his analysis of the EPR paradox and in 1964 formulated his inequalities. Bell's original formulation was an idealized concept on the basis of which inequalities for physical experiments were constructed. These are, first of all, the Bell - Clauser - Horn and Clauser - Horn - Shimoni - Holt inequalities (English) Russian .
Describing the situation that had developed by the mid-1960s around the EPR paradox in particular and the theory of quantum physics in general, Bell ironically calls it the “Why worry?” approach. (English) Why worry?) :
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Despite the fact that these terrible events took place a long time ago - at the beginning of the 19th century, in America there has still not been a ghost who could do more trouble than the evil witch Bellov, who has gained fame as the most famous ghost in the United States. The Bell family haunting is one of the most famous mysteries in American history.
Photo: Wayne Hsieh
It all started in 1817, when a young farmer, John Bell, and his entire large family moved from North Carolina to the Red River Valley, Robertson County, Tennessee. He settled in the Adams community, purchasing a tract of land and a spacious home from a woman named Kate Butts.
Things were going well for John Bell, but soon frightening events began to happen: ghost dogs and giant phantom birds began to appear. He shot at them, but the shots did not frighten these creatures. For a year, the ghost tormented John and Lucy Bell and their eight children. They heard knocking and grinding noises near the house. Inside the house, giant rats appeared to be chewing the bedposts and scratching the floor. The bedspreads were sliding off the beds, and the sleeping inhabitants of the house were awakened by the slaps of invisible hands, which also pulled their hair.
Over time, whistles began to be heard, and then words. At first the voice claimed that it was everywhere: in heaven, hell and on earth. “I am in the air, in houses, everywhere and always. I was born millions of years ago. That's all I'll tell you." The spirit later declared that "I am old Kate Butts, the witch, and will haunt and torment old John Bell as long as he lives." According to one version, during a deal to buy a house, John Bell deceived Kate Butts and now she wanted to take revenge on him.
Rumors of a witch spread throughout the country, and Andrew Jackson (later to become President of the United States) decided to visit the Bell farm, accompanied by an exorcist. After attempting to shoot Kate with a silver bullet, the shooter was slapped in the face by unseen forces and quickly retreated.
Most of all, the rich planter was furious with the witch because she upset the engagement of Betsy, his daughter. In front of the guests, the ghost said such dirty words to the girl and her fiancé that Betsy ran away in tears and locked herself in her room. One day, immediately after this incident, John saw a whitish transparent silhouette in the corner of the living room. The planter grabbed a saber and shouted: “I will destroy you, fiend of hell!” — rushed to strike the ghost. Of course, he did not cause any harm to the spirit, but he made him very angry.
The witch began to take revenge on the owner of the house. At first, it was as if a stick had been shoved into John's mouth: his jaws and tongue became so stiff that he could neither eat nor speak. The planter's face twitched with convulsions, causing terrible grimaces. In 1820, while walking with her son, the witch pulled off his shoes several times; the weakened John, who had also received a severe slap from the spirit, sat down on a fallen tree and cried. The witch still broke the will of this strong and self-confident man.
Soon after this incident, John fell into a coma. It turned out that the witch had replaced his bottle of medicine with a bottle of some suspicious liquid, which he apparently took. The commotion at home was aggravated by the spirit's statement that the elder Bell was no longer a resident in this world. The arriving doctor decided to test the witch’s “medicine” from the bottle on a cat that came to hand, and she died immediately. It became clear that old Bell would not last long either. A few hours later the planter died.
Even after death, the ghost mocked poor John to his heart's content. During the funeral, either the heart-rending screams of the witch or her daring songs were heard. It is not known whether the elder Bell stood up for his family in the next world or entered into an invisible battle with this evil spirits, but a few months later, when one day the whole family sat down at the dinner table, a terrible roar was heard, a cannonball fell into the fireplace and immediately exploded. After such a “spectacular” introduction, the witch’s voice was heard: “I’m leaving, wait for me in seven years.”
The witch kept her word and, returning in 1828, she talked with John Bell Jr. and told him a lot of interesting information about future events, which, by the way, turned out to be prophetic, including about the coming wars of the 19th and 20th centuries. The ghost then decided to retire (according to him) for 107 years, but when leaving, he promised that he would no longer torment the descendants of the Bell family. And he again kept his word, returning not to the Bell house, but to a nearby cave.
Photo: Wayne Hsieh
Visitors to the Bell Witch's Cave and the surrounding area encounter many strange phenomena: they may hear the voices of children playing in the cave or see a woman floating above the ground. The most common manifestation of anomalous phenomena is recorded in photographs taken in or near the cave. Some claim that if you approach the cave at night, you can see lights gliding over the fields and “dancing” in the ravine.
