Who Was Rhoda Derry? the Infamous Case Details and New Pictures
Rhoda Derry, a native of Adams County, Illinois, was just a simple and innocent girl who was born on 10 October 1834.
Her pictures are not clear on social media as of now.
Further, Derry fell in love with a farm boy named Charles Phenix during her teenage years. However, her family’s name was associated with witchcraft and people usually tended to stay away from them.
There were strong rumors that Derry’s grandmother was a witch. This type of information was quite a big deal back in the day.
Thus, her mother, Rachel decided to start a new life away from her mother (Derry’s grandmother) and moved to a new location. However, this instilled a deep fear of witches in Ms. Derry’s heart.
Her boyfriend, Charles, wanted to marry her. But, Charles’s mother, Nancy, was against this union due to her association with witchcraft.
Nancy confronted her and threatened to put a hex on her if she did not leave her son. As per the article by indiegogo.com, this was the beginning of her spiral into madness.
Derry’s fear of witches eventually led her to hear voices. She started having visions of Nancy haunting her house and often claimed she could see Old Scratch, the devil.
