so i read a book about esther cox a teenager that was being haunted by poltergeist and there appeared on the wall

ESTHER COX YOU ARE MINE TO KILL!!

she was definately haunted and she had a nasty temper and died at the age of 52

she was really poor though

her mother died when she was young a then her father remarried and her step mother didnt like her so they sent her to ther aunt a uncle

this was a true story

can someone get a link for this?

Here's some info I found on Esther COX....

Esther Cox was not an extra ordinary human being. In fact, she was quite the opposite. A happy, healthy eighteen-year-old girl, Esther lived peacefully in the home of Olive and Daniel Teed, her sister and brother-in-law, along with their children and her sister, Jennie. A fun loving girl, Esther enjoyed playing with her nephews and visiting friends. She busied herself with household chores and attended church regularly. However, the tranquility and simplicity of Esther’s existence was shattered when unexplainable phenomena made her the target of its cruelty.

Esther’s Ghosts
Esther was haunted by spirits that subjected her to mental and physical torment. They engraved death threats into her bedroom wall, swelled her limbs in feverish fits, stuck her with pins, and chased her with kitchen knives. Esther was not their only victim. The entire Teed household was turned upside down. Unseen hands tossed furniture about, lit mysterious fires, and knocked thunderously upon the roof. Esther often sought refuge with neighbouring friends and family when the ghosts endangered her or her family. However the spirits soon followed. In 1879, a neighbour’s barn that Esther had been working in caught fire and was destroyed. Charged with arson, Esther was convicted and spent a month in jail. Many attested her innocence. For not only had Esther’s family witnessed the incredible acts of the unseen powers, but the townspeople as well.

Seeing Is Believing
Esther’s spirits followed her beyond her home, never allowing her a moment’s peace. Whenever Esther attended church, incessant knocking and flying hymnbooks interrupted the service. Patrons at White’s Oyster Saloon, where Esther was employed, were amazed when chairs stacked themselves and dishes leapt off the shelves and crashed to the floor. The townspeople flocked to the little house on Princess Street to confirm the strange rumours concerning young Esther and to attempt to solve the mysterious occurrences.

Explaining The Great Amherst Mystery
Esther’s experiences were documented in the local newspapers. As the story spread throughout the nation and to parts of the United States, The Great Amherst Mystery evoked curiosity and scepticism. “Experts” of the day deemed Esther to be a fraud, a lunatic, and even a criminal. Others suggested that Esther some how conducted lightening or had fallen under the influence of hypnotism. Others suspected that dark unearthly agents were at work.

Today
Currently the Great Amherst Mystery remains unsolved. This classical tale of possession continues to challenge our belief in the supernatural. The little cottage on Princess Street where Esther lived out her worst nightmares has ceased to exist, but the story will never fade from memory. Whatever became of Esther Cox? She amazingly survived the ordeal and went on to become a wife and mother, finally taking up residence in the United States. Why the ghosts were motivated to haunt Esther or why they eventually allowed her to lead a normal life is unresolved. Some people believe that an exorcism performed by a Mi'kmaq Medicine Man successfully drove the mischievous spirits away.

Evidently a fine line exists between our world and the spirit world - a line that few of us will ever cross. Thus it is our narrow scope of understanding that holds the truth about The Great Amherst Mystery beyond arms’ reach.

Hey! It was a true story she was my Grandmothers great Aunt.I'd love to talk with other relatives of hers. My Grandmother was estranged from her relatives at the age of 16. Her mother passed away & her father remarried & moved to the US, she had already met & fell in love with my Grandfather so she stayed in Amherst. I think she had a half brother but she never tried to find out.

Esther Cox needs to be a movie. Maybe it will turn out better than the "Bell witch", it sucked.


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it's sad that girl had to go thru this poltergiest (apparently that's what it was) but I get the impression, not too many people cared too much about her. Then, I could be mistaken.

Wait... was she possessed? or was it poltergeist?

assuming thats true and she is your grandmothers great aunt , thats quite amazing

Poltergiest, POLTERGIEST - not possession..... I wonder if her poltergiest was a self projected one

Seems possible, Anvil.
I'm may regret this , but my first impression was she was (abused) to the (extent) where something like that is a possibility.


I hate to assume, without really any facts. Just a hunch.

and what may be wrong with this statement my kweenie?.................b












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just a hunch? are you picking anything up about it?

O' absolutely.

I think you know what I think & you're thinking the exact thing, I believe.

lol I think I know you think you know I think

B/c its such a terrible thing Barek, and It's first impression.

it would feel better If I was to read her story for myself.-

There is a book about Esther Cox called "Mine to Kill" by David St Clair. It was published in the 80s but I bought it on Amazon about a year ago, so I am sure you would still be able to get secondhand copy there.

David St Clair wrote a couple of other good "possession" books - "Child Possessed" (about the Watseka Wonder) and "The Devil rocked her cradle" (True story of Emma Schmidt, but named Mary Lawrence in the book).

Enough to keep you going and read before you drop off to sleep at night <sniggers>