Terrifying Truth: Possessions and Exorcisms are Real

here's how it starts maybe it's your. mother or maybe your sister she starts. complaining of headaches and strange. tingling Sensations in different parts. of her body her discomfort escalates she. complains of hallucinations she starts. hearing voices then the seizures begin. she has trouble walking and eating and. maintaining control of her bladder the. seizures become violent she thrashes. around her bed for hours you try to. restrain her but she suddenly has. impossible strength her moods become. erratic she swings between fear and.

anger and sadness Her speech becomes. ragged and deep she's sudden Outburst. where she barks out phrases in Latin and. Aramaic languages she doesn't speak then. for no reason at all the symptoms. suddenly stop and she's back to her. normal self brightened and exhausted but. it's still her her doctor can't find. anything wrong with her psychiatrists. and neurologists can't explain what's. happening this scenario happens to. hundreds of families every year all over. the world of every different culture and. religion and when this does happen to.

someone you love and there's no one else. to call you call an exorcist. born into a devoutly Catholic Family. annalize Michelle had a normal childhood. uh what kind of name is Anal ease. annalize what I say. she was kind creative and intelligent. she had good friends and she got good. grades her dream was to become a teacher. when she was 16 years old annalize. experienced a violent seizure she was.

diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy a. neurological disorder that can cause. hallucinations and affect one's. personality over the next few years. annalize received various treatments. including Psychotherapy and. anti-convulsive medications but her. condition didn't improve her. hallucinations got worse and her. seizures more severe and when she was 21. years old annelise's condition took a. dark turn she began to experience. terrifying visions of demonic. apparitions she said she heard voices. condemning her to Hell her Catholic.

upbringing led her to believe that she. was being tormented by demons and since. her Medical Treatments weren't working. she turned to her faith annalize became. obsessed with religious practices she. would pray for hours and even harm. herself trying to drive away the evil. spirits that she believed possessed her. she prayed so often that she broke the. bones in her knees but she kept praying. finally when annalize was 23 her family. turned to the church for help they. wanted a priest to perform an exorcism. over the next 10 months she would.

undergo a series of 16 exorcisms these. sessions were exhausting and could last. for hours and during the sessions she. would scream growl and speak in. languages she had never learned. foreign.

it's okay. she would physically harm herself. breaking her own bones and tearing her. own flesh she would attack other people. in the room she also suddenly had. superhuman strength sometimes she would. throw people across the room when five. people could no longer restrain her she. was tied to her bed when she broke her. restraints she was chained her body.

deteriorated rapidly she said the demons. wouldn't allow her to eat though she. would occasionally eat spiders and bugs. crawling around her room eventually her. body couldn't take anymore and she. passed away when she was only 23 years. old she weighed less than 70 pounds and. the official cause of death was. malnutrition and dehydration in the. aftermath of her death annalize's story. became the subject of intense debate the. mainstream view is that annalize had. been the victim of a gross failure of. the medical and religious establishments. her family and the priests were actually.

convicted of negligence and abuse though. they didn't serve any time and this case. was the inspiration for the film The. Exorcism of Emily Rose and now there are. lots of films about exorcism but just a. few years ago the church avoided talking. about them or denied they ever happen. but one movie would change all that and. exorcism would go mainstream. long been on the best seller lists and. directed by the man who had brought the. French Connection to the screen The.

Exorcist had long been awaited widely. speculated upon and anxiously. anticipated. but no one no matter how close are. deeply involved in the film could. possibly have anticipated what was to. happen. when The Exorcist was released in 1973. it was a phenomenon people lined up for. hours to see it it ended up being one of. the highest grossing films of all time. exorcism was now mainstream and The. Exorcist is still considered one of the. scariest films of all time and one of. the reasons for this is its realism the.

film is based on a novel by William. blatty but his novel is actually based. on real events bloody read about a boy. who underwent several exorcisms in 1949. and for years the boy was known as. Roland doe or sometimes Robbie Manheim. but we now know his real name was Ronald. Hunter when Ronald was 13 he was. devastated by the recent loss of his. aunt she taught him many things. including how to use a Ouija board and. not long after Zant's death Hunker. started experiencing Paranormal Activity.

