01x01 - Demonic Objects

[bunniefuu]

[suspenseful music playing]

[ghostly breathing]

You know, as I was saying,

the family did not have any

Um, the family did not have,

uh, any idea that the, uh

that, uh

there was an attachment

Yes, Bishop?

[all screaming]

[Eli] Evil is on the rise.

Demons battle

to possess our souls

and drag us one step closer

[screaming]

[Eli] to Hell.

But now, there is a gathering

of spiritual warriors

who defend us against

the Devil's minions

Go back to Hell!

St. Michael the Archangel,

defend us in battle.

[Eli]a nd unite to banish

the demons in our midst.

These are the true stories

of The Legion of Exorcists.

This may seem like

a harmless antique.

A curiosity you might find

at an auction or a yard sale.

Exorcists have encountered

relics just like this one,

that harbor a deadly evil.

The Devil can take possession

of objects,

using them

to reach into our world,

and take control.

You know, what frustrates me is

we live in a society and

a culture where people,

for some strange reason,

have put demons here

Yes.

- and God here.

Yes.

- [Bishop Long] Cursed objects

have become

a real, big thing now.

And what people don't understand

is that these items

can have attachments,

which can cause serious,

serious issues.

These items

have demonic attachment

from demonic entities

with real power.

And I know firsthand,

what these items can do.

So, this day

was like any other day.

The phone rings.

So, I pick up the phone,

and on the other line

is a mother.

She's not frantic on the

phone, but you can tell

that she's frustrated.

She begins to tell me that

she is a collector of items.

She loves to collect eccentric

items, from all over the world.

Now, she buys

and sells antiques,

and she does a really great job,

and she makes a good profit.

So she tells me

she went to an estate sale,

and there was

antiques everywhere.

I mean, valuable paintings.

Statues. But there's

one thing that she saw,

and she became obsessed.

[whimsical music playing]

[suspenseful music playing]

[eerie music playing]

[enchanting tones with

disturbing frequency playing]

[man's voice muffled] Hey.

Hey. Ready to go?

[continues speaking

indistinctly]

[sounds stop] - You're not

thinking of buying this, are you?

You saw Chucky,right?

Give it back.

The We bring this in the house,

April's gonna have nightmares.

I'm gonna have nightmares.

[woman's voice muffled]

What's wrong, Mike?

What's wrong, honey?

[gasps]

Honey, tell me what's wrong.

[breathing heavily]

- [object clatters]

Hey, you'll break it!

[breathing heavily] What?

- I said you'll break it.

Good.

Good. Keep that thing

away from me.

What are you talking about?

I'm buying it.

[Mike] No, you're not.

That thing is not

coming into our house.

It's beautiful and I want it.

Leigh.

I said I want it.

- Leigh.

I mean it.

That thing

It creeps me out.

All she saw was that doll.

She didn't buy

anything else that day.

She didn't want anything else.

She turned paintings away that she

could have made a big profit on.

That was the doll she wanted.

Now, the kids,

interestingly enough,

wanted nothing to do with it.

And it's not because they don't like

clowns, it's because they just

did not like that doll.

[children playing]

[object clattering]

[eerie music playing]

[suspenseful music playing]

[suspenseful music intensifies]

[ghostly whispering]

[Bishop Long] Now, the daughter didn't

like it. The husband didn't care.

But a few days later,

things continued to happen.

So, how was the science test?

I think I did pretty well.

Yeah.

- Good.

[April] Studying pays off.

- You think you got an A?

Probably.

- [Leigh laughs] Yeah.

[chuckles]

[cracks, shatters]

[exhales]

What was that?

Scary stuff.

[electrical buzzing]

[shatters]

- [yells in shock]

What the

[electrical buzzing]

[shatters]

- [April exclaims]

What is happening?

[breathing heavily]

[Bishop Long]

Now the mom

is saying, "Okay,

something is not right."

She thought

it was electrical current,

she calls the electrician

and they come in that day.

Nothing is wrong. He can't

explain what happened.

They found nothing.

And then, a week later,

the entire family

was jolted awake

at 2:00 am, with a sound

that no family wants to hear.

[thud]

- [crackling]

[alarm sounding]

[Mike coughing]

Leigh!

[coughing]

Do you have April?

[Leigh] I've got her.

[Mike] Get outside, hurry.

Move!

Brand new home,

it's only a year old.

This is the home

that they've always wanted.

Burnt to a crisp.

And they call

the fire department,

took about half an hour

for them to get there.

By the time they arrived,

from the basement to the roof,

it burnt like you had just

engulfed it with jet fuel.

