Teenage blood-curse ritual and a warning phone call from “[name withheld]”
A caller the host identifies as [name withheld] in Wisconsin tells of an episode from their teens in Racine, Wisconsin. They and two friends tried to perform a ritual they believed was a blood curse, using instructions said to come from a manual “written in blood.” [name withheld] describes losing about an hour in a haze, later misfortunes among people involved, and a phone call from a man calling himself “[name withheld],” who told them to destroy what they had made. The host cuts the call short for time and warns listeners not to attempt such things.
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The story as told
The host introduces the caller as [quote withheld] [name withheld] says they have a story from when they were a teenager and that their father gave them a Roswell book at about age 13. [name withheld] says that they and two friends, “three of us,” were interested in figures such as “Alistair Crowley” and read various manuals. One friend’s sister was said to be involved in what [quote withheld] and had access to a manual [quote withheld] [name withheld] adds that because they were teenagers, some of it was probably embellished for them. They decided [quote withheld] which [name withheld] compares to the Ouija board. They gathered rice paper, a quill made from a crow’s feather, a lemon, a black candle, and a piece of charcoal. The host asks [name withheld] to skip the details and say what happened. [name withheld] says that after following the “recipe” they went into a haze for about an hour and realized an hour had passed. [name withheld] describes it as a “supposed blood curse.” They wrote the names of their current enemies at school on the rice paper. The procedure required cutting yourself, writing the name in your own blood with the quill, and chanting while the candle burned. [name withheld] says they came to about an hour after starting, feeling something [quote withheld] Asked by the host what happened to “these people,” [name withheld] says they are still friends with one of them. One got gout, another died in an auto accident [quote withheld] and a third moved away and was never heard from again. About an hour after they finished and went to listen to music, [name withheld] says they received a telephone call from a man who identified himself as “[name withheld].” [name withheld] says this was an old 16th-century name possibly used for “Mephisopheles or Satan.” The caller, whom [name withheld] says had no knowledge of what they had done, told them to destroy what they had created or they would [quote withheld] they would not understand. The host ends the call, saying it is good [name withheld] ended it when he did and urging listeners not to “play with” the craft.
Reported events, in order
- 0:00
The host introduces the caller as [name withheld] in Wisconsin. [name withheld] says the story happened to them as a teenager and that their father gave them a Roswell book at about 13.
- 0:42
[name withheld] says they and two friends (“three of us”) read occult material including “Alistair Crowley.” A friend’s sister was said to belong to a “coven” and had a manual [quote withheld]
- 1:30
They decide to perform the ritual [quote withheld] which [name withheld] compares to the Ouija board, and collect rice paper, a crow’s-feather quill, a lemon, a black candle, and charcoal.
- 2:19
After following the “recipe” they go into a haze for about an hour. [name withheld] calls it a “supposed blood curse.” They wrote enemies’ names on rice paper, and the ritual required cutting yourself and writing the name in your own blood while chanting.
- 3:27
They come around about an hour after starting, and [name withheld] describes a [quote withheld] as if something had happened.
- 3:18
Asked what happened to the people involved, [name withheld] says one got gout, another died in an auto accident [quote withheld] and a third moved away and was never heard from again. [name withheld] says they are still friends with one of them.
- 4:47
About an hour after they finished, they received a telephone call from a man who identified himself as “[name withheld].”
- 4:59
[name withheld] says “[name withheld]” is an old 16th-century name possibly used for “Mephisopheles or Satan.”
- 5:18
[name withheld] says the caller, who had no knowledge of what they had done, told them to destroy what they had created or they would open portals and doors they would not understand.
- 5:16
The host cuts the call for time and warns listeners that such practices are “not a game.”
Claims
Each claim is labeled as something the person telling the story noticed (observation), what they made of it (interpretation), something others told them (hearsay), or something the host said (host statement).
- observation· 1:09
[name withheld] and two friends tried a ritual from a manual said to be “written in blood.”
- observation· 2:19
They lost about an hour during the ritual.
- interpretation· 2:30
[name withheld] describes the procedure as a blood curse.
- observation· 4:03
One person involved got gout, one died in an auto accident through loss of blood, and a third moved away and they never heard from that person again.
- observation· 4:47
A man calling himself “[name withheld]” telephoned and warned them to destroy what they had made.
- observation· 5:24
The caller had no knowledge of what they had done, and told them they would open portals and doors they would not understand.
- interpretation· 4:59
“[name withheld]” was an old 16th-century name possibly used for Mephistopheles or Satan.
- host statement· 5:58
The host states that [quote withheld] and urges listeners not to attempt it.
Scores, with reasons
An AI model gave these scores using a fixed set of scoring rules (scoring-v1). They are editorial judgments and rough guides, not the odds that anything paranormal happened. How scoring works.
A firsthand story from a participant, with concrete if sparse detail (the list of ritual items, a named town, named outcomes). The sequence is coherent, and the answers track the host’s questions. No one else backs it up, and ordinary explanations fit the haze and the misfortunes easily. [name withheld] partly hedges (“supposedly,” [quote withheld] [quote withheld]) but also escalates to a link with Satan.