Although this mysterious and tragic story is very old, researchers of anomalous phenomena are still arguing about this mysterious case. The fact is that the case of the Bellov witch had too many witnesses to be a hoax or fiction. Richard, the son of John Bell, even wrote a book about the ghost called “Our Family Troubles.” Some consider this case a classic manifestation of a poltergeist, others see in it a riot of devilish forces, and others even insist on the hypothesis of a mass hallucination. Some suspect that John Bell was poisoned not by an invisible witch, but by some insidious killer. Whether this is true or not, we have no way of knowing.
THE WITCH OF THE BELL FAMILY In the early 1800s, John Bell moved his family from North Carolina to the Red River plains in Robertson County, Tennessee. Bell purchased some land and a large house for his family. Over the next few years, he acquired even more land, increasing his holdings to 328 acres. He cleared and plowed several fields. He also became an elder of the Baptist Church, which belonged to the local congregation. One day in 1817, John Bell was looking around his cornfield when he noticed a strange-looking animal sitting in the middle of the field. Shocked, Bell shot at the animal, which had a body like a dog and a head like a hare. He fired several shots. The animal disappeared. Bel didn’t think about this incident for long, and only remembered it at dinner. That evening, he began to hear the sounds of banging on the walls of his house coming from the street. Mysterious sounds were heard every night. Bell and his sons often ran outside to catch the mischief maker responsible for the sounds, but always returned empty-handed. After a few more weeks, the Bell family's children began to wake up and become frightened, saying that rats were gnawing on the legs of their beds. Soon after, the Bell children began complaining that at night the sheets would fly out from under them and the pillows would fly to the floor as if they were being thrown by some invisible entity. As time passed, the Bell family began to hear faint voices, it was such a faint whisper that nothing could be heard. But it sounded like some old woman was singing hymns. The entity began to attack the residents of the house. The Bell family's youngest daughter, Betsy, became the entity's least favorite victim. The entity often grabbed the girl by the hair and beat her mercilessly, which left bruises on the girl’s arms and body. Living in the house became unbearable to such an extent that John Bell eventually shared this problem with his friend, James Johnston, although Bell had previously tried to keep everything that was happening in his family secret. Johnston and his wife spent the night at the Bell home, where they suffered the same horrific attacks that the Bells experienced every night. When the blanket flew out from under Johnston, not for the first time, he jumped up and exclaimed: “In the name of the Lord, who are you and what do you want?” There was no response, but the rest of the night passed relatively quietly. The invisible voice grew stronger and at some point became so clearly heard that there was no doubt, he sang hymns, quoted Scripture and phrases that were spoken in the house during intellectual conversations, and one day the voice repeated two sermons word for word, which this very moment was read thirty miles from this place. Rumors about this supernatural phenomenon spread far beyond the settlement, and even reached Nashville, where General Andrew Jackson was very interested in this story. John Bell Jr., Drury Bell and Jesse Bell, John Bell's eldest sons, fought under General Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans. In 1819, Jackson decided to visit the Bell farm and see everything with his own eyes. Jackson's entourage consisted of a few men, a few well-groomed horses, and one wagon. As they approached the Bell farm, the wagon suddenly stopped. The horses couldn't pull it. After several minutes of cursing, when no one could move the horses, General Jackson exclaimed: “It must be the Bell Witch!” Suddenly, a disembodied female voice told Jackson that they could continue on their way, and that they would see each other again this evening. They managed to drive along the trail to the Bell house. There, Jackson talked for a long time with the owner of the house, John Bell, about the Indians and other topics, and Jackson's entourage waited impatiently to see if the invisible entity would manifest itself. One of the men volunteered to “provoke” the witch into activity. After several fruitless hours of waiting, he pulled out his shiny pistol and declared that he had silver bullets with which he could kill any evil spirit. He then said that the main reason why nothing happens is that the spirit that scared the Bells is afraid of his silver bullets. Immediately, the man began to scream and cover different places on his body with his hands, he began to complain that someone was stinging him with pins and beating him. From a strong kick in the ass, which was inflicted on him by an invisible foot, the man flew towards the front door. The angry entity then spoke to them and announced that she had one more left if there was another “joke” from Jackson’s team, and she would torment them the entire next evening. Now horrified, Jackson's men begged him to leave the Bell farm. But Jackson, for his part, insisted on staying so he could find out what kind of prank the evil spirit had in store. The men eventually followed outside and slept in tents, but continued to beg Jackson to leave. What happened next is not entirely clear, but in the morning Jackson and his team were seen in neighboring Springfield, apparently on their way to Nashville. As time passed, Betsy Bell