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HAUNTED: Cranmer Family Demon with Two Girls One Ghost

·1 hr 11 min·5 clips

The Cranmers wake up with unexplained scratches and find pools of blood on their bedroom floor.

This episode of So Supernatural explores the allegedly demonic haunting of the Cranmer family in their Pittsburgh mansion. Hosts Rasha Piccarreiro and Yvette Gentile are joined by guests Sabrina Deanna Roga and Corinne Vian from the podcast Two Girls One Ghost. The story centers on Bob Cranmer, a former army officer and politician, whose career was jeopardized by his public claims of paranormal activity. Bob Cranmer became obsessed with the red, 14-room house at 3406 Brownsville Road as a child, feeling drawn to it. In 1988, he and his wife Lisa purchased the home for far below market value from eager sellers. During a walkthrough, their two-year-old son Bobby Jr. was found terrified and crying on the grand staircase. After moving in, family members felt watched, furniture moved overnight, and lights turned on by themselves. Bob, initially skeptical, learned from a friend that the house had a long-standing reputation for being haunted. A priest attempted to bless the home, but young Bobby Jr. refused to let him enter his bedroom. The hosts and guests analyze the potential psychological toll, noting Lisa Cranmer's burnout and her two-week stay at a mental health facility in 1995. Children reported seeing a shadowy figure resembling the Grim Reaper in the bathroom. In 2003, a violent altercation erupted between Bob and his teenage son Bobby Jr. the moment they returned home from a bonding day. A nun later informed Bob his house was not haunted but possessed by a demon, which required a history of serious sin like murder or suicide. The family experienced unexplained scratches and woke to find walls bleeding and pools of blood on the floor. A priest controversially advised Bob to ignore the bleeding walls and continue having sex with his wife in that room. Bob attempted to combat the entity by reading the Bible aloud in his closet, which only intensified his feeling of dread. He also played *The Passion of the Christ* on loop, but the entity repeatedly turned the television off. Corinne Vian shares a parallel personal story about her infant son becoming terrified while staring at a specific spot in her own haunted recording room. The group discusses the "invisible string theory," pondering if Bob's lifelong attraction to the house was a predetermined, sinister fate. The conversation is casual, exploratory, and filled with personal anecdotes, creating a collaborative storytelling atmosphere. Listeners who enjoy deep dives into historical hauntings with analytical and personal commentary will appreciate this episode. Skeptics seeking purely evidence-based paranormal discussions or those disturbed by descriptions of family trauma and blood might choose to skip it.

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A haunted-house story that starts with burnout and keeps tightening the screws.

A Pittsburgh dream house turns into a slow pressure cooker: bills slip, fatigue builds, and the family starts weighing stress against a possible haunting.

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You want a haunted-house story that starts with everyday exhaustion and gets stranger fast.

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