Evidence for and against
- “three of us”: [name withheld] places themselves as a participant.
- [quote withheld]
- “in Racine, Wisconsin”: a place name that can be checked.
- [quote withheld]: some acknowledgment of possible embellishment.
- [quote withheld]: expectation, suggestion, and teenage group behavior fit the haze.
- The outcomes cited (gout, a road death, a person moving away) are ordinary events that could occur without any ritual.
- The claim that the caller [quote withheld] is [name withheld]’s assumption, not a demonstrated fact.
- It is not clear whether the three outcomes (gout, death, moving away) refer to the people named in the curse or to the participants. The host asks [quote withheld] and the answer does not settle it.
- No date, year, or setting is given for the ritual.
- The host repeatedly interrupts for time, so the story is compressed.
- 0:42
- 2:19
- 4:07
What the model inferred (not said on air): I scored closeness to the source near the top of the “firsthand but partial/brief” band (a participant, but recounting decades later with no dates). I scored support from alternative explanations low because ordinary causes (suggestion, coincidence, a call from someone in the know) fit the reported events without strain. I used no judgment about [name withheld]’s sincerity or mental state.
The story rests on [name withheld]’s word plus a small number of details that can be checked (Racine, Wisconsin; the name “[name withheld]”) and claimed co-participants. None of the co-participants speaks on air or is identified. Nothing physical was offered or examined, and no outside check was done.
Evidence for and against
- “in Racine, Wisconsin”: a place that could in principle be checked.
- [quote withheld]: a claimed living witness, but unnamed and not on air.
- No document, recording, or photograph is claimed to exist.
- No second witness speaks on air in this part of the broadcast.
- The [quote withheld] is described only as hearsay through a friend’s sister.
- It is unclear whether the participants or the named “enemies” are the people described as affected.
- No names of the friends are given, so the claimed witnesses cannot be traced.
- 4:47
- 3:18
What the model inferred (not said on air): The 11 to 25 band fits because details that can be checked are offered but nothing was checked, and other witnesses are claimed but do not speak. An outside check is not available, so the hard cap of 50 is far above this score.
Teenagers deliberately perform a blood ritual, a death is claimed, and an anonymous caller warns of opening “portals and doors.” The host closes with his own ominous warning. But no threat is reported against [name withheld], there is no physical contact, and the story is brief and compressed.
Evidence for and against
- [quote withheld]
- [quote withheld]
- [quote withheld]
- [quote withheld] This is the host’s framing.
- [name withheld] treats the whole episode with some levity (“whoop-de-doo,” [quote withheld]).
- No being is described as seen or as threatening [name withheld] personally.
- The emotional tone of the telling cannot be judged from the transcript and was not scored.
- 4:59
- 5:24
What the model inferred (not said on air): I judged this as truly unsettling but short of frightening. The death and the warning raise it. The lack of a direct threat to [name withheld] and the compressed, time-limited telling hold it below the 70 band.
This is a provisional score only. The comparison with the rest of the archive is not calculated here. A teenage blood-curse ritual drawn from an occult manual is a familiar frame. But the list of items and the post-ritual call from a man calling himself “[name withheld],” linked to Mephistopheles or Satan, are distinctive details.
Evidence for and against
- [quote withheld]
- [quote withheld]
- Teenagers dabbling in an occult ritual and later regretting it is a recurring ghost-story frame.
- A ritual manual and a warning not to continue are common in this genre.
- No statistics from the rest of the archive were supplied, so the published originality score cannot be calculated and this value is provisional.
- 1:30
- 4:47
What the model inferred (not said on air): The score is set at the anchor for a familiar frame with distinctive details (50), nudged slightly up for the unusual item list and the named caller.
Scoring confidence 0.60 · analysis confidence 0.65 · checked against outside sources: no · evidence available: [name withheld]’s firsthand story on air; Claimed co-participants, unnamed and not on air; Claimed manual “written in blood,” not seen or examined; No photograph, recording, or document offered. The originality score blends the model's score (55) with how rare the story's details are across the archive. This method is still provisional.
Ordinary explanations to consider
These are possibilities only. None is a finding about what happened.
- Group expectation and self-suggestion among teenagers who had been reading occult material and had [quote withheld] This could account for the haze and the lost time. · [quote withheld]; [quote withheld]
- Coincidence or ordinary risk in a small group of friends. Gout and a road death are not strange in themselves, and [name withheld] allows that some of it [quote withheld] meaning it was embellished over time. · [quote withheld]; [quote withheld]; [quote withheld]
- A call from someone who did know or had heard about the group’s activity. The claim that the caller “had no knowledge” is [name withheld]’s assumption, not a demonstrated fact, and the material was said to circulate through a friend’s sister’s circle. · [quote withheld]; [quote withheld]
What stands out
The story combines a teenage ritual with a list of items (crow-feather quill, rice paper, lemon, black candle, charcoal) and a claimed warning phone call from a stranger who gave his name as “[name withheld].” [name withheld] links that name to an old spelling for Mephistopheles or Satan. The host’s own comments ([quote withheld]) are part of this section of the broadcast.
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