The gruesome true story behind the first US court case in which demonic possession was used as a murder defense, the trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson.

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In 1981, a brutal murder shocked a small Connecticut town, but the defense that followed was unlike anything seen in a courtroom before, at least in the United States. A man claimed he was not responsible for the killing because he was possessed and the Devil made him do it. Today, we discuss the chilling Trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson.

Sensitive topics: murder

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