Lucedio Abbey - Vercelli, Italy

When one thinks of abbeys and monks they tend to picture balding little men with kind faces who’ve given their lives over to the service of their Lord.

Nothing could be further from the truth in the case of the monks of Lucedio Abbey.

The abbey was built in 1123 and flourished as it was intended. The monks introduced rice crops to the people of Vercelli and all was well for many years.

But, toward the end of the seventeenth century, it has been documented that many young girls living in the area met and were seduced by the devil in their dreams. The girls, on a mission from Lucifer himself, went to the abbey and corrupted the monks, converting them to Satanism. For the next hundred years the monks carried out unimaginable atrocities ranging from human sacrifice and ritualistic torture to child molestation. Finally the wickedness of the monks reached Rome and Pope Pio VI had the abbey excommunicated and many of the monks put to death.

The abbey still stands today and some say still reacts to the horrors that took place within. There is a pillar in the abbey called the Crying Column that, for reasons unexplainable to man, mysteriously drips with wetness. Legend has it that it cries because of all the terrible deeds it witnessed taking place between the walls of the dreaded abbey.

There have been reports of a strange fog rolling in, seemingly from nowhere at all, surrounding the abbey and as tall as a man.

Under the church lies a crypt where many of the abbots are still buried. Legend has it that the evil that took over the young girls and in turn, the monks, is trapped down there and the monks, trying to repent for their evil ways in life, guard it in death so it can’t escape.

Along the road to Lucedio is an old graveyard, now long abandoned. Locals say that here the Devil meets with his earthly servants to dance, perform rituals, and to plan out their evil deeds and that on some nights you can hear their singing and laughing.