Exorcism

A family at their wits end brought their son, given the pseudonym “Robbie Mannheim,” to Jesuit priests from St. Louis University for an exorcism in 1949. The story has been fodder for urban legend ever since.

These stories appear in our top five stories periodically. Some are assigned to classes for students. Others appear on websites, such as Reddit. The rest…

When veteran Vatican journalist John Thavis interviewed exorcists for his new book, many said right off that exorcism was “nothing at all like the…

The mattress began to shake. Arms and legs flailing. For hours he fluctuated between frenzy and calm.The following phrases describe an exorcism that took…