So, while she is telling me this

story, I do feel for the family,

because they lost their home.

But I am skeptical.

As an exorcist, we have to be,

'cause we can't believe every single case

is demonic, 'cause it's not the case.

Now, truly,

the family lost their home,

but I think there must be a

logical explanation for that fire.

She invites me

out to her home, to see it.

When I pull up, I see this

huge rubble,

where this mansion just stood.

That's when the mom said,

"You're not gonna believe

what I have for you."

We walked to where

the front door would be,

we turned right, and she said,

"This is what I want you

to take away from this place."

And I was speechless.

[Leigh sniffling]

Nothing was there,

except this doll.

But the doll wasn't broke,

it wasn't cracked.

So, I take it this is the doll.

[Leigh] Be careful.

I'm sorry I ever brought

that thing into this house.

[ghostly whispering]

[Bishop Long exhales shakily]

- [Leigh sniffles]

[Bishop Long]

It was hot to the touch.

That was when I thought

it had to be a cursed object.

[breathing shakily]

Everything's gonna be all right.

But it's a good thing

that you called me.

[sniffs] What

What does it want from us?

It's It's not

what it wants from you.

It's how it wants to harm you.

Such demons,

they [sighs grimly]

They don't stop until

they've achieved their goal.

Until you're dead.

[breathes shakily]

[Bishop Long] Lord,

I bind this object

and all the evil

contained within it.

Let no more demonic forces

remain attached to this family.

In your name Amen.

So, I take the doll to my storage unit.

I purposely

bought a case,

and I was going to bind that

demonic entity to this object

with oil, with, uh,

blessed salt,

and I placed the doll

inside of it.

It never comes out of its case.

So, I would love to tell each

of you that this cursed doll,

by the demonic,

is safe and sound in the storage

unit, not harming anybody.

But I can't quite tell you

that's the case.

I had the opportunity to teach about

demonology, possession, and cursed items.

And I jumped

at this opportunity.

But it was an opportunity that

I will never, ever forget.

And so, the family,

realized that all of their

troubles actually began

when the mother

purchased this doll

from an estate sale.

This particular cursed item

brings with it a, uh,

obsession that factors

Uh-huh.

Bishop Long, in my experience

as a psychic medium,

I can feel the presence

of the demonic.

But I'm not feeling anything

right now.

I was wondering if

we could try lifting the case.

[students] Yeah.

- [Bishop Long] Uh

I don't think that would

be a particularly good--

It, it'll just be a moment.

There's a bit of danger

inherent in this.

I I don't think it's--

- [students murmuring]

I don't think

it's worth the risk.

[students] No, no.

- Please.

For educational purposes?

[all clamoring]

Normally, I would never take a

cursed object out of its case.

But the whole room

wanted me to do this.

I did it because of good intent,

I wanted to teach about it.

- Right.

[Bishop Long] That was

a big mistake.

I walked to the case,

I opened it up.

[ghostly whooshing]

The whole room changed.

[ghostly snarling]

Okay.

Now, as I was saying, the family

did not have any

Um, the, the family did not have,

um, any idea that the, uh

that, uh

there was an attachment

Yes, Bishop?

[screaming]

[all screaming]

[Bishop Long] Enough!

Make it stop.

What's the matter, Bishop Long?

So, I lifted the protective

case of the doll,

and there was a complete

energy shift in the room.

It was as if I was opening

a door to the abyss of Hell.

And then, things got much worse.

Behind you!

[woman gasping]

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, I should

have known better.

Demonic forces are

unpredictable.

I'll never forget that.

Never. And remember, I have a lot

of cursed objects as I've mentioned.

I have never, in my life,

seen a cursed object

that actually, legitimately did

exactly what the family claimed,

actually caused real fire.

[Minister Johnson] Attaching

the demonic to these objects

is a, is another way

the enemy smuggles this

into your home,

because it seems so innocent.

What could be wrong with a,

an antique doll?

Or anything at your local thrift store?

A mirror, or this table.

You don't know

what was on that table.

You don't know, and so,

these get into your home

seemingly innocently,

and then all hell breaks loose.

[Bishop Long] So,

since that day,

I make sure that I do a

binding prayer once a week,

because I bless my home

once a week, religiously.

And I never, ever forget that,

because when I take it to conferences,

and I talk about the dangers

of these haunted items,

and they're truly dangerous,

uh, it's very, very important to

keep everyone safe. Including myself.

One thing that I,

I was not able to do is to discover

the origin of this curse that

was placed upon this doll.

And as an exorcist, we all wanna

make sure we try to find that source.

Uh, but ultimately, my goal is to

make sure the doll stays concealed,

protected, and away

from the innocent.

[Rev. Strugala] Unfortunately,

the problems don't end

with just a possessed object.

Sometimes, it can be

just the beginning,

and it can result in a demon

terrorizing an unsuspecting victim.

[demonic snarling] - [Rev.

Strugala] Get her in the chair.

[demonic snarling, grunting]

[Rev. Strugala]

Colleen? Colleen?

[woman] No, no, no, no, no.

Hey, look at me. Focus on me.

No, no, no. Focus on me, please.

- [woman gasping]

You can--

- [snarling]

[evil laughter]

[growling]

[in demonic voice] You think

you can save this soul?

[in demonic voice]

I don't think you can.

[demonic laughter]

What would you do if you

discovered a possessed object?

Find an exorcist to strip it,

of its demonic energy?

Or would you be tempted

to harness its power?

If the power didn't

first attack you.

There's no such thing as a

simple case to an exorcist.

Of the time you think

you have things figure out,

you find out that you are wrong.

Cursed objects can be

very dangerous items.

They don't always come

from antique stores.

Or a state sales.

It can be something as

simple as a family heirloom,

that can bring the demonic into

an unsuspecting person's life.

This next case is one of those.

I had recently received a call

from a lady named Jen,

who had recently moved

in with her aunt Deb,

and Deb's adult daughter, Kris.

Disturbing things

started happening,

almost immediately after

she moved into the home.

She told me that her aunt Deb was

suffering from attacks, every night.

She was having some

pretty vivid nightmares,

but she was also

waking up with bruises.

And that's not all.

When I spoke with Deb,

she told me a chilling story.

[thudding noise]

Hello?

[chittering]

Hello?

[shallow breathing sound]

[chittering]

[Deb screams]

[growling]

[Jen] Aunt Deb?

Are you down here?

[footsteps approaching]

Aunt Deb?

Aunt Deb?

[eerie music playing]

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God, Deb.

Oh, God. Stop.

Stop, please.

Oh, God.

[breathing heavily]

Oh, my God.

My initial reaction was

"Wow, if this is all true,

this is gonna be complicated."

Mmm.

[Rev. Strugala] There may be

psychological things going on here.

But the thing is,

is I got to find out either way.

Whether it's, if they

need professional help,

or whether they

need spiritual help,

I need to help this family.

I've brought my

core team with me.

So I brought Colleen,

who is my senior sensitive on the team.

And I brought

Father Art with us.

[Kris] Mom?

Mom?

Aunt Deb?

These people have

come to see you.

[Rev. Strugala] Deb?

Deb, my name

is Reverend Rita Strugala.

I'm here to help you.

Help ease some of your pain.

I've brought you

something, sweet girl.

Shove it up your a*s!

[Kris] Mom, stop it.

[Rev. Strugala] It's Okay.

I'm sorry.

I just get so angry these days.

I don't know why.

Is that why you

tried to hurt yourself?

[Deb] I didn't do that.

It made me do it.

It?

It's waiting for me right now.

Upstairs.

It's waiting for me

to go to bed.

[Rev. Strugala] You could definitely

feel that there was demonic energy.

Not just in the basement

where she was attacked,

but all throughout this house.

Okay.

Now this is Deb's bedroom.

This is where she's saying,

she's being attacked every night.

There's something

in there. I feel it.

It feels strong.

Be careful.

[snarling]

[gasps] Above the bed.

[chittering]

[growling]

[Rev. Strugala]

The demon was on the ceiling.

Above the bed.

You could feel the presence.

It was huge.

It It was just terrifying.

Immediately we knew that we were

gonna have to do a binding prayer,

to bind this entity,

so it couldn't hurt anybody.

I demand your foul

abominations remain locked

where you are.

[distorted voice]

I bind you in the

name of The Father,

of The Son.

[screeching]

- Holy Spirit.

I command you.

It's the blood of Christ

that commands you.

It's the power of the Lord

that commands you.

I command you.

- [chittering]

[gasps]

[eerie music playing]

[hissing]

[ominous music playing]

[Father Art] You see anything?

It's gone.

Are you sure?

[Rev. Strugala]

It didn't work.

Father Art was praying,

and he was doing what

he does to bind the demon.

[distorted voice]

Holy Spirit.

First time I had ever seen that,

that it did not work.

My honest reaction was

"That's not good."

We didn't bind this thing.

We just pissed it off.

