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The Evil Within: Antwerp VIC
« on: April 22, 2020, 11:48:46 PM »
Pig-farmer Ralph Vollmer had first noticed his wife Joan was behaving strangely a few weeks before he decided to stage the violent four-day exorcism that led to her death.

Joan had taken to lurching and dancing around outside, arms flailing about her head, swearing loudly at nobody in particular. Soon after Ralph claimed she was “acting like a prostitute” and at various times, took on the physical form of a pig and a dog, as well as the personality of a sheep shearer.

“There were manifestations of different people and animals,” he later explained.

The cause was clear to Ralph: Joan’s body had been possessed by demons.

Ralph and Joan Vollmer lived in Antwerp, a small Victoria town 356 kilometres north-west of Melbourne with a population of just 63 residents. It was settled in 1846 by Europeans, and by 1859 two Protestant missionaries had built a church and a mission for the local Aboriginal community.

The church is long closed, but religion was still the pulse of the town in January, 1993, when Joan took her final tortured breath, aged 49. A number of fundamentalist Christians lived in and around the township, and it was they that Ralph called upon to rescue his wife from her dark possession.

At first, he attempted to rid her of these demons himself, by locking her in the basement, then, when that was unsuccessful, by tying her to the bed. Vollmer screamed throughout the night, however, and the demons remained.

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« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2020, 11:54:54 PM »
He then enlisted the help of his neighbour, Leanne Reichenbach, and the two of them received over-the-phone coaching from a 78-year-old spiritual leader, Leah Clugston on how best to rid a human of evil spirits. After they ascertained that ten separate demons were, indeed, in control of Joan’s body, they started an intense prayer session, with Joan seated in a chair at one end of the room.

When she struggled, they tied her to this chair with pairs of her own stockings. She was denied food and water throughout this entire period and when she attempted to close her eyes, they pried them open so the demons would better confront the Lord.

Joan continue to put up a violent struggle, and so the pair called in another member of the church, 28-year-old David Klingner. He took the lead, and restrained her with more pairs of stockings.

He started to slap her face repeatedly in order to summon the demons.

After three days of such torture, the group felt they had rid Joan of all but two stubborn demons: “Two strong male evil spirits”, as Vollmer later told AAP.

To eliminate these final demons, on day four they brought in 23-year-old Matthew Nuske. Nuske came highly-recommended by his mother, who touted his God-given ability to exorcise demons, despite having never done so before. Convinced, they handed control of Joan -- or as Ralph now saw her, “an evil spirit that needed to be dealt with” -- over to Nuske, and he amped up proceedings.

First, he instructed the group to destroy all of Joan’s possessions, including knocking down her garden beds and smashing an outside greenhouse with a hammer. These were also possessed by demon energy.

Next, he wrapped cling-wrap around the entire outside of the house seven times to act as protection from further spirits drawn by all the activity.

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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2020, 11:57:46 PM »
From then, things got exceedingly violent, with Nuske beating Joan repeated across the head, smashing her into the wall and instructing members to sit on her weakened, food-deprived body as she begged them to stop. They moved her body into the bedroom for one final exorcism.

Finally, the demon was removed. The group of five started at her stomach and crushed her internal organs, moving their weigh up her body in order to squeeze the demon up and out her mouth. The enormous pressure placed on her neck caused Joan to begin having a heart attack.

“When they finally released the hold on her, she was hissing and frothing and they came out with a groan,” Vollmer said of the demons.

In reality, what was happening was the pressure applied to her neck was so intense, her thyroid cartilage had been fractured, causing her to suffer a fatal heart attack.

Joan Vollmer died after four days of torture and as she slumped to the ground, the group rejoiced and waited for her resurrection.

The group had waited and prayed over Joan’s dead body for two days, when Leah Clugston arrived at the farmhouse where the exorcism had taken place. The 78-year-old had given early phone advice to the group on how best to proceed, and had herself received word from the Lord shortly after Joan’s death that she should place her hands on the bloated, quickly-decaying body and order Joan to rise and walk. When this failed to rouse her, Clugston called a local Baptist Minister for guidance. He arrived to find the group calmly eating lunch while Joan’s body laid in the 40 degree heat, being attacked by flies.

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« Reply #3 on: April 23, 2020, 12:01:07 AM »
The minister phoned a doctor to the townhouse, who in turn called the police.

“God has made a solemn promise that she will rise on the day of the funeral and he wants us to witness it,” a chirpy Ralph Vollmer told AAP journalists in the days following his wife’s death.

Interviews with police went a similar way, with the group assuring them it had been a successful exorcism, and that Joan would vouch for this upon her return.

On the Friday, just four days after the police first became aware of Joan’s body, Ralph invited media to her funeral, to witness her resurrection.

When she failed to materialise, he wept, confused and angry.

Detective Superintendent Paul Sheridan told the Herald Sun that the group “believed they were doing the right thing in trying to exorcise demons.”

Lest he be misunderstand, Sheridan quickly added, “they weren’t innocent and they certainly weren’t doing the right thing,” explaining how they openly discussed the methods used in the exorcism to police.

Police charged the four, Vollmer, Nuske, Reichenbach and Klingner, with manslaughter.

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« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2020, 12:02:23 AM »
Despite their open confessions and detailed descriptions to police, Leanne Reichenbach got the heaviest sentence: a paltry four months for manslaughter and false imprisonment.

David Klingner received three months for the same charges, while Matthew Nuske was found guilty of false imprisonment and received a suspended sentence.

