Haunted New England: Snedeker Demon House : Southington, Connecticut

Some of you may have heard of the Snedeker Demon House before. It is better known as "that house from 'A Haunting In Connecticut' movie." If youre a follower of Ed and Loraine Warren, you may also have heard of this terrifying funeral parlor being turned into a house. 

The story begins in 1986, when the Snedeker family moved into their rented new home in Southington,CT. The new family, which included Allen and Carmen Snedeker took over the home with their three sons and young daughter. Carmen and her family had decided to take a closer look around their new abode. Upon their investigation, she found tools that are used my morticians. It was after this, that they did some digging and finally realized their family home had once been a funeral home.

Shortly there after, one of their sons began to have nightmares and claimed to be seeing apparitions and horrifying images. Other occurrences include claims of inappropriate touching by demons, the smell of rotting flesh and water that turned blood red, only to return back to normal within minutes. 

However, even after Ed and Lorraine were hired and determined the house was taken over by demons, there were still holes in the family's story. No one in the family could give a straight, clear account or story about their experiences. And, after their story had been told so many times, and after they had signed a book deal, information came to light that this family was very aware that the Lutz family, of the Amityville horror house, had made a nice chunk of cash selling their story to the media and to publishers. 

Not only that, but many of their experiences seemed to be straight out of a horror flick or horror book. On top of THAT, the family couldnt gather any solid evidence that something paranormal was going on. It is alleged, by Ray Garton, that Ed Warren himself called the family "crazy" and that anything they couldnt tell the writer themselves, should be filled in and made up. The validity of Garton's statement cant really be determined, but this is one case that shook the state of Connecticut, especially after the 2009 movie telling of their story was released. 

Whether or not their story is completely true, half true or completely false, this wouldnt be the first time a true story was embellished for a book or the big screen. Because, in reality, true paranormal events, even the most frightening ones, wouldnt be all that interesting to watch if they took 100% true events and portrayed them accurately. Many "demonic" occurrences are much more subtle, and only in RARE instances does it get chaotic, dangerous and down right terrifying, as shown in many movies like "The Exorcist" and "The Conjuring". 

With all that said, the Snedeker family holds firm on their version of what happened to them and what they saw during their time in their Southington home. They have gone on record with several media outlets, including my states very own "Damned Connecticut". Below I will link a short interview that Damned Connecticut was able to get with a member of the Snedeker family:

http://www.damnedct.com/snedeker-family-member-goes-on-record-with-damned-connecticut

Here is another angle of the Snedeker household. As you can see, the morgue doors were still there upon them moving in. It is my speculation and assumption, that this family may have already known that the house was once a funeral home. The structure of the house gives that away pretty clearly. 

The many holes in this story make it hard for me personally to believe this families stories 100%. Do I believe SOMETHING went on with their house? Yes, I do. Funeral Homes can be a hot bed for activity. But, so I also think the family has some explaining to do? Yes. I also think the holes in their story are far too big and far too stereotypical/cliche. I encourage you to do more digging on this case and let me know what you think of it!