Are there times when people in real-life have suffered demon possessions? Well, most religions counting from Christianity to Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism believe in the existence of demons that can possess people.
Many times in different countries and through several people, there are reports of people being possessed by different types of demons. One of the stories went as far as opening up on the claims of being possessed by Lucifer and Hitler, while another claimed to have been impregnated by a demon.
While people question some of these claims, others assume they could be true. Well, here are the stories.
1. Anneliese Michel Believed She Was Possessed By 6 Demons
- Real Name: Anna Elisabeth Michel
- Date of Birth: 21 September 1952
- Age: 23 at death
- Death/Alive: Death (July 1, 1976)
- Country: Germany
- Possessed By: Lucifer, Nero, Cain, Judas Iscariot, Adolf Hitler, and Fleischmann
- In Popular Culture: Portrayed Rose Emily in film, The Exorcism of Emily Rose
The German girl, Anneliese Michel whose supposed demonic possession and exorcism has been interpreted in a film as Emily Rose was a normal girl until she blacked out in school one day.
Soon after, she began to have seizures and was diagnosed with epilepsy after which she started treatment. She then went on to attend the University of Würzburg.
Her treatment did not last long until it began to fail. Little by little, she reportedly started to hear voices in her head and she believed that she was possessed by demons.
She would go on to start acting out of place and even lick her pee and bite off the head of a bird.
Her parents became desperate and sought help from the Catholic Church. Then, an exorcism was arranged and performed in ‘total secret’ as directed by Bishop Josef Stangl, the local Bishop. Ernst Alt and Arnold Renz, both Priests, performed 67 exorcisms on her within ten months. She believed that her possessing spirits were Nero, Hitler, Cain, Judas Iscariot, and Lucifer.
On the first of July, 1976, Anneliese passed on due to dehydration and malnutrition rather than ‘possession’ as she had stopped eating.
Her death led to the two priests being found guilty of manslaughter resulting from negligence. Her parents’ penalties were overlooked as they were judged to have suffered enough. Her story is told in the popular movie, The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
2. The Demon Murder Trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson
- Real Name: Arne Cheyenne Johnson
- Date of Birth: 1962
- Country: United States of America
- Possessed By: Devil
- In Popular Culture: The incident led to the creation of The Demon Murder Case and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
First, it was Arne Cheyenne Johnson’s girlfriend’s brother David Glatzel that started to that he was possessed by demons. Their parents sought help in the Catholic Church and also that of a demonologist.
Instead, Arne challenged the demons to possess him. His life took a different turn afterward and the boy who had no criminal record broke the 193-year-old history of a town without murder with the killing of his landlord, Alan Bono.
Based on the story, Johnson growled like an animal and used a 5-inch knife repeatedly which led to the death of Bono.
Following his arrest, Johnson said:
The Devil Made Me Do it
The phrase became widely known and related t the United States first court case where the defendant pled guilty on the account of demonic possession.
However, his attorney failed to prove his innocence so he was sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison but served only 5 before he was released for good behavior.
3. 40 Demons Left Michael Taylor But The Demon Of Murder Remained
- Real Name: Michal Taylor
- Date of Birth: September 21, 1944
- Age:80 years old
- Death/Alive: Alive
- Country: England
- Possessed By: 43 Demons (including murder, madness, and violence)
- In Popular Culture: in a novel called Nineteen Seventy-Seven and mentioned in the film, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do So
Michael was said to be a loving father and husband but sometimes acted out of place and could go days without interacting. This contributed to his inability to keep a job.
When his case was becoming severe, his friend persuaded him to join in a prayer meeting headed by a lady named Marie. After a while and after showing anger in a wild way in 1974, Father Peter Vincent and Reverend Raymond Smith exorcised him and claimed they had removed about 40 demons from his body.
Well, he still had the demons of murder, violence, and madness.
Shortly after the exorcism, he went home and brutally murdered his wife while ripping off her eyes and tongue. He then headed to the streets naked with blood scattered on his body before he was found by the police.
Well, Michael was acquitted. Instead, the judge pinned it on insanity. He equally blamed the prayer group and priests who fed him with the notion of evil while there was an imbalance in his head.
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4. And Doris Bither Was Raped And Impregnated By Demons
- Real Name: Doris Bither
- Age: (1999)
- Death/Alive: Dead
- Country: England
- Possessed By: Demons
- In Popular Culture: in Film called The Entity
David Labiosa broke his arm on the set of the movie, The Entity while playing the role of Brian, Doris Bither’s son. The scene being re-enacted at the time was one where Brian broke his arm following an attack. This was just one of several terrifying attacks on the family.
The attacks saw Doris being raped and beaten viciously by unseen men, with bruises as proof. Their Culver City home in California was said to be possessed by some violent ghosts.
Future residents of the home never reported a strange occurrence or any form of demonic possessions. Yet the Hither’s family insists that the torture was real for them. Doris even claimed to have been impregnated during one of the attacks. It is unclear what became of the pregnancy.
There are many other cases of demon possessions in many parts of the world in people of different places. Although there is no scientific proof that they actually exist, there are people who stand on the grounds that they did and still do. If they do, where do these demons of murder and other things come from and why possess people? Perhaps researches are not vividly carried out on the subject.