like knocking and scratching sounds from. behind his bedroom walls water would. drip from pipes into his room though no. leaks were found but the worst event. Ronald experienced was his bed suddenly. moving across the room Ronald's parents. called on ever every expert they could. find doctors psychiatrists psychologists. they couldn't find anything wrong out of. options their Minister suggested that. the hunklers contact an exorcist with. permission from the Catholic Church. Father e Albert performed his first. exorcism on Ronald in February of 1949.

but it would be cut short even though. Ronald was strapped to his bed he broke. off a piece of his mattress spring and. slashed the priest across his shoulder a. few days later scratch marks appeared. all over Ronald's body one set of. scratches spelled the word Lewis which. Ronald's mother took as a sign to seek. help in St Louis and several more. priests and assistants tried to help. Ronald Witnesses reported seeing. scratches appear on Ronald's body and. they saw his bed move on its own more. and more scratches appeared on Ronald. and despite multiple exorcisms nothing.

weren't he was getting worse he was more. aggressive and then he started urinating. on his bed and around the room finally. Ronald Hunter was admitted to the. Alexian Brothers Hospital in St Louis. and after a month of violent 10 Tantrums. of screaming and cursing Latin phrases a. priest called on Saint Michael to expel. Satan from Ronald's body seven minutes. later Ronald came out of his trance and. said he's gone Ronald humpler went on to. lead a normal life in fact he became a. NASA engineer who worked on the Apollo.

and space shuttle missions his identity. was Kept Secret for years a friend said. he lived in a state of constant worry. that his co-workers would find out that. he was the boy who inspired The Exorcist. Ronald Hunker retired from NASA in 2001. and passed away peacefully in 2020 and. in the years since the movie was. released the number of possessions has. increased as has the number of exorcisms. one of the most famous and scariest. cases happened just a few years ago and. like so many stories like this it all. started with flies.

in 2011 Latoya Ammons along with her. three children moved into a house on a. quiet street in Gary Indiana in December. of that year despite the Indiana cold. her Porsche was infested with black. flies no matter how many they killed. they kept coming back late one night. Latoya and her mother Rosa Campbell. heard The Stomping of footsteps climbing. up their basement stairs then the creek. of the door from the basement to the. kitchen slowly opened Latoya followed.

the sound there was no one there she. locked the door and went back to bed an. hour later the sounds returned this time. Latoya saw the shadowy figure of a man. slowly walking around her kitchen again. she jumped out of bed to investigate and. again the kitchen was empty but there. were large wet boot prints on the. kitchen floor a few months later things. would escalate this time it was Latoya's. mother Rosa who was startled awake. Latoya was screaming mama Mama Rosa. followed the yelling into her. granddaughter's bedroom there was.

Latoya's 12 year old daughter. unconscious Levitt rotating above her. bed the girl fell back to her bed opened. her eyes and had no memory of what. happened Latoya reached out to local. churches for help but nobody took her. seriously but a local Clairvoyant told. her the house was possessed by 200. demons and told Latoya to burn sage and. sulfur throughout the house straight. sage and suffer I don't know if that. gets rid of demons but it sure would get. rid of people yeah sulfur smells. horrible it's just it's like intense. rotten eggs tell me about it every time.

you eat cabbage the resulting fumes make. my eyes water okay that's enough you. know my next contract I'm gonna add the. human shall not consume any sauerkraut. broccoli or cauliflower within 48 Hours. of doing a show anyway the Ammons house. was quiet for a few days but then things. escalated again both Latoya and Rosa. said demons possess the children then. ages 7 9 and 12. the kid's eyes bulged. evil Smiles cross their faces and their. voices got very deep every time it.

happened the seven-year-old boy would. sit in a closet it and talk to another. boy that no one else could see the other. boy would describe what it's like to be. killed and once the seven-year-old flew. out of the bathroom like he'd been. thrown the 12 year old told doctors that. she sometimes feels like she's being. choked and held down where she couldn't. speak or move she then Heard a Voice say. that she'd never see her family again. and wouldn't live another 20 minutes now. for Skeptics this story might sound. far-fetched but all this information is. from official police reports written by.

two veteran officers who became. Believers still no matter what you. believe the best course of action in a. situation like this is to see a doctor. and get actual medical care which the. family did and somehow in front of. medically trained Witnesses things got. even worse. it seemed that whatever demonic forces. were in Latoya Amin's house attached. themselves to her children while being. examined at their doctor's office. Latoya's Sons aged seven and nine.

