Human Blood Inexplicably Oozing Through the Floor of an Atlanta House
The house at 114 Fountain Drive, Atlanta where blood is said to have oozed from the floor. Photo: Google Maps
In 1987, an elderly couple reported human blood oozing through the walls of their home on Fountain Drive in Atlanta. Police tested the substance and found it was type O, human blood but could not find the source.
Blood Appears in the Winston Home
Minnie and William Winston of 1114 Fountain Drive, Atlanta. Photo: Truly Aventure
At the age of 77 in September 1987, Minnie Winston lived with her 79-year-old husband, William, and had been looking after him since his health started to deteriorate. William had kidney problems and had to undergo dialysis once a week.
Minnie took a bath on the evening of September 8th to relax and unwind, but when she got out, she was met with a headache and something moist and sticky bubbling up between the tiles. She discovered blood on her feet and the floor, and it appeared that the substance had spread beyond the bathroom. Minnie woke up her sleeping husband in a panic.
Minnie and William searched the entire house for the source of the blood and found more and more droplets and puddles of the same rust-colored liquid all over the place.
The living room, kitchen, crawl space, one of the bedrooms, a hallway, and the basement were all covered in the mysterious liquid that seemed to have appeared out of nowhere. The couple speculated that a wounded animal might have entered their home, but their search yielded no evidence to support this theory.
Despite their efforts, no explanation could be found for the sudden appearance of the liquid, which Minnie compared to a sprinkler. They even inspected William's dialysis machine but no signs of leakage were detected.
Investigations into the Mysterious Blood in the Winston House
Having exhausted all their own leads and theories about the mysterious liquid, the Winstons eventually called 911 to request police assistance.
Upon arriving at the scene, the first responders were EMTs who thoroughly examined the elderly couple for any unnoticed wounds or cuts on their bodies. The police and Brenda Dipple, a lab technician responsible for collecting the blood, arrived shortly after.
The police asked whether anyone else was present in the home and confirmed that Minnie and William were telling the truth that only the two of them were there.
The couple had secured their doors and set their security alarm at 9:30 pm that evening, ruling out the possibility of an intruder. The first droplets of blood appeared around 11:30 pm that same night, leaving the police perplexed and at a loss on how to proceed since there were no indications of homicide or any other criminal activity.
Due to their inability to solve the mystery, the police decided to investigate the previous occupants of the house located at 1114 Fountain Drive. Before the Winstons lived there, the house was occupied by Albert Thompson and his wife.
Albert, a Black man who worked for the Federal Housing Authority, was involved in a car accident in 1950, where he was hit by a white driver and left with internal bleeding. The driver was not prosecuted and only received a warning.
Albert passed away from his injuries shortly after returning to the Fountain Drive house. Some speculate that the appearance of blood in the Winston home, which coincided with the anniversary of Albert's accident and his subsequent death on Halloween, may be connected to his tragic fate.
Others attribute it to the death of another Black man who was mistakenly shot by a police officer in the Winston home.
A Paranormal Investigator Takes on the Case of the Blood house
Curt Rowlett, paranormal researcher and rock musician, was intrigued by the mysterious events happening at 1114 Fountain Drive. He waited six months for things to calm down.
In his book, Labyrinth 13: True Tales of the Occult, Crime & Conspiracy, he recounts calling Mrs. Winston and asking her questions.
Minnie insisted that the blood found in her home was just rust and mud caused by a burst hot water heater in the basement. However, crime lab testing confirmed that the substance was type O human blood.
Curt concluded that Minnie refused to accept that the substance was blood because she did not want to believe that she was living in a haunted house. Unfortunately, the interview did not provide any conclusive answers to the cause of the strange events.
While Rowlett respected the family's privacy, others were not as considerate. They gathered on the Winstons' lawn and even managed to obtain their phone number, leading to constant calls day and night.
This was particularly challenging for Minnie since Willie was on bed rest, and she had to handle all the reporters who knocked on their door and pushed their cameras inside.
She expressed her distress, saying that the visitors were disturbing them, causing her to lose sleep during the day and night. Willie, on the other hand, seemed resigned to the situation, saying that it didn't bother him much since he was already in a bad state.
Theories About the Atlanta Blood House
A piece authored by Rebecca Long, a member of the Georgia Skeptics, made claims about the house, alleging that an investigator named Lieutenant Walker believed the entire incident to be a fabricated hoax.
According to the article, the tension between the Winstons and their adult children could have led to the blood being scattered throughout the house.
One theory suggests that the Winstons were seeking attention from their children, and as William relied on a dialysis machine, it was speculated that he had access to human blood. However, if the blood was indeed from the machine in their home, it would have been of type A.
Another theory suggests that the Winstons' daughter, who was a nurse, stole the blood from her workplace and threw it around the house to have her parents declared incompetent and gain control of their finances. The fact that the Winstons had no previous run-ins with law enforcement or any similar incidents did not seem to be of concern.
The police were hesitant to entertain paranormal theories and emphasized to the media that no criminal activity had taken place that warranted their investigation.
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