Was Pope Francis photographed giving a man an impromptu exorcism last Sunday? The Rev. Juan Rivas says, ‘yes’, but on a slight technicality. An unnamed 43-year old Mexican man traveled to Rome to attend mass with Pope Francis at St. Peters Square this week. The unidentified man had reportedly undergone a lengthy exorcism ritual by [...]

Saudi police made an strange arrest last weekend, apprehending a man they referred to as a “sorcerer” with a knack for healing the sick and hunting down and killing spirits known as the Djinn. According to a report in the Saudi Gazette, the arrest was made at 9AM on Saturday by the Al-Habil Police in conjunction [...]

Something stinks in Romania.. and if the priests are to be believed, it’s the foul stench of demons. A 34 year old Romanian lawyer has filed a lawsuit against his Orthodox bishop and five priests after what he says was their failure to banish the demons that were slowly driving him from his home, including [...]

The Vicar does not generally believe automatically in anything paranormal, which some might think an odd viewpoint for a man to adopt when he is a self-described Wizard. Of course, to be entirely fair to my masters, mentors, and brethren, the title is not really self-bestowed. Moreover, the members of my specific order are the [...]

Holy smokes! A recently released video claims to show a paranormal investigator having some rather adverse side effects to holy water, a response that the ghost hunters believe resulted from being possessed. In a clip shot last Halloween, the team at LiveSciFi are shown searching for evidence of the paranormal in Atchinson, Kansas’ own Sallie [...]

The trial of Urbain Grandier for witchcraft was either a witch hunt in truth, or in the sarcastic way that we use the term today. Either Grandier used black magic to infest the nuns of Loudun with a number of powerful demons, or he was a victim of religious persecution because his beliefs were…

An 8 year old Tshwane, South African boy was forced to marry a 61 year old woman this past week after the boy, Sanele Masilela, claimed to be visited by the angry spirit of his deceased grandfather who demanded the child marry 61-year-old Helen Shabangu. The “ceremony” has shocked the local community who expressed concern [...]

Exorcisms have never been known to be an exactly peaceful thing (in fact, people regularly die of them), but when you get snuck up on and start losing teeth thanks to a fracas with Satan, things might be getting a little out of hand. That’s what a Tennessee man says happened when he visited Family Chapel Church [...]

A corporate area high-school in Jamaica was forced to cancel classes this week after a demon possessed a female student and threatened to inhabit the bodies of others.  The demon in question reportedly “made himself known” and warned that if anyone was to pray for the girl he would “…leave the girl’s body and enter [...]

A 23 year old Japanese man died on Friday after his father attempted to exorcise his “snake demon” by biting and head-butting him. Takuya Nagaya’s mother thought her son was acting far too strangely when visiting on Thursday, behaving “erratically” and rambling on about being a snake, while slithering about on the floor. Clearly worried [...]