suddenly passed out and couldn't be. revived 9-1-1 was called and the boys. were rushed by ambulance to Methodist. Hospital when they woke up the. nine-year-old seemed okay but the. seven-year-old thrashed and screamed it. took five men to hold him down at this. point someone at the hospital thought. that this Behavior was the result of a. troubled home or that their mother. Latoya had a mental illness they called. Child Services the case was assigned to. Valerie Washington who asked the. hospital to examine the Family Hospital. Personnel found Latoya and her children. to be healthy with no physical marks or.

bruises a hospital psychiatrist said. Latoya was of sound mind but when. Washington spoke to the seven-year-old. his eyes rolled back and he growled it's. time to die and then he lunged at his. brother he grabbed his brother by the. throat and refused to let go it took. several adults to pry him off and what. happened next really rattled the. hospital workers according to. Washington's official DCS report the. nine-year-old had a weird grin on his. face and then while holding Rose's hands. walked backwards up a wall into the.

ceiling he then flipped over and landed. on his feet he never let go of his. grandmother's hands the boy doesn't. remember doing this and says he couldn't. do it if he tried this was witnessed by. a nurse who corroborated the event in. the DCS report and I linked all these. documents below Valerie Washington. decided that until they could figure out. what was really happening DCS should. take short-term custody of the children. meanwhile the hospital chaplain. contacted Reverend Michael magino and. asked him to interview the family and.

perform an exorcism if he thought demons. were possessing them when Reverend Magno. went to the house the lights would. flicker for no reason and the blinds. started moving he also saw wet. Footprints when the Reverend showed. Latoya a crucifix she went into. convulsions he believed there were. ghosts and demons in the house which was. some kind of portal to some where. somewhere bad a week later DCS stopped. by with police officers to check the. condition of a home they found the house. to be clean quiet plenty of food oh so. aside from demons a lovely place to.

raise a few kids right nothing's worse. than an inconsiderate roommate do you. mind sorry go ahead. Captain Charles Austin a 36-year veteran. of the Gary Police Department didn't. believe in demons when he entered the. house but he did by the time he left. while at the home one of the officers. audio recorders died even though it had. fresh batteries another officer recorded. audio and when he played it back later. he heard an unknown voice whisper hey.

I'm surprised. the officers took photos of the house. and saw ghostly figures in the images. Captain Austin took a photo with his. phone that showed the silhouette of a. person who wasn't there Captain Austin's. police radio stopped working his garage. door stopped working the electronics in. his personal car stopped working even.

though mechanically all these things. were perfectly fine and this is all. documented in an official police report. Captain Austin said he investigated some. of the most heinous crimes imaginable. but there was no way he'd spend a night. alone in that house finally Reverend. magino performed a series of exorcisms. on Latoya and the house after the third. session the house was clean Child. Services returned the children to the. home under the stipulation that there. would be no further talk of demons or. possession the strange activity stopped. and Latoya Ammons moved out of the home.

about a year later and various other. tenants lived there until it was finally. purchased by Zach Bagans uh Zach who. he's the host of Ghost Adventures oh. yeah. yeah it is bro that's him he shot the. documentary demon house there and then. when he was done shooting he demolished. the house if there was a portal in the. house it's now closed and many people. said that this case is evidence of the. power of evil and the need for faith in. a war against demonic forces and if this. is a war on the other side of the planet. is the World's Greatest Warrior.

[Music]. father Gabriela amorth a Catholic priest. and Exorcist could be described as a war. hero in the battle against evil but. there are more fearlessly battled. thousands of demonic forces that. threatened to harm The Souls of the. faithful and for over 30 years he was. the vatican's chief Exorcist which is a. real title of a real job in the church. well that's one hell of a business card. it sure is Father Mort performed. thousands of exorcisms over his career. and wrote several books on the subject.

he believed that demonic possession was. a real phenomenon and that the devil was. actively working to destroy the faith of. Believers in the movie the Pope's. Exorcist Russell Crowe plays father. remort and the cases shown in the film. are taken directly from father Mort's. own writing the movie is part par part. Da Vinci Code and part Indiana Jones it. includes a great storyline about a. Vatican cover-up just one Vatican. cover-up what about the other ten. thousand baby steps if you're into. exorcisms or Supernatural Thrillers.

definitely check it out now father amort. exercised thousands of demons from. hundreds of people during his 30 years. as Chief Exorcist now that might sound. like he's exercising everyone who walks. through the door but that couldn't be. further from the truth before someone. could even be considered for an exorcism. they're required to see a physical. doctor and a psychiatrist father remort. said that less than half of one percent. of people who contacted him are actually. possessed and he would Whittle that. number down further he had a few. techniques that allowed him to tell if. someone was truly possessed one of these.

was to have the possessed person close. their eyes then he would bring a holy. object like a crucifix near them to see. if they react if they did he knew he was. dealing with a true demonic possession. no. the exorcism ritual typically takes. place in a church or other Sacred Space.

and only a few people are present father. remort brings a trained assistant who. helps with prayer and occasionally helps. hold the person down a couple of the. possessed persons family and friends are. also present to assist and in 2016. father amort allowed William freaking to. film an exorcism on a young woman named. Christina there's no better choice than. freaking he directed The Exorcist. [Music].

the exorcism ritual itself is highly. structured and involves a lot of steps. that have to be done in a specific order. there's a lot of prayer the sprinkling. of holy water and the use of a crucifix. to draw out the demons the exorcism. ritual can be physically and emotionally. demanding both for the person being. exercised and for father remort and his. assistant the person may experience. convulsions and screaming as the demons. are cast out father remort we continue. the exorcism until he was confident that. the demons had been cast out of the.

person's body and this could take. several hours or even multiple sessions. once the exorcism was complete father. amort we'd pray over the person and give. them a blessing and the only exorcism. father Mort allowed to be filmed turned. out to be his last he passed away a few. months later at the age of 91 but even. worse that exorcism didn't work. Christina was still possessed and. although William freekin tried to. contact her she was never heard from. again. foreign. is usually connected to the Catholic.

church but the concept goes back. thousands of years to the beginning of. civilization ancient Babylonians believe. that demons or evil spirits were. responsible for illnesses as well as. natural disasters exorcism rituals were. done to drive these entities out and. restore balance to the world and the. process of exorcism in ancient Babylon. was complex and dangerous The Exorcist. would draw a circle around the possessed. person creating a barrier between them. and the demon he would then recite. special incantations and around the.

circle sprinkle various substances like. salt and herbs and for especially evil. demons an animal like a goat or a. chicken would have to be sacrificed. throughout the nerves and a dead chicken. that doesn't sound like a ritual it. sounds like a delicious recipe. you're killing me pal well I'm sorry I. skipped lunch and you tell me exorcisms. use 11 herbs and spices on chicken what. do you expect. by the way you and Colonel Sanders make. demon sand Finger Licking Good that was. not my intention now I know what a. chicken's so addicting it's seasoned.

with evil if you just let me get through. this we'll grab lunch chicken Bucket. from KFC is that even a question at this. point ancient Egyptians also used. exorcism to ward off evil spirits and. one of the most common methods involved. the use of a magic spell called a heca. and this was performed by a priest who. would recite a series of incantations. and make offerings to the gods the. priest would then Place His Hands On The. Afflicted person's head and command the. evil spirit to leave the body the person. would then be given amulets to wear as. protection against future attacks and in.

the early days of Christianity exorcism. was an essential part of the faith the. early church believed that demons were. the cause of many physical and mental. illnesses and that the only way to cure. these afflictions was through exorcism. during the Middle Ages exorcism became. even more popular the church saw it as a. way to combat heresy and protect its. followers from the devil's influence. exorcism reached its peak during the. Renaissance when the witch trials were. at their height many people believed. that witches were in League with the. devil and that exorcism was the only way.

to rid them of their evil influence the. practice started to decline during the. Age of Enlightenment when people started. to question the church's Authority many. scientists and philosophers saw exorcism. as a superstitious practice with no. scientific basis the church responded by. downplaying the importance of exorcism. and focusing on other aspects of the. faith but exorcism did not Disappear. Completely it continued to be practiced. in many parts of the world especially in. areas where traditional beliefs were. still strong thanks to film and pop. culture and the state of the world there.

