More than twenty years before Salem, the quiet Puritan town of Groton, Massachusetts, became the center of a terrifying mystery. Sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Knapp began suffering violent fits, screaming strange guttural voices, lashing out at caregivers, actions she claimed came from the Devil himself.

Living in the home of minister Samuel Willard, her condition was carefully documented in real time, creating one of the earliest and most detailed accounts of alleged demonic possession in New England history.

Was Elizabeth truly under supernatural attack… or was something far more human unfolding inside the rigid pressures of Puritan society?

In this episode of Weirder After Dark, we explore the chilling case known as the Possession of Elizabeth Knapp. A story of fear, faith, and psychological torment that may have foreshadowed the witch hysteria still to come.

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