88. Police Walked In on a Mass Possession [Miami Aerospace Academy]

On October 25th, 1979, Miami police and firefighters walked into the Miami Aerospace Academy in Little Havana and found hundreds of cadets in full panic. A 13-year-old girl rigid and sobbing that "the devil is inside of me," other pupils growling and twitching, a boy who crashed through a second-floor window and got straight back up, classroom doors torn from hinges, and teachers unable to hold order. The next day The Miami News ran it front-page as "Ouija Riot Baffles Police!" I'm Peter Laws and this is Into the Fog. In this episode I investigate what really happened at the Miami Aerospace Academy in Miami, Florida, drawing on testimony from biology teacher Patricia Murphy, former Miami police sergeant Lynne Brookes, deputy fire chief Frank Rollason, officer Harry Cunnill, Lt. Dan LeMay, principal Evaristo Marina, and WCKT-Channel 7 camerawoman Beverly Bryan, plus the Santeria offerings found on campus, the cursed F84 jet, and the debate over mass hysteria vs something darker. This is a true paranormal story, never fictionalised, with real witnesses on the record. Let me know in the comments… what do YOU think happened in that school that day? Want even more Into the Fog? Video blogs, sleep stories and early access: www.patreon.com/peterlaws #paranormal #ghoststories #scarystories Editor Gerard Giorgi-Coll Artwork Steph Lay Our research for this episode drew on contemporary newspaper reports, articles, documentaries, and accounts from former students and staff. Some accounts and allegations about the Miami Aerospace Academy may be disputed or can no longer be independently verified.  Research and Image Credits A key source for this story was Jeff Maysh’s superbly researched October 2019 article, “Hysteria High: How Demons Destroyed a Florida School.” https://jeffmaysh.medium.com/hysteria-high-how-demons-destroyed-the-miami-aerospace-academy-jeff-maysh-5a31b4770f29  Miami Aerospace Academy advertisement: El Miami Herald, July 1979 Evaristo Marina portrait, digital recreations and Miami Aerospace Academy Yearbook, 1979: based on material reproduced by Local Crew, “Education Exorcism”: https://localcrew.ru/educationexorcism Image of Major McKently: courtesy of Joe Perez, Miami Aerospace Academy Facebook group. Promotional image from The Devil’s Academy (2023): Lion Television, LLC, via Amazon Prime. Article on reported hospital admissions: Jacksonville Journal, March 1974. Articles covering the Miami Aerospace Academy Ouija Riot: The Miami News, October 1979. Article on Amy Godoy’s occult detective career: Fort Pierce Tribune, January 1998. Article on rescued mountain lion: Caymanian Compass, September 1988.