have never been more exorcists or. exorcisms in history and now in the age. of social media that number is on the. rise once again. exorcism. atic in some form throughout all of. history it was probably the earliest. form of psychotherapy Hippocrates the. father of Western medicine started out. as an exorcist. but is it real. well it depends on your beliefs and what. we consider real do you believe demons. are real if you believe they are and you.

believe you're possessed then exorcism. could certainly be a real solution but. if you are cured were demons really. exercised from your body or do you just. believe they were because you believe in. demons. hard to say trying to explain possession. as non-supernatural has been a struggle. for medical professionals for a long. time people claiming to be possessed. show symptoms of epilepsy schizophrenia. multiple personality disorder. disassociative identity disorder bipolar.

disorder and many other conditions but. the medications and therapy commonly. used to treat these illnesses often. doesn't work but sometimes exorcisms do. possession is now recognized in the DSM. specifically its possession trans. disorder or ptd but it's a pretty new. addition so modern mainstream doctors. don't think we're dealing with demons. but they acknowledge there is something. happening to some people that they can't. quite explain often people who claim to. be possessed come from very religious.

and very troubled homes many times the. possessed are children acting out or. trying to please religious parents for. instance Ronald Hunter the boy whose. story kicked off the modern exorcism. phase he admitted he was baking he said. he was a bad kid acting out against his. mother who was very religious annalize. Michelle's parents were extremely. religious and they raised their daughter. to be as well if Adelis were suffering. from schizophrenia or multiple. personality disorder this could have. manifested as possession something she.

was raised to believe was real and. remember annalize was diagnosed with. epilepsy she was also prescribed. antipsychotics when she stopped taking. her meds her episodes got worse now the. faithful will say these conditions were. caused by the demons possessing her. Skeptics will say she was simply. mentally ill and The Possession was just. a manifestation of her strongly held. religious beliefs but nobody can say for. sure Latoya Ammons is also very. religious and extremely superstitious. where most people would consult family.

friends or a therapist for advice she. would consult psychics her children were. raised believing that possession was. real and they may have used it to their. advantage it's well documented that over. several years her children missed Allah. out of school the reason they couldn't. go to school they were possessed were. they faking it to stay out of school who. can say also at the time The Possession. started Latoya Ammons was behind on a. rent and she said she couldn't pay. because demons and if you follow this. channel you know that this isn't the. first time someone behind on their rent.

claimed it was demons or ghosts the. owner of the house said no tenants who. lived in the house reported anything. strange both before and after Latoya. lived there oh yeah baby what about Zach. the ghost bro I didn't think Ghost. Hunters yeah nothing on that show is. real but it's fun to watch but he. destroyed the house to close the portal. maybe or he demolished the house to. generate some Buzz for his documentary. about the house and knocking the house. down that created some Buzz now inside. Edition with Deborah norfol that portal.

to hell that we've been telling you. about in Gary Indiana where so many so. many Eerie things receptive happen. it's been stoled and why do you see. who's moving in the new owner is Zach. Baggins what on Earth were you thinking. buying this house all the witnesses in. that case including police captain. Austin are highly superstitious and. believe in the Paranormal they were. primed to believe the story. they were also interested in money. Captain Austin is on record saying he. thought he might get some notoriety out.

of this or even a movie deal and. Reverend magino did get a movie deal he. signed an agreement with Evergreen media. the company that produced The Conjuring. movies which is perfect because the. conjuring movies are based on stories. told by people seeking fame and fortune. there's no truth behind them but true or. not those movies earned over a billion. dollars now I'm not saying all or any of. these people are lying but with stories. like this it's important to see the. whole picture especially when people are. profiting now Believers will say. exorcism is a necessary tool to combat.

the force of evil that's all around us. all the time and Skeptics will say. exorcism is a brutal medieval torture. ritual justified by ignorance and people. do die during exorcisms all the time now. you're getting the idea that I'm a. skeptic and maybe I am. but only 90 that 10 of me can't help but. think about father or more I've studied. his life read his articles a couple of. his books he says demonic possession is. real and that he witnessed countless. Supernatural events.

I don't think he's lying but actual. demons I look around and I can't find. any proof but evidence of evil well. proof of that is everywhere Supernatural. or not there really is a battle between. good and evil taking place in the world. right now and we all have a role to play. in this battle and knowing this I want. you to ask yourself. which side am I on. [Music]. thank you so much for hanging out with. us today my name is AJ you know.

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