Ralph Vollmer, who orchestrated his wife’s torture and death, was convicted of false imprisonment and reckless injury. He also received a suspended sentence, and served no jail time.

He soon left the farmhouse and the small town where Joan had died, and moved to Queensland, to live in bliss with his new wife.

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Re: The Evil Within: Antwerp VIC
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2020, 12:11:10 AM »
Here is a picture of the house where these tragic events happened....For those who cannot see any picture I suggest you join this wonderful forum,

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Re: The Evil Within: Antwerp VIC
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2020, 12:21:29 AM »
These tragic events 27 years ago have left a stain on the small hamlet of Antwerp. The house forgotten and run down now without verandas has become some thing of a right of passage for curious teenagers breaking in. Other have entered with more sinister reasons. And seances have been conducted inside the building...

Now other strange stories of an evil force lingering with in the building?

Was the alleged exorcised spirit possessing Joan Vollmer still there lurking inside?

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Re: The Evil Within: Antwerp VIC
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2020, 12:27:42 AM »
Digging into the past there may be another story connected to the house.

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Re: The Evil Within: Antwerp VIC
« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2020, 10:39:59 AM »
KANACKI, a truly grotesque tale, but one others should read, as this was an unnecessary loss of life.

Without an autopsy, I am only guessing that Joan may have been suffering from advanced Tourette's Syndrome, which is a nervous system disorder involving repetitive movements and/or unwanted sounds, rather than being possessed by evil spirits.

Joan was sick and needed medical attention. The doctor should have been called first.

These types of deaths are not uncommon throughout the world, even today.

Evil is sometimes in the people performing the so called exorcism, yet they get off free.

Poor Joan indeed.

One story that made me both angry and sad; religion is sometimes a curse, one hard to exorcise.
 
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Re: The Evil Within: Antwerp VIC
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2020, 01:06:02 PM »
Hello Simon

There is many questions with story that remain unanswered.

While the majority now thinks she had a medical condition there are others that suspect some thing darker.

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Re: The Evil Within: Antwerp VIC
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2020, 05:51:17 PM »
I have collected a story from experience of some local teenagers that for fun got inside the house and had a nightmarish experience. There was 6 local teenagers from larger surrounding towns drove out there one night  and had a seance with ouija board. Got a little more than expected....

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« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2020, 01:06:25 AM »
Well according to Nicole it was all a Joke. Fun activity for board teenagers from surrounding farms looking for fun and perhaps a scary experience? Except it go way out of hand.  In 2004 Nicole and her friend Leanne and a group of 4 young men. All of them between the ages of 16 and 19. Had heard of the story and events which had become a local legend among teenagers back then. More thought as a urban myth and no doubt retelling through the schools more exaggerated stories about the house where this possession took place. Now abandoned....

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Re: The Evil Within: Antwerp VIC
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2020, 10:12:33 AM »
Ah KANACKI, it sounds like you have kept the "best" till last! I can't wait for the next installment.

Wow, talk about a cliffhanger. LOL
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Re: The Evil Within: Antwerp VIC
« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2020, 04:59:54 PM »
Nicole now a mum with 2 children of herself now has lost track of the others. However one fatal night as a young teenager they had heard stories about the place and as dare as many bored teenagers do decided to go to the old Vollmer and have a seance.

What happened next was to her some thing terrifying....They had entered the boarded up house through a hole in the wall that some vandal had previously had kicked in.

Lighting candles they sat around in circles and commence the seance using Ouija Board. While it was all a lark at first no one had notice the intense could seeping up through the floor. A first many of party made funny noises and smart ass remarks . Her friend Leanne was rocking back forth silently....

The Ouja board move radically but made no sense... All attention became focused on Leanne whose face was illuminated in flickering candlelight. Everyone had become out of nowhere frozen to their spots as an intense cold rose up through their bodies.

Leanne's eyes rolled back in her head and she had a tremor like if she was having a fit. After first the boys and Nicole thought she was clowning around but to their horror they saw her facial expressions. She then reacted as if she was in shock if some one else or some thing was seeing through her eyes...

Then she broke into maniacal laughter and talking in a strange language and swearing making dog barking and pig grunting. Horrifying was the color of her eyes was a pale blue went almost black, the change could even notice in the pale dim candlelight.

The boys was struck with fear witnessing the strange paranormal sight. Nicole in moment of terror slapped her friend in the face. Leanne fell back into which she appeared to be a fit of some sort foaming at the mouth having convulsions. The slap broke the hold the cold had on the others and in panic they held Leanne down until her convulsions subsided. They fled the old farm house and took Leanne to hospital.

They told the hospital they think she had fit. Because at the time they was too shocked say anything else. After that as live does the boys drifted away Nicole got on with her life and Leanne well she went down hill in the years after that experience. She got into drugs and finally she was diagnosed with full blown schizophrenia.

Nicole said years later she always felt guilty that some thing in that house triggered...it all. Yet what she did not know. But what ever it was she to this day cannot watch a horror movie without triggering flashback to that strange terrifying night at the old farm house.

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Re: The Evil Within: Antwerp VIC
« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2020, 05:08:44 PM »
Today the old house has been pulled down as too many kids and vandals have been haunting the old house.

Here is some pictures of the inside the old house as it was torn down.

For those who cannot see the picture I suggest you sign and register to this wonderful forum. To enjoy and explore the strange bizarre and walk on the dark side.

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