In 1975, two priests entered the home of 23 year-old Anneliese Michel and started what would become a ten month-long ordeal of freeing her from demonic forces that had taken control of her. Years earlier, Anneliese and her parents had sought the help of medical doctors in their search to find answers (and relief) for her increasingly frightening behavior. How and why her story culminated in 67 grueling exorcisms that would ultimately take a cruel toll on her body is complicated. This week, Hannah and Katy talk about the story that inspired the movie, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, and discuss what might be worse: believing you're possessed and rejecting necessary medical care, or actually being possessed (specifically by Hitler, Nero, Judas, and more.) 

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Sources:
https://www.epilepsy.com/learn/types-epilepsy-syndromes/temporal-lobe-epilepsy-aka-tle
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5565695/#:~:text=Geschwind%20Syndrome%2C%20a%20characteristic%20behavioral,hypergraphia%2C%20hyposexuality%2C%20and%20irritability.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KgSp94nCZw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel
https://allthatsinteresting.com/anneliese-michel-exorcism

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