Jack Smurl, a man whose name often conjures a decades-old haunting story, has died at the age of 75. Carin Smurl, Jack Smurl’s youngest twin daughter, said her father died after a lengthy battle with ...

The Smurl family is at the center of The Conjuring: Last Rites. The Smurls led a normal, quiet life in their West Pittston, Pa., duplex for over a decade until strange occurrences began. The case ...

Jack Smurl, a man whose name often conjures a decades-old haunting story, has died at the age of 75. Carin Smurl, Jack Smurl’s youngest twin daughter, said her father died after a lengthy battle with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Janet and Jack Smurl are shown in front of their Chase St. home in West Pittston, Pa., Aug. 22, 1986. It's been over four decades ...

The Pennsylvania case attracted major media attention and paranormal experts Ed and Lorraine Warren.

The Conjuring series of films have brought in hundreds of millions of dollars, and the ninth installment, “The Conjuring: Last Rites,” opened in theaters this weekend. But the Hollywood blockbuster ...

WEST PITTSTON — Jennifer Sweeney of Portland, Oregon, stepped out of a SUV on a recent afternoon and started snapping photos of an infamous, supposedly once-haunted house that was the focus of a movie ...

Logan Kelly is a professional author, screenwriter, and proud cinemaphile. He studied screenwriting and film history while attending Valencia College, before moving to the New York Metro Area. After ...

The Smurls led a normal life in Pennsylvania — until they claimed a demon began terrorizing their home The Smurl family consisted of patriarch Jack, matriarch Janet and their four daughters: Heather, ...

It's been over four decades since the Smurl family reported violent hauntings in their West Pittston, Pa., duplex — hauntings so horrific that they inspired the 2025 film The Conjuring: Last Rites.