Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

2 Girls Killed in 'Strange Ritual' Slaying in Iowa
FoxNews ^

Posted on 01/08/2008 12:52:44 PM PST by Scythian

DES MOINES, Iowa — A man has been charged with the stabbing and strangulation murder of his two stepdaughters in what police are calling a "spell gone bad" in the family's Sioux City, Iowa, home.

Police Lt. Marti Reilly said Harris had been performing "some strange ritual" and told officers he cast a spell that had gone bad. Reilly said he could offer no other details on how the girls were killed.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: obama1; spellfailed; spells; witchcraft
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-33 next last
How sad for these two little girls, witchcraft and stuff like this is very real, and very dangerous. Lord have mercy on them.
1 posted on 01/08/2008 12:52:45 PM PST by Scythian
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Tax-chick; Tijeras_Slim

Cruciatus curse?


2 posted on 01/08/2008 12:54:45 PM PST by CholeraJoe ("At last my arm is complete!" Sweeney Todd)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Scythian

In a related story, a witch was wiped out in Iowa last Tuesday.


3 posted on 01/08/2008 12:55:00 PM PST by dblshot
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Scythian

One more reason not to practice witchcraft or be part of the occult.


4 posted on 01/08/2008 12:55:44 PM PST by PureSolace (God save us all)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Scythian

Tod (Keanu Reeves) from Parenthood:

“You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, to drive a car - hell, you even need a license to catch a fish. But they’ll let any -expletive omitted- be a father.”


5 posted on 01/08/2008 12:56:06 PM PST by Slapshot68
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Scythian

I had a friend who went to college in Sioux City quite a long time ago. He said that there was a significant number of wiccans/witchcraft followers there.


6 posted on 01/08/2008 12:56:33 PM PST by Parmenio
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Scythian
witchcraft mental illness and stuff like this is very real, and very dangerous

I have no idea why Fox ran off to consult a professor who specializes in the modern practice of witchcraft/wicca when there's no indication this man had any involvement with it.

7 posted on 01/08/2008 1:08:44 PM PST by GovernmentShrinker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Parmenio

A Sioux City gal in my class was spooky but I don’t know if she was a wiccan...


8 posted on 01/08/2008 1:10:46 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: Scythian

Satanic ritual? There are many different form of these cults. In Alabama some Satanic cults have been vandalizing churches.


9 posted on 01/08/2008 1:12:55 PM PST by Dante3
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Scythian

So what was supposed to happen if the ritual went well?


10 posted on 01/08/2008 1:15:56 PM PST by DungeonMaster (WELL I SPEAK LOUD, AND I CARRY A BIGGER STICK, AND I USE IT TOO!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Scythian
witchcraft and stuff like this is very real

No it isn't.

11 posted on 01/08/2008 1:19:21 PM PST by humblegunner (My KungFu is ten times power.©)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Scythian

He wasn’t practicing witchcraft, he was abusing those kids and it got out of hand, he murdered them and set the house on fire to cover it up.


12 posted on 01/08/2008 1:23:25 PM PST by dljordan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Eric in the Ozarks

My friend told an interesting story. He became interested in witchcrft and bought some books on the subject at a mainstream bookstore over a period of several months. He didn’t tell anyone of his interest, he just bought the books and read them.

He received an anonymous letter saying that if he was really interested he should come to a particular address on a certain evening. He went to a wood frame house in an older part of Sioux City. The door was open and he went in to find the living room completely empty of furniture except for some burning candles along the base of the walls. This completely freaked him out and he left right away.

He said that in every city there are communities of witches who are always on the lookout for people who show signs of interest. They keep a very low profile and are very careful about who they bring in. He said that this was very likely supposed to be the first in a series of tests to gauge the strength of his interest and his suitability for the group.

He lost all interest in the subject of witchcraft after that.


13 posted on 01/08/2008 1:25:55 PM PST by Parmenio
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: Parmenio
Crowley seems to have started a resurgence of this. My wife has a student that proudly proclaims her families faith in the “Old Religion”, they think they are pre-Christian, turns out they are a 1920s fruad.
14 posted on 01/08/2008 1:47:29 PM PST by Dead Dog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Parmenio

They are definitely out there. They’re a bunch of idiots, however dangerous, though, nothing like your common Islamofascist.


15 posted on 01/08/2008 1:49:56 PM PST by JmyBryan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Scythian
How sad for these two little girls, witchcraft and stuff like this is very real, and very dangerous.

Idiots are very real, and very dangerous. If he was doing something that could potentially harm them, he's on the whacko fringe for even Wiccans, right up there with priests who kill people as part of an exorcism.

16 posted on 01/08/2008 2:34:30 PM PST by antiRepublicrat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Parmenio

But his mom got scared and said “You’re moving with you Auntie and Uncle in Bel-Air.”


17 posted on 01/08/2008 2:39:31 PM PST by Constantine XIII
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: CholeraJoe
Cruciatus curse?

What is that? My inlaws are from just north of there. My wife will call them tonight.

18 posted on 01/08/2008 2:55:58 PM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Parmenio

[I had a friend who went to college in Sioux City quite a long time ago. He said that there was a significant number of wiccans/witchcraft followers there.]

I am from there originally and can say that I never heard such when I was there and my relatives have never mentioned it ... EVER. That said, it is a relatively poor town, dominated by unions and a local provincial view of the world. E.g., they didn’t have a foreign car dealership until 1993 or so. And the area has a population of over 90,000.

YMMV


19 posted on 01/08/2008 3:07:04 PM PST by dbacks (Taglines for sale or rent.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 6 | View Replies]

To: dblshot

Good one.


20 posted on 01/08/2008 3:08:27 PM PST by tioga
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-33 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson