Exorcisms outside Hollywood, legit or signs of mental illness?
TMZ Studios
Hollywood loves a good exorcism movie, but real people around the world sometimes claim to be possessed by demons… and there are real questions surrounding the authenticity of exorcisms.
TMZ Studios has a new series, “Strange & Suspicious,” now airing on a dozen FOX stations, where we explore strange, unexplained and downright weird stories, and now we explore the validity of exorcisms.
To take Annelies Michel in Germany for example…she was said to be possessed by a demon, who claimed they had the right to use her body until she ‘croaked’.
While many exorcisms take place in private – away from the big screen and Hollywood scripts – there are some that take place in church, often on camera.
Some of these more public exorcisms seem a bit performative… which begs the question: are these people really possessed or are they just suffering from a mental illness?!?
There are other possible explanations too, some based in science or medicine… but Anneliese feels more legitimate than others, and they’re all pretty creepy.
So, what’s going on here???
We try to answer these and other burning questions about ‘Strange and Suspicious’. click here to see when and where the show will air.
