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Number 91
137 pages
A raw, claustrophobic descent into domestic terror that shatters the illusion of safety within one's own home.
What it feels like
Reading this account feels like being trapped in a shrinking room where the shadows are slowly coming alive. The narrative moves with a propulsive, breathless urgency, driven by the raw desperation of a family watching their sanctuary turn into a nightmare. Stripped of literary flourish, the unvarnished prose grounds the supernatural terror in gritty, everyday reality, making the dread feel uncomfortably close to home. The atmosphere is suffocating and dread-soaked, amplified not just by the unseen entities, but by the chilling isolation of facing institutional disbelief. It is a profoundly unsettling experience that will captivate readers who devour true paranormal investigations and domestic horror, leaving a lingering sense of vulnerability long after the final page is turned.
- Mood
- dread-soaked
- claustrophobic
- tense
- unsettling
- Tone
- earnest
- urgent
- desperate
- chilling
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- vulnerability of home · institutional disbelief · psychological trauma · family survival · terror of the unknown
- The writing
- The writing is raw, unvarnished, and straightforward, carrying the desperate urgency of a firsthand witness pleading to be believed.
- The arc
- The narrative plunges from the mundane comfort of everyday family life into a steep, suffocating descent of escalating terror, ending in desperate flight and lingering trauma.
- Who it's for
- Fans of true paranormal accounts and domestic horror who crave the chilling authenticity of a haunting that shatters everyday reality.
Content notes
- paranormal terror
- psychological distress
- housing insecurity
- gaslighting by authorities
About the book
On the evening of 2 June 1989, a West Belfast family found their lives plunged into a living nightmare. The paranormal manifestation which visited itself upon John and Greta Skillen and their 5 children was, over the following days and weeks, to grow to such an intensity that the family were forced to flee their own home. To the terror of their experiences was added the frustration caused by the disbelief and cynicism with which their circumstances were viewed by many, including those in authority to whom they turned for assistance.
The Skillen family are now living as squatters ans still suffer the psychological after-effects of their experiences. NUMBER 91 is John Skillen's account of the dramatic and malign occurrences which turned an ordinary Belfast home into a place of terror.
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