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Mary Roff, the Watseka Wonder on Prairie Fire

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Was Mary Roff of Watseka, Illinois, the model for "The Exorcist?" WILL-TV's Prairie Fire tells the haunting story of two central Illinois girls.

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  • I grew up in Watseka and spent time in the house when the Looker family owned it. I've heard of many unexplained noises and movements that went on in that house. It always had an off energy to it.

  • I dunno.. I think I'm going to have to go ahead and agree with BDngr. Not to be a complete skeptic.. But I will say I live near watseka, I've heard plenty about this... and I've heard plenty stories that I'm SURE were imbelished substancially from locals who want a thrill in their lives. The fact that it was "Kept secret" for such a long time is a bit convenient. And no offense... but small town folk tend to get really bored and habitually cling to stories of the supernatural as a pass time.

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  • @lopez2224 What was so funny? Do your meds make you think shit like that is funny? Your sense of humor is warped.

  • Watseka Theatre Watseka Illinois Summer 2011 Country Music Concert Series;

    July 2 Marty Stuart; July 15 The Bellamy Brothers; August 5 Josh Thompson;

    Aug 26 Ricky Skaggs; September 3 Jerrod Niemann.

  • 5:46 is fucked up i saw lmafo all night lol

  • Our E.V.P.V. team members went here and met with Rick Hays after going threw my dvr session. We caught some evps which one was right before Rick was talking and he hear and repeated. It is a facinating place.

  • I live 11 miles south of Watseka in the small town of Milford. I have heard this story many times. My mom actually visited there with a physic. I hace also heard that Mary took over Lucy's body again when Lucy went into labor the first time so she wouldn't have to feel the pain.

  • @darthneji1992 - Can't believe they said that either! lol There are NO parallels between Watseka Wonder to the Exorcist besides that it's believed to be a possession. Nobody threw up pea soup on anybody nor did an exorcism even take place in this story!! lol

  • The Watseka Theatre in Watseka Illinois has many great concerts; March 26, 2011 Darryl Worley; July 2, 2011 Marty Stuart.

  • @suthrnbell0105 I was just about to comment on that, you are absolutly correct. I love how documentarys and other shows of the genre love to open with comments and accusations that are completely false lol I love documentaries but I rarely beleive eveything they say because there is always an opposing source out there. The Wonder was here first, but yes the Exorcist was based off the tale of "robbie".

  • Lived in Sheldon, Il and I also heard about this!!!!

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