August 04 ​​-Voodoo witch doctor kills four children in exorcism ceremony

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Jule 25 -​​Never thought I’d end up doing this!​

​ “I never thought I’d end up doing this, no,” admits the middle-aged priest whose unexpected path to becoming an exorcist began while saying one of his first Masses after he was ordained 15 years ago.

“At the moment of consecration of the precious blood I asked the Lord to shower his blood upon the youth and to help any young men who may have a vocation to the priesthood.”

The instant reaction of one 13-year old boy shocked the young priest, “he fell backwards and started growling. And I thought, ‘I wasn’t expecting this!’”

Several years later, and he is one of a new generation of exorcists-in-training following a decision by the U.S. bishops in November 2010 to vastly increase the number of exorcists, which might number as low as 50 in America.

FOUR children from the same family have been found dead in Haiti after being treated by a witch doctor who claimed to be able to cure them of a mysterious illness, a local official said Friday.
"Three girls and a boy, the eldest of whom was seven years old and the youngest only 15 months, suffered abuse from the healer who was treating them," said Wilfrid Brisson, an official from the southern town of Marbial.
"They were then abandoned in their mother's bed."
According to neighbours, the sorcerer - who was assisted by his brother - persuaded the victims' mother that the children were possessed by a demon and said he could rid their soul of the devil.
The witch doctor and his brother beat the children repeatedly, in steps they said were necessary to expel the demon, and the youngsters died from the blows, said Mr Brisson.
The alleged killers have apparently fled to the capital Port-au-Prince. An investigation by authorities in Marbial is under way and the children's mother is in custody.

​Sep 12 -Exorcism boom in Poland sees magazine launch

WARSAW: With exorcism booming in Poland, Roman Catholic priests here have joined forces with a publisher to launch what they claim is the world’s first monthly magazine focused exclusively on chasing out the devil.

“The rise in the number or exorcists from four to more than 120 over the course of 15 years in Poland is telling,” Father Aleksander Posacki, a professor of philosophy, theology and leading demonologist and exorcist told reporters in Warsaw at the Monday launch of the Egzorcysta monthly.
Ironically, he attributed the rise in demonic possessions in what remains one of Europe’s most devoutly Catholic nations partly to the switch from atheist communism to free market capitalism in 1989.
“It’s indirectly due to changes in the system: capitalism creates more opportunities to do business in the area of occultism. Fortune telling has even been categorised as employment for taxation,” Posacki told AFP.
“If people can make money out of it, naturally it grows and its spiritual harm grows too,” he said, hastening to add authentic exorcism is absolutely free of charge.
Posacki, who also serves on an international panel of expert Roman Catholic exorcists, highlighted what he termed the “helplessness of various schools of psychology and psychiatry” when confronted with extreme behaviours that conventional therapies fail to cure.
“Possession comes as a result of committing evil. Stealing, killing and other sins,” he told reporters, adding that evil spirits are chased out using a guide of ritual prayers approved by Polish-born pope John Paul II in 1999.
“Our hands are full,” admitted fellow exorcist and Polish Roman Catholic priest Father Andrzej Grefkowicz, revealing exorcists have a three month waiting list in the capital Warsaw.
Priests performing exorcism also work with psychiatrists in order to avoid mistaking mental illness for possession, he said.
“I’ve invited psychiatrists to meetings when I’ve had doubts about a case and often we’ve both concluded the issue is mental illness, hysteria, not possession,” he said.
According to both exorcists, depictions of demonic possession in horror films are largely accurate.
“It manifests itself in the form of screams, shouting, anger, rage – threats are common,” Posacki said.
“Manifestation in the form or levitation is less common, but does occur and we must speak about it — I’ve seen it with my own eyes,” he added.
With its 62-page first issue including articles titled “New Age — the spiritual vacuum cleaner” and “Satan is real”, the Egzorcysta monthly with a print-run of 15,000 by the Polwen publishers is selling for 10 zloty (2.34 euros, 3.10 dollars) per copy.

​Sep 17 -US news EXCISION coming to Cinemas

EXCISION is the story of Pauline (AnnaLynne McCord), a delusional teenage outcast. Pauline picks scabs. Pauline dissects road kill. Pauline fantasizes about performing surgery on strangers. Her fascinations disturb her schoolmates and her parents, Phyllis (Traci Lords) and Bob (Roger Bart). No one understands Pauline except for Grace (Ariel Winter), her younger sister who suffers from cystic fibrosis. An outcast at school and at home, Pauline is convinced that the best way to repair her estranged relationship with her family is to perform a risky operation to save her sister’s life.

