The Demon of Brownsville Road
A Pittsburgh Family’s Battle with Evil in Their Home
October 1988: Bob Cranmer buys a house in the Pittsburgh suburb he grew up in. He has no idea that his dream home is about to become his worst nightmare…
The Cranmers seemed fated to own the house at 3406 Brownsville Road. As a young boy, Bob had been drawn to the property, and, just when the family decided to move back to Brentwood, it went up for sale. Without a second thought, they purchased the house that Bob had always dreamed of owning.
But soon, the family began experiencing strange phenomena—objects moving on their own, ghostly footsteps, unsettling moaning sounds—that gradually increased in violence, escalating to physical assaults and, most disturbingly, bleeding walls. Bob, Lesa, and their four children were under…
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August 5, 2014Bob Cranmer was born in Pittsburgh, graduating from Brentwood High School in 1974 and Duquesne University in 1978. He then entered the US Army as a second lieutenant and served with the 101st Airborne Division and in Washington, D.C. In 1986, Bob went to work for AT&T and returned to Pittsburgh. Entering politics, he was elected Allegheny County Commissioner in 1995, serving as chairman. He was instrumental in a major development plan for Pittsburgh involving the construction of two sports stadiums and a new convention center. Bob currently runs a firm providing government relations.
The Demon of Brownsville Road
Bob CranmerErica Manfred is a freelance writer and medical journalist whose articles on a variety of medical and psychological topics have appeared in Cosmopolitan; Ladies' Home Journal; McCall's; Parenting; Food and Fitness Advisor; Bottom Line/Personal; New Age Journal; Mothers Today; Dr. Joyce Brothers' Emotional Health Newsletter; Healthgate.com; and Onebody.com. She had gastric bypass surgery in January 1998, which substantially improved both her health and quality of life. She lives in Catskill, New York.
The Demon of Brownsville Road
Bob Cranmer