In this episode we get seasonal and discuss possession and exorcism. We take a whistle-stop tour through the history of the devil's work, looking at real exorcisms from the 16th century. We explore whether exorcists were the forerunners of the scientific method. Finally, we take a look at the medical model of possession, from brain inflammation to possession disorder. Along the way we ask the important questions: What do comedians and the devil have in common? Why did Matthew find a priest in his bedroom? How can sticky balls of rice help rid us of our demons? We get into it over a bottle of gin in our Halloween edition of Abstracts.

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Emmanuel TV – “I am from the ocean”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RuCLB6vM3M

ABC News – Teen Girls Perform Exorcisms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy1hvTltswc

ABC News – Possessed: The Modern Exorcism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1u8EPwNkss

CNN – Does video show Pope doing exorcism?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvbgc9dz0Ho

EWTN - Conversations the World Over – Exorcism and Demonic Possession

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt7ke--cEZ0

ABC News – 2020 In Touch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNpFH9UNOM0

MovieClips - The Exorcist “That was no spasm!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd5HqEJuY1g

MovieClips – The Exorcist “That thing up there isn’t my daughter!”

https://youtu.be/5xiAs8GGqD8

The Devil and Father Amorth

https://www.netflix.com/watch/80204616?source=35

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

https://www.netflix.com/watch/70032591?source=35