The Brutal Truth Behind 5 ‘Fictional’ Horror Movies About Hauntings And Demonic Possession

5. The Exorcism of Emily Rose

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Based on the real life case of Anneliese Michel, the truth behind this movie’s story is actually more horrible than anything in the film.

Anneliese was a German girl who underwent the rite of exorcism in 1975. At the age of 16 she had been diagnosed with epilepsy and depression and was eventually prescribed the anti-psychotic Aolept, similar to Thorazine.

She soon began to complain of hearing demonic voices and both her and her family became convinced she was the subject of demonic possession because of her inability to be near religious objects and her seeming hallucinations. After initially denying her family’s request for an exorcism, the Catholic Church went on to perform 67 separate exorcisms but none of them improved her condition or alleviated the supposed devils living inside her.

She died a year later in 1976 with the cause of death listed as starvation. However, a court found both her parents and two of the priests involved in the exorcisms guilty of negligent homicide finding that Anneliese had been in a state of near starvation for a year before finally succumbing.

Below is a recording of six of the demons exorcists claim she was possessed by. They include Hitler, Cain, Nero, a former priest named Father Fleischmann, Judas, and Lucifer. Thought Catalog Logo Mark

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