became quite an adult, and soon a young man, Joshua Gardner, who lived not far from the Bells, became interested in her. With the blessing of their parents, they decided to get married. Everyone was happy when the engagement took place. However, the entity, for reasons still unclear to this day, repeatedly whispered to Betsy not to marry Joshua. joshuagardner Joshua Gardner Betsy and Joshua Garner's former schoolteacher, Richard Powell, made no secret of his infatuation with Betsy and expressed interest in marrying her when she grew older. According to some reports, Powell studied the occult, but this has not been proven. He was secretly married to a woman in nearby Nashville named Esther Scott while courting Betsy. He was very disappointed with her engagement and wished her a long and happy marriage to Joshua. Professor Richard Powell Professor Richard Powell Betsy and Joshua could not go to the river or walk around the neighborhood. The entity followed them everywhere, taunting them. The tension between them reached such extremes that on Easter Day in 1821, Betsy met Joshua and broke off her engagement. The entity softened slightly after Betsy broke up with Joshua, but the evil spirit continued to express hatred towards John Bell and one day the voice said that it would kill him. Bell had difficulty breathing for almost a year, and the situation only worsened every day. By the autumn of 1820, his illness had worsened so much that he confined his movements to his home. The entity tried to take off his shoes when he walked around the house and whipped his cheeks when he had seizures. The shrill, loud cry of the entity could be heard throughout the farm, this voice cursed “Old Jack Bell,” as she often called John Bell. John Bell died on the morning of December 20, 1820, after falling into a coma the day before. Immediately after his death, the family found a small vial of an unidentified liquid in a closet. John Bell Jr. gave a few drops to the cat, which died instantly. The entity then spoke, joyfully exclaiming, “I gave old Jack a big dose of this yesterday and it killed him!” John Bel Jr. immediately threw the vial into the fireplace, where it flared up with a bright, bluish flame and exploded. Death of John Bell Death of John Bell John Bell's funeral was one of the largest that ever took place in Roberston County. As John's friends and family were leaving the cemetery, the entity laughed loudly and began to sing a song about a bottle of brandy. It is said that the singing did not stop until the last person left the cemetery. The entity practically did not manifest itself again after the death of John Bell. It seemed that she had fulfilled her main goal. John Bell's Grave, Tennessee John Bell's Grave, Tennessee In April 1821, the entity visited John Bell's widow, Lucy, and said that he would return to visit their family in seven years. The entity returned in 1928, as promised. The entity's activity now became more pronounced on John Bell Jr., with whom it discussed the origins of life, civilization, Christianity, and the need for spiritual awakening in people. But the most interesting thing is that the entity predicted the Civil War and many other events. The entity said goodbye to John Bell Jr. three weeks later and promised that it would visit the closest descendants of the Bells for one hundred and seven years. The next year the entity was scheduled to visit the Bells was 1935; the Bells' closest descendant at the time was a Nashville physician, Dr. Charles Bailey Bell. Dr. Bell wrote the book "Bell the Witch" and published it in 1934. What followed is unknown, since Charles Bell did not publish any more books, and died in 1945. The entity that haunted the Bell family and the entire Red River community nearly 200 years ago was often blamed for the unexplained phenomena that occurred there. Some strange things still happen on the grounds of the old Bell family farm to this day. Sometimes you can hear faint voices of people talking or children playing, and at night it is not uncommon to see candle lights dancing in the darkness across the fields. The photographs taken in this area are especially interesting. In the photographs you can see ghostly fog, glowing balls and other phenomena, including human figures, that were not visible when the area was photographed. To this day, the appearance of the Bell family witch remains a mystery. There are many theories on this matter, but there is no one that would satisfy everyone who was interested in this issue. Different people have different opinions, and everyone is ready to prove that they are right. The only thing most agree on is that something was clearly wrong in the Red River community at that time, in the early 1800s, and it is quite possible that the evil that was created then still exists today.
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Although these terrible events happened a long time ago, at the beginning of the 19th century, there has still not been a ghost in America that could do more trouble than the evil Bellov witch, who has gained fame as the most famous ghost in the United States. The Bell family haunting is one of the most famous mysteries in American history.
It all started in 1817. Prosperous farmer John Bell from Adams (Tennessee) began to see ghost dogs and giant phantom birds. He shot at them, but the shots did not frighten these “creatures.” For a year, the ghost tormented John and Lucy Bell and their eight children. They heard knocking and grinding noises near the house. Inside the house, giant rats appeared to be chewing the bedposts and scratching the floor. The bedspreads were sliding off the beds, and the sleeping inhabitants of the house were awakened by the slaps of invisible hands, which also pulled their hair.
