{"product_id":"the-guides-devil-cross","title":"The Guide's Devil Cross","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Not every wall was built to keep something out.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e— \u003ci\u003eThe Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\" class=\"gmail_signature\" data-smartmail=\"gmail_signature\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Devil's Cross\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAmong the pages of the The Blackthorn Papers contain fourteen references to the nursery wall. One page in particular references a house on the outskirts of Blackthorn Hollow. Built in 1887 and abandoned less than forty years later, the home acquired a reputation that locals refused to discuss after sunset.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eVisitors reported hearing footsteps in empty halls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDoors were found open after being locked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSeveral witnesses described seeing a dark figure standing motionless in the upstairs nursery before disappearing the moment they entered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eYet the most troubling reports concerned the north wall of the nursery itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eInvestigators claimed that sounds could sometimes be heard from within the wall. Knocking. Scratching. Whispered voices too faint to understand. Witnesses described an overwhelming sense that something was standing on the other side, listening.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAccording to the document, repeated examinations of the room always pointed to the same eighteen-inch section of plaster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNo hidden chamber was ever discovered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNo explanation was ever recorded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAnd yet every investigator marked the exact same location.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt was during these investigations that an unusual artifact became associated with the house: a simple wooden cross.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eUnlike a traditional cross intended to provide protection, the Devil's Cross served a different purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt was used to locate places where the barrier between worlds appeared unusually thin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDuring the demonstration, the performer slowly moves the cross across a wall while recounting the history of Blackthorn House. The audience watches, as nothing happens. Sliding across the wall and up and down there is nothing to be found…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eUntil…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe cross is turned upside down to find the evil spirit some have reported in this room and in this spot. The cross is moved over the same area but this time it stops! You can seem to move it. Your hands let go and it clings to the wall by itself!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe wooden cross appears to discover something hidden within the structure itself. Drawn by an unseen force, it stops and finally clings to a precise location.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe very place where generations of investigators claimed something was waiting behind the wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhat exists beyond that point is unknown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe records offer only a final warning:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The wall was opened twice. Nothing was discovered inside. Yet after each opening, the voices stopped... for a time.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eDevil's Cross\u003c\/b\u003e is a handcrafted bizarre magic artifact for séances, haunted-house investigations, spirit theater, and tales of forbidden places. A chilling demonstration where an ordinary wall becomes the focus of an impossible discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Guide Magic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67203232170355,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1024\/1936\/6259\/files\/Devil_sCross.jpg?v=1792966203","url":"https:\/\/theguidemagic.com\/products\/the-guides-devil-cross","provider":"The Guide Magic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}