In this historical deep-dive, Mike and JT journey back to 1778 England to examine the explosive case of George Lukins, a pauper tailor from Yatton who treated his physical body like a rent-controlled apartment for seven uninvited demonic roommates. Mike details Lukins’ terrifying symptoms—including folding his spine into impossible geometric shapes and singing hymns backward—which left local doctors shrugging and prescribing little more than leeches and a "lunacy" diagnosis. JT critiques the sheer inefficiency of a seven-demon collective, questioning the scheduling conflicts required to coordinate bending a tailor's knees while shouting profanities in Swedish. The crisis eventually reached its dramatic climax at Temple Church, where a "holy squad" of seven clergymen performed a high-stakes, man-to-man coverage exorcism that turned into the 18th-century equivalent of a viral TikTok spectacle. While modern medical historians suggest Lukins may have suffered from psychogenic seizures rather than actual hellfire, the case remains a fascinating look at a time when you could resolve a medical mystery simply by being louder than the entities inhabiting your soul.

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