A quiet home in Atchison, Kansas. A nursery that never felt empty. Scratches that appeared on skin — fresh, burning, and witnessed in real time.

This is the true paranormal story of the Sallie House haunting, one of the most disturbing and well-documented cases in America’s haunted history.

In this episode of State of the Unknown, we walk through the chilling events exactly as the family reported them: the footsteps, the cold spots, the toys that moved on their own, and the violent attacks that finally drove them out.

Then we step back and examine what investigators actually documented, what witnesses claimed, and what remains part of Midwestern urban folklore.

If you enjoy paranormal encounters, real hauntings, demonic cases, or unsolved supernatural mysteries, this is an episode you won’t want to miss.

Listen now and decide for yourself what really happened inside the Sallie House.

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