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Exorcisms & Demonic Interactions

Ordained exorcist and paranormal investigator, Archbishop James Long, spoke about exorcism cases and his investigations with the paranormal. Demons, he suggested, surround us all the time, and they can try to overcome a person's will or intellect. In the 'Emily Rose' case, the possessed girl ate insects and slept on a stone floor. She named some of the demons possessing her as Lucifer, Judas, Nero and Hitler, but Long conjectured this might have been a deception, as demons don't like to reveal their names.

He described one exorcism he worked on with a young girl who'd gotten involved in witchcraft and when they entered her room, it was ice cold. After she attacked two priests, they got permission from her mother to restrain her (an important legal issue— there must be consent for the restraint-- he noted). "We knew weren't dealing with a little girl," but a demonic entity whose purpose was destroy a soul, he explained.

A less severe form of demonic interaction is called "infestation" and can manifest as a sense of hovering or something brushing past you, growling, scratching, lights turning on and off and unpleasant odors. Use of the Ouija board can open a person up to such infestations, he warned. Long also shared some of his experiences at the haunted Waverly Hills Sanatorium-- on a number occasions he witnessed 'Shadow People' passing through a room.

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Waverly Hills Sanatorium

Archbishop James Long has investigated hauntings and ghosts at the Waverly Hills Sanatorium. Located in Louisville, Kentucky, it opened in the early 1900s as a treatment facility for tuberculosis patients. A massive gothic-style sanatorium replaced the original hospital in 1926, and it's this building that has been ranked as the "10th Most Haunted Place in the World" and voted the "2nd Scariest Place in America." For more, see the Waverly Hills Historical Society, PrairieGhosts.com, and a listener-submitted 'ghost photo.'