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The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church and its Parish is now nothing more than a faded memory within the annals of St. Louis’ history. Vanishing with it are an unsolved mystery and a holy battle which took place beneath its rafters over one hundred years ago.
The Assumption Parish was organized in 1861 by a zealous little priest from Italy named Father R. Capezuto in the Soulard area of St. Louis, Missouri. This Parish saw its first heartrending event soon after construction the Church began when Father Capezuto disappeared without a trace. Some speculated he must have returned to Italy for some reason or another.
Aside such speculation his disappearance still remains an unsolved mystery even today.
The completion of the Church was then overseen by Father Bernard O’Reilly and it was finally completed and dedicated on Sunday, November 30, 1862. Although less attractive and dwarf in size compared to other area Catholic Churches, it still became one of the most thriving parishes in St. Louis with its mainly Irish congregation.
With the memory of Father Capezuto’s unsolved disappearance still strong in its parishioner’s minds, this small Church soon faced another challenge which may be listed as a first for a St. Louis area Church somewhere in a lost archive as sightings of a dark shadowy figure clad in what was described as a cloak and hood began to surface. As these sightings increased, residents living near the church began to report seeing the same eerie dark figure climb the belfry at night to ring the church bell in a mournful manner.
Soon word spread and this figure became the famous “Ghost” of Assumption Church throughout the city. However, the congregation and many of the neighbors became fearful and reached their wits end with the dark menace.
Father George Watson answered their call for arms and prepared for battle with what many believed to be a demonic presence attempting to take possession of their Church.
It was about 1885 when he received authorization from Archbishop Kenrick and Assumption’s Father Smith to conduct an exorcism of the Church in hopes to expel the dark demon. Father Watson prepared himself by going into a retreat of eight days duration. Father Watson conducted the exorcism by candle light in every area of the Church including even its attic space. There were never any more reports of the dark demonic figure or of hearing the bell ring during the silence of the night after he completed this strenuous task.
After a little more than a century of service, Assumption Church closed its doors in 1965 and its congregation was merged with that of St. Agatha’s not too far away. The wrecking ball then came and forever erased Assumption Church from the streetscape of St. Louis. Now an unknowingly right fielder catching a fly ball at the St. Louis Boy’s Club ball field in South St. Louis City stands upon the same piece of ground where this Church once proudly stood.
The parish of the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was founded in 1862 by Rev. Bernard O'Reilly. The cornerstone of the church at the northwest corner of Eighth and Sidney Streets was laid in May, 1862. The 40 by 100 foot building was designed by Robert Mitchell and was adjoined by a school and a parsonage. In 1890, the church's pastor sought to move to a new church at Sidney and Salena Streets. After completion in 1891, Archbishop Kenrick changed his mind about abolishing Assumption parish and designated the newer church as St. Agnes. After the dismemberment, Assumption parish still contained about 250 families. The parish has since been merged with that of St. Agatha.
ABOUT GREG MYERS
Greg has had personal paranormal encounters since being a teen and has years of paranormal investigative experience. He is well versed with haunting classifications, paranormal investigative techniques and leadership through example. Greg has served as a technician and supervisor while serving in the military and has further enhanced his education and abilities with legal issues while serving over ten years in the legal field. With his background of legal issues, lobbying experience and issue advocation, he hopes to apply these skills to the enactment and strengthening of "haunted house" and "psychological impact" disclosure laws for prospective property owners, tenets and lessees. Greg also has an extensive background in genealogical research and familiarization with record research vital to the research of potential haunted properties. Greg is one that shares the philosophy that paranormal investigations can come with many unknown dangers which are not properly addressed by most of the paranormal research field. This and other important issues are overlooked and need further advocation to current and future researchers and investigators within this field. Greg adheres to a Humanistic Approach to investigations which always places the client first above everything else. Greg became part of MISSOURI PARANORMAL RESEARCH™ in August of 2005 serving as a co- administrator, lead investigator and EVP specialist. While serving with MPR, Greg became an instrumental element in the collection and analysis of evidence in a case involving an extreme "inhuman" haunting and possession. This Haunting was featured on the Discovery Channel's "A Haunting" series as the Season 3 opener. In October of 2006, Greg co-founded PARANORMAL TASK FORCE™, a not for profit organization which promotes the awareness of paranormal research and historical preservation through a variety of methods. MISSOURI PARANORMAL RESEARCH™ now serves as its non-extreme investigative and research division while other divisions will be launched making Paranormal Task Force™, Inc. a "One Stop" resource for all paranormal needs of clients, the public and other organizations. Greg has been a featured guest on various radio stations and in other media formats abroad, speaker at paranormal events and completed filming in 2007 with Keith Age and The Booth Brothers for "Children of the Grave" which was released October 2, 2007 on DVD and aired on the SciFi (now SyFy) Network in 2008. Greg has also recently finished filming and served as an associate producer for another Booth Brothers (Spooked Television Releasing) production titled "The Haunted Boy" which should be released on DVD in 2009 or 2010 and air on the SyFy Network soon after. Greg has also authored articles and short stories concerning his experiences within the paranormal realms and theories related to such which are published on the World Wide Web. Some of these articles and stories have been selected for inclusion in “Weird Missouri” which was published in 2009 and “Weird Encounters” which will be published in the near future. Greg is also a Missouri Statewide Representative for the American Ghost Society (AGS) and was also voted as one of the top 10 Investigators in America for 2008-09 on Haunted America Tours (www. hauntedamericatours.com).
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