Over time, whistles began to be heard, and then words. At first the voice claimed that he was “everywhere, in heaven, hell and on earth. I am in the air, in houses, everywhere and always. I was born millions of years ago. That's all I'll tell you." The spirit later announced that he was "old Kate Bathe, the witch, and I have resolved that I will haunt and torment old John Bell as long as he lives." According to one version, Kate once made a bad deal with John Bell and now wanted revenge. The witch Kate Bathe was a prophetess. She is reported to have predicted the American Civil War and both World Wars. Rumors about her spread throughout the country, and President Andrew Jackson decided to visit the Bell farm, accompanied by an exorcist. After attempting to shoot Kate with a silver bullet, the killer was slapped in the face by unseen forces and quickly retreated.
Most of all, the rich planter was furious with the witch because she upset the engagement of Betsy, his daughter. In front of the guests, the ghost said such dirty words to the girl and her fiancé that Betsy ran away in tears and locked herself in her room. Immediately after this incident, John saw a whitish transparent silhouette in the corner of the living room; the planter grabbed a saber and shouted: “I will destroy you, you fiend of hell!” - rushed to strike the ghost. Of course, he did not cause any harm to the spirit, but he made him very angry. The witch began to take revenge on the owner of the house. At first, it was as if a stick had been shoved into John's mouth: his jaws and tongue became so stiff that he could neither eat nor speak. The planter's face twitched with convulsions, causing terrible grimaces. In 1820, while walking with her son, the witch pulled off his shoes several times; the weakened John, who had also received a severe slap from the spirit, sat down on a fallen tree and cried. The witch still broke the will of this strong and self-confident man.
Soon after this incident, John fell into a coma. It turned out that the witch had replaced his bottle of medicine with a bottle of some suspicious liquid, which he apparently took. The commotion at home was aggravated by the spirit's statement that the elder Bell was no longer a resident in this world. The arriving doctor decided to test the witch’s “medicine” from the bottle on a cat that came to hand, and she died immediately. It became clear that old Bell would not live long; a few hours later the planter died. Even after death, the ghost mocked poor John to his heart's content. During the funeral, either the heart-rending screams of the witch or her daring songs were heard. It is not known whether the elder Bell stood up for his family in the next world or entered into an invisible battle with this evil spirits, but a few months later, when one day the whole family sat down at the dinner table, a terrible roar was heard, a cannonball fell into the fireplace and immediately exploded. After such a “spectacular” introduction, the witch’s voice was heard: “I’m leaving, wait for me in seven years.” Of course, when this period passed, Lucy and her two sons, who of the whole family remained living in the house, felt out of place.
The witch kept her word, seven years later suspicious sounds began to be heard in the house again, and the invisible man pulled the blankets off the sleeping people. But either the witch missed Betsy’s presence, or was struck by the indifference of the household, who agreed among themselves not to pay any attention to the spirit, the ghost this time disappeared, not having lasted even two weeks in the house. True, it visited the house of John Bell Jr. a couple of times in 1828, threatening him to return in 107 years... Such a promise from the witch most likely no longer frightened the Bells; it is unlikely that any of them intended to live for so long.
Although this mysterious and tragic story happened a long time ago, researchers of anomalous phenomena are still arguing about this mysterious case. The fact is that the case of the Bellov witch had too many witnesses to be a hoax or fiction. Richard, the son of John Bell, even wrote a book about the tyranny of the ghost called “Our Family Troubles.” Some consider this case a classic manifestation of a poltergeist, others see in it a riot of devilish forces, others even insist on the hypothesis of a mass hallucination... Well, a hallucination lasting several years... There is something in this. Some suspect that John Bell was poisoned not by an invisible witch, but by some insidious killer. Whether this is true or not, we have no way of knowing.
The cave is associated with the witch and the period when those terrible events took place, but in fact it has no direct relation to them; however, many believe that when the witch left her family, it was in this cave that she found her refuge.
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The most entertaining films are those that are based on a true story, but it becomes truly creepy when this technique is used for a genre such as horror.
website I learned about 13 of the most terrible stories, which, unfortunately, turned out to be not the directors’ imagination.
1. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
Plot of the film: An anthropologist from Harvard University goes to Haiti to obtain samples of a mysterious powder that suppresses the psyche and all motor functions of a person.
Real story: The film is based on the book The Serpent and the Rainbow by Davis Wade. Davis personally encountered terrible science that goes back centuries. In the book, he wrote about his amazing experience of the process of zombification.
