The mystery of Ohio’s miracle house where thousands flock to be cured – with a man who had six months to live and 48 tumors in his body claiming terminal cancer is now cured
An Ohio house has become a hotspot for those seeking a miracle after several people claimed the home cured them of deadly illnesses.
Reports of the astonishing events began in 1939 when Rhoda Wise lived in the home at 2337 25th St. NE in Canton with her alcoholic husband and young adopted daughter.
Wise claimed she developed a terminal illness and was sent home from hospital to die in the ‘depression hut’, as her house was formerly known.
“So she prayed because it was all she could do,” said Karen Sigler, General Manager of the non-profit Rhoda Wise Home & Grotto.
Wise said she was then ‘visited by Jesus Christ’ – who allegedly sat in a wooden chair next to her bed and healed her illness.
An Ohio house has become a hotspot for those seeking a miracle after several people claimed the home cured them of deadly illnesses
Reports of the astonishing events began in 1939 when Rhoda Wise (pictured) lived in the home at 2337 25th St. NE in Canton with her alcoholic husband and young adopted daughter
Wise claimed she developed a terminal illness and was sent home from hospital to die in the ‘depression hut’, as her house was formerly known
Wise said she was ‘visited by Jesus Christ’ – who allegedly sat in a wooden chair next to her bed and healed her illness
After word got out about the miracle, people flocked to the house to see the house and see the chair where Jesus supposedly sat
‘Jesus came and sat in the chair by her bed. She asked him, “Have you come for me?” And he said, “No, your time has not come yet,” said Sigler, “a month later he returned with Saint Therese, and it was she who laid her hands on Rhoda’s abdomen, and her abdomen was completely healed. . ‘
After her miraculous recovery from her cancer and the fatal infection she suffered from after the removal of a 39-pound tumor, she then developed stigmata—which many Christians believe is the spontaneous bleeding on the body similar to Jesus’ crucifixion wound.
After word of the miracle spread, people flocked to the house to see the house and see the chair where Jesus supposedly sat.
Members of the public sought spiritual guidance, and reporters were dispatched from newspapers and national magazines to write about Ohio’s Miracle House.
People wanted to witness the ‘heavenly visitations’ that Wise received until his death in 1948.
“During one of the visits, Jesus blessed the water (in a large pitcher) and had told Rhoda that those who use this water would be rewarded for their faith,” Sigler said.
Members of the public sought spiritual guidance, and reporters were sent from newspapers and national magazines to write about the Ohio Miracle House
After her miraculous recovery from her cancer and the fatal infection she suffered after the removal of a 39-pound tumor, she developed stigmata—which many Christians believe is the spontaneous bleeding on the body similar to Jesus’ crucifixion wound
People wanted to witness the ‘heavenly visitations’ that Wise received until his death in 1948
Rhoda was not the only person to experience shocking healings at home.
Dr. Mark Shoag, who was diagnosed with stage 4 sarcoma, and his wife Betsy shared their miracles Fox 8.
“Truthfully, even as a doctor, I felt like I couldn’t get out of this hospital,” said Dr. Shoag, “I had trouble breathing, I couldn’t walk.”
“He had 48 tumors,” said Betsy, who is also a respiratory therapist, “40 tumors in his lung and the remaining tumors were in his liver, and once you get tumors in the liver, they only have months to live.”
A friend told the wife about Rhoda Wise – and she decided to take a piece of her husband’s clothing, who was too ill to walk to the house himself, to place on the chair that ‘Jesus sat in’.
After not being able to walk or get out of bed for four months, Shoag was suddenly able to go to the grocery store.
He then went to Canton to visit the home himself – and six years later, Shoag is almost fully recovered.
“Literally, it was miraculous,” said Betsy, “He’s doing great, he’s receiving treatment and he’s happy.”
“I’m six years later,” said Dr. Shoag, “My lungs are stable, the only place I have a tumor left is my liver. And I don’t know if I’d be here if I didn’t go to Rhoda Wise. I mean, for me, it’s been a miracle.’
Another person who benefited from the miracles of Wise’s humble home was Andrea Kissel-Conti, who visited the house when she was five years old and suffering from ‘incurable kidney disease’.
The house is free to visit and welcome to everyone, regardless of their faith. The ‘Miracle House’ has even become a five-star Ohio tourist attraction
‘I had a vision of Saint Therese and she said to me in a little while, tell them you’ll be better in a little, tell them you’ll be better, and she smiled and all the time rose petals were falling,’ Andrea said, and I have never had to go to the doctor with any kidney disease at all.
Bobbi McKnight suffered from double vision, which miraculously disappeared after she visited the house.
The house is free to visit and welcome to everyone, regardless of their faith.
The ‘Miracle House’ has even become a tourist attraction in Ohio, earning five stars on review site TripAdvisor.com.
‘If you need a moment with God or maybe even a healing, come here. As their sign says, face value doesn’t matter here,” said Ron R in a review on TripAdvisor.com.
“A visit to the Rhoda Wise house is incredible,” said Kara B on TripAdvisor.com. The story of Mrs. Wise is amazing and beautiful. Miracles have happened here. The process of beatification and canonization is currently underway.’
Visitors can return home with a bottle of holy water from Rhoda Wise’s home as a souvenir.