The possession who is it based on

The granddaughter also divulged that the box was never opened due to the belief that it contains a dybbuk, or a demonic spirit, in traditional Yiddish mythology. A series of bizarre paranormal aberrations followed. Not long after Kevin took the wine cabinet to his store, the store was plundered by an anonymous outlaw in his absence.

When he tried to direct his employee to call the police, his phone died. When he returned to his workshop, it had been turned into ruins. Weirdly enough, he could smell cat urine in the workshop, but no animals had ever been kept in the shop. All the lights in the basement were broken, which was also odd. Eventually, it is discovered that she has been possessed by the Dybbuk who resides within the box. The Possession doesn't hide the fact that it's based on a true story, and instead used this as a prime marketing feature for the film.

Even though it didn't get very high ratings, the film still sold well at the box office but more importantly, it got people interested in the story behind the Dybbuk Box and the true aspects behind the film. Zak Bagans, who is a well-known paranormal investigator from the hit show Ghost Adventures , acquired the Dybbuk Box, which is currently on display in his Las Vegas museum.

According to Jewish mythology, a Dybbuk is a restless, malicious spirit with the ability to haunt and even possess the living. It is sometimes believed to be attached to part of a deceased person's soul, and helps them with unfinished business, not resting until it has accomplished its goal.

The real Dybbuk Box is a wine box that was originally owned by a Holocaust survivor named Havaleh, who escaped from Poland to Spain and purchased the box before coming to the United States. He traced its roots back to the Holocaust and in November published a book, The Dibbuk Box , with his findings. Haxton offered to send the dybbuk box to filmmaker Sam Raimi, who produced The Possession , though Raimi declined because he was frightened of the previous stories surrounding the box. Even though the actual dybbuk box wasn't kept on set, strange events occurred during the shoot, including exploding lights.

Also, after shooting wrapped all the film's props were destroyed in a warehouse fire. These incidents have only added to the mysterious legends surrounding the dybbuk box. Most of the events depicted in the film involving Jeffrey Dean Morgan and his family are original ideas created by screenwriters Juliet Snowden and Stiles White.

While they are inspired by the events depicted in the various legends surrounding this mysterious box, they do not depict an accurate retelling of the box's effect on a single family. So, Lionsgate's film The Possession is inspired by the true story but takes many cinematic storytelling liberties with the actual events surrounding the small antique cabinet. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Use precise geolocation data. Select personalised content.

Perhaps the box contains some sort of sugary substance, or an artificial light source. Moths love those. Yes, that's probably it. There, they discover a terrifying foreign object nestled inside her. But there's no cause for alarm. If you squint a bit, the object looks a bit like a set of maracas. Perhaps the true story of The Possession is the story of a little girl who ate some maracas.

Makes perfect sense. An unfortunate reaction to the scan? Hatching moth eggs? Look, I don't know.