2. Mothman (2002)
Plot of the film: Reporter John Klein plans to buy a house with his wife Mary. After examining one purchase option, a car accident occurs, after which Mary claims to have seen an incomprehensible and strange creature.
Real story: The film is based on the book by John Keel, who studied eyewitness accounts of the appearance of the Mothman and conducted his own investigation. The last time the mysterious monster was seen was on the eve of the collapse of the Silver Bridge, during which 46 people died.
3. Monster (2003)
Plot of the film: Aileen Wuornos makes a living as a prostitute and is beaten and raped when meeting another client. She manages to reach her purse with a revolver and kill him. After this incident, Eileen returns to the road and continues to kill clients. Nevertheless, she has her own code of honor: she does not touch people who do not seem like scum to her.
Real story: The film shows Eileen's true story. Wuornos was convicted and received 6 death sentences. The execution took place on October 9, 2002.
4. The Phantom of the Red River (2005)
Plot of the film: A curse has fallen on the respectable and respectable Bell family. A ghost began to come to their house, seeking the death of one of the family members.
Real story: Thirty-five books have been written about the story of the Bell family, which was attacked by a mysterious spirit. Something tormented the family for several years, made their life unbearable and ultimately killed the head of the family. John Bell's death is the only one in American history to be documented as being caused by a ghost.
5. The Amityville Horror (2005)
Plot of the film: A young couple with 3 children moves into their new home. The happy owners bought a home at a very low price. Unfortunately, they do not know that the previous owners died a terrible death. Strange events that begin to happen around the family lead them to believe that something terrible is lurking in their home.
Real story: Ronald DeFeo killed his father, mother, 2 sisters and 2 brothers on November 13, 1974. It was his story that formed the basis of the film. There are many mystical details in this murder, however, the court found Defeo sane and sentenced him to 6 terms of 25 years (150 years in total).
6. American Crime (2007)
Plot of the film: The parents of 2 girls (Sylvia and Jenny) decided to go to work. The children were left in the care of Gertrude Baniszewski for a fee, but after 2 weeks the weekly remittance to support the girls was late. Gertrude plans to punish Sylvia and Jenny.
Real story: The murder of Sylvia Likens is Indiana's worst crime. It's hard to imagine that such a story is not the director's imagination, but the actions of real people. The children of Gertrude and neighbors beat Sylvia and subjected her to severe torture. The worst thing was the inaction of local residents, who knew what was going on in Baniszewski’s house and did not provide help.
7. Primeval Evil (2007)
Plot of the film: This serial killer has more victims than Jack the Ripper, Unabomber and Chikatilo combined. They tried to kill him many times, but each time his pursuers, at best, left with nothing, and at worst, they became new victims.
Real story: The film is based on the true story of a giant 6-meter crocodile named Gustav. It is believed to be around 65 years old and has eaten more than 300 people. Numerous attempts by visiting hunters or locals to kill this crocodile are known, including with the involvement of the military with AK-47s and the use of explosives, but it is still alive.
8. Changeling (2008)
Plot of the film: After the disappearance of Walter Collins (Christine's son), the police return a completely different boy to his mother. Desperate to resume the search, Christine turns to journalists. But this is not profitable for the city authorities; she is recognized as a bad mother and declared crazy.
Real story: The Wineville Coop Murders are a shocking series of kidnappings and murders of boys in Los Angeles. Quicklime was used to destroy the bodies and the remains were buried on the ranch grounds. Several bodies were eventually identified, one of which was believed to be Walter Collins. Now you know about all the horrors of this film.
9. Door (2012)
Plot of the film: A frightened young man calls into a popular radio show and talks about certain shadow people who come at night and brutally kill their victims.
Real story: The creators of the film “The Door” took the phenomenon of “shadow people” as a basis. Scientifically, this phenomenon can be explained as an optical illusion. Scientists conducted an experiment: during electrical stimulation of the brain, a patient suffering from epilepsy noted that there was someone behind her and was repeating her every movement, and when the doctors asked her to take and read what was written on the card, the girl said that there was a “ghost” tries to snatch the card from her hands.
10. The Conjuring (2013)
Plot of the film: The Perron family moves into a new house and discovers that they are not the only residents - doors suddenly slam, the cold and smell of rot are felt, the children see strange reflections in the mirrors. They turn to the Warrens, famous exorcists, for help.
Real story: In 1970, one woman bought a doll as a gift for her schoolgirl daughter. The girl took it with her to college, but soon she and her roommate felt that the doll had a life of its own. Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who investigated the case, came to the conclusion that Annabelle was haunted by an evil spirit. The doll is now in their Occult Museum in Connecticut.
