Welcome to episode 15 - Iowa First up in Weird News, James brings us new evidence of the Beast of Dartmoor's existence in today's Weird News. Then in this week's main topic, we discuss a lesser-known, yet equally frightening exorcism in 1928 Iowa; The exorcism of Emma Schmidt. Listen as we read verbatim from a priest who witnessed and later wrote a booklet on the event.

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Research:

Earling site of last sanctioned exorcism

https://www.nonpareilonline.com/news/earling-site-of-last-sanctioned-exorcism/article_f943f041-ba99-528c-bdce-7ec7f88a0d29.html

The Exorcism of Emma Schmidt

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/11/the-exorcism-of-emma-schmidt/

Full Text of "Begone Satan! A Sensational Expulsion of the Devil which occurred in Iowa in 1928"

https://archive.org/stream/BegoneSatanASensationalExpulsionOfTheDevilWhichOccurredInIowaIn/BegoneSatanbyKapsnerOSBhardon_djvu.txt

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