Starring AnnaLynne McCord (90210) as Pauline, EXCISION continues a long tradition of horror films with compelling female leads, such as Scream, the original Halloween, the original A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Birds, and Psycho. The film also stars Traci Lords (Cry Baby, Blade), Ariel Winter (Modern Family), Roger Bart (Desperate Housewives), Jeremy Sumpter (Friday Night Lights, Soul Surfer), Malcolm McDowell and John Waters.

​People of the Lie

M. Scott Peck, M.D. wrote a most important book for our times, People of the Lie, The Hope For Healing Human Evil, published in 1983 by Simon & Schuster. It’s a study of human evil. Peck said he chose the title “because lying is both a cause and a manifestation of evil. It is partly by their lying that we recognize the evil.”

​Oct 09 -17 Cebu students 'possessed' by spirits

Seventeen high school students were allegedly possessed by evil spirits inside a school in Talisay City, Cebu Monday. Classes have been suspended in Jaclupan National High School yesterday after 4th year students were allegedly possessed by spirits inside their classroom at around 9:00 a.m. One female student allegedly began shouting in a man’s voice. Her classmates then tried to help her but ended up being possessed by evil spirits too. The possessed students were immediately brought to Mary’s Little Children Community in Barangay Tabunoc, where an exorcism administered by Msgr. Fred Krekeenbeck took place.​Krekeenbeck prayed over the students and asked them to confess. Some were also asked to attend a religious seminar.
The students said they remember seeing a dark, old woman before the alleged possession occurred.
Fr. Nestor Atillo of Mother of Perpetual Help Parish in Brgy. Jaclupan reminds students to always pray and participate in church activities to drive away evil spirits.

​Oct 31 -'Indiana exorcist fights the devil': Shocking documentary captures Vatican-approved exorcist working on 'possessed' woman

“Probably the most bizarre thing I witnessed in an exorcism was in Rome when I saw somebody actually levitate who possessed during the prayers of exorcism,” said the catholic priest. “The priest was not amused by anything going on and he just pushed the person back down and he continued to pray. My jaw might’ve hit the floor at that time, like, 'What in the world is going on here?’

​Nov 01 -'Oh Lord, this gives me the creeps.': 

A producer in London has held a mass exorcism at a cinema in the capital, after claiming his film was being tormented by evil spirits.​

This isn't the first time we've heard of strange goings on during the filming of horror flicks. Don't even talk to me about what may or may not have happened during The Exorcist; sleep is a priviledge I don't want taken away from me!

Anyhoo, while filming When The Lights Went Out, filmmaker Bill Bungay claimed there were more than a few strange occurrences connected to the film, something he blames on "the effects of a demonic possession." This movie centres on the alleged haunting of a Yorkshire home belonging to the director Pat Holden's aunt Jean Pritchard back in the 70s. Everything was scarier in the 70s.

So, strange occurrences, you say? Well apparently two screenings were hit by blackouts. This is what urged Bungay to hold an exorcism to cleanse the Soho Screening Rooms.

As per Digital Spy, with the help of 100 religious friends, the exorcism was carried out. In no way did the producer believe that this could be just a "coincidence."

Commenting on what to many will seem like an extreme reaction, Bungay says: "It was one thing to put the first power failure down to a bit of bad luck... But to move cinemas and have exactly the same thing happen 20 minutes into the movie when the evil presence is first felt was beyond coincidence, and has caused much concern for the production."

Raining on Bungay's parade, projectionist Paul Speed said he'd put the incidents down to technical difficulties. "In Soho, we get outages when there is a big demand for power for heating when the temperature drops," he said.

Technical difficulty or paranormal activity? Or the cinema staff taking the complete piss out of Bungay? Ooooh, most likely the latter.

​Nov 16 -'The Last Exorcism Part II': 

Continuing where the first film left off, Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell) is found alone and terrified in the woods. She can't remember anything from the previous months, only that she is the last surviving member of her family. Just as Nell begins the difficult process of starting a new life, the evil force that once possessed her is back with other, unimaginably horrific plans that mean her last exorcism was just the beginning. The film is directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly and set to hit theaters on March 1st, 2013