Episode 94: The Mosconi Mystery & The Ouija House of El Cerrito

In this episode of Italian American Stories, we’re telling two unsettling and lesser-known stories that feel almost too strange to be real.

First, we head to Denver in 1905, where Mercy Mosconi returns home to find two men in her house. What follows is a brutal attack, a ransacked home, and a fire that nearly kills her. But as investigators dig deeper, they begin to question everything—was this a violent robbery… or something staged much closer to home?

Then, we travel to 1920 California, where police break into a small house in El Cerrito and uncover a disturbing scene—seven adults, five children, burned money, shaved heads, and multiple Ouija boards. What began as an attempt to contact a lost loved one quickly spiraled into obsession, fear, and near tragedy.

These are stories of grief, belief, and the moments when reality begins to blur—leaving behind questions that were never fully answered.

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