Category: Possessions

Marthe Brossier (16th century) a Fraudulent Possession case. Used as a vehicle for raising money from the gullible, Marthe Brossier’s alleged possession by Beelzebub also…

Darling Possession (1596) Fake Possession by Thomas Darling, a 13-year-old boy of Burton-on-Trent, England. Darling, who aspired to become a Puritan minister, claimed to become…

Earling Possession (1928) One of the best-documented Demonic Possession cases in the 20th century. The possession of Anna Ecklund also is unusual for the combination…

Goodwin Possessions (1688) Demonic Possession of children in Boston, exorcized by the Puritan minister Cotton Mather. The possessions were blamed on a woman accused of…

The Loudun Possessions (1630–1634) were a Mass Possession of Ursuline nuns of Loudun, France, who accused Father Urbain Grandier as the source of their Demonic…

The Louviers possessions (1647) were mass Demonic Possessions at a convent chapel of the Hospitaller sisters of St. Louis and St. Elizabeth in Louviers, France.…

Maillat Possession (1598) Case of Loyse Maillat, a young French DemonIAC whose story of Possession led to a mass witch hunt in the Burgundy region…

The Miracle of Laon (1566) was a Sensational Possession case in Laon, France. The Catholic Church used the daily Exorcisms of Nicole Obry (also Aubry)…

Mottlingen Possession (1836–1843) German peasant woman possessed by a ghost and more than 1,000 Demons. The case was published in English for the first time…

Nancy Possession (1620) Case of Demonic Possession of a young woman in Lorraine, France. Elizabeth de Ranfaing, the DemonIAC, was exorcized in Nancy. The Demon…