And then we found

something interesting.

Something that

seemed out of place.

[Father Art] What is it, Rita?

- It's a box.

[grunts]

Oh.

Ah. It's hot. Burnt me.

[Father Art] Careful. - Yeah.

I got it.

Deb, where did you get this box?

Deb, please.

If this is cursed

this could be the key

to your freedom.

Aunt Deb?

After my mother died

my father found a new woman.

We all hated her.

She hated us.

[Deb] My mother's death

It was a suicide.

And my father's girlfriend

was so cruel to me.

She brought that box

into this house.

[Rev. Strugala]

Well, now

It's time for it to leave.

I learned that Deb found the

box, buried away in the basement.

She brought it upstairs

to her bedroom.

And then all hell broke loose.

And I was pretty sure that,

a large demon was

attached to that box.

The plan was

to take the box with us.

To spiritually cleanse it,

and bring it back.

The hope was, that we would

get rid of any attachments.

And that it would actually also take

care of the problem with the family.

But it didn't quite

go as planned.

[car door opens]

[car door closes]

Ready, ready to go?

- [car door closes]

Yes.

- All right.

In Jesus name, let us be safe.

[screams]

As we sat there in the car,

all of a sudden,

I was feeling pressure,

on my head.

The only way

I can describe it is,

it just

it felt like a vise.

And suddenly it was just

squeezing my head.

[screaming]

I don't wanna be meet the dead.

- [indistinct]

I command you

to release this woman,

in the name of The Father,

The Son, and The Holy Spirit.

[Colleen] Are you okay?

- Yeah.

It's gone.

- Rita.

Yeah.

- Did you see anything?

No. - [Rev.

Strugala] It's the same thing.

I feel it.

It's the same thing.

From the box.

[Father Art] It's in the box?

- [Rev. Strugala] Yes.

It's the box.

Whatever demonic

attachment was on that box,

it had gotten loose

and it was attacking me.

I felt that this box

could be the source

of the issues for this family.

And that the dad's

girlfriend might have been

the one who put

the curse on the box.

Thankfully my team was there.

And Father Art took the items,

cleansed them,

and put them in the vault.

I really thought we'd be good.

Unfortunately,

things just got worse.

The next night, I got a very

panicked phone call from Jen.

What she was telling me,

sounded like an absolute horror movie.

She said that her aunt Deb

was out on the front lawn

in full possessed mode.

And she was growling, snarling

like some kind of

a demonic deranged beast.

[snarling]

[growling]

Oh. [gasps]

[growls]

Mom.

Mom.

[snarling]

What is happening to you?

[growling]

Leave my mother

alone, you coward!

[screams]

[breathing heavily]

Oh, my God.

[Kris gasps]

Kris.

Kris was coming

to her mother's defense.

She wanted this thing

away from her mother.

So she taunted it.

Like we all know

we shouldn't do.

And the demon began jumping,

between the two of them.

We thought that we had

taken everything out of there.

That they were attached

only to the objects.

Unfortunately now,

demons were jumping

from person to person.

[screams]

The family was suffering

from transient possession,

which is when the demons go in

and out of the body, at will.

At this point, I knew that we

had to get the team together,

and get back there, right away.

So we went in this time,

by ourselves.

We went through the house.

We went room by room.

We were meticulous.

And I saw nothing there.

I felt nothing there.

Now I know I've got a bigger

problem than I thought I had.

It's not the objects.

It's not the house.

It's the people.

[snarls]

[Rev. Strugala] We decided that

we were gonna do that exorcism

in a church.

Because it's on our turf.

Not theirs.

So the morning of the exorcism,

I got up and we got ready

for the family to show

up at the church.

Our plan was,

we had our Holy instruments,

we had our prayers,

we had communion,

and we were gonna tackle

this one person at a time.

We knew that these

demons were strong.

But we also knew that if we

could do this at the church,

that would give us

the edge we needed.

But our first hurdle,

was simply getting them into the church,

Jen, you just take

care of you aunt.

We need to take her down there.

[screaming]

- Kris.

No! No!

Come on [indistinct]

[Kris] Ah. Let me go!

Let me go.

[screaming]

[Father Art]

Come on, Kris.

[screaming]

We're trying to help you.

Come on.

[intense music playing]

[Kris] Put me down!

[Rev. Strugala]

When people are possessed,

they have an aversion

to the place itself.

That struggle we had,

just getting them in that church

across that threshold,

and it was just wild.

But that was nothing,

compared to what

happened inside.

Come on, we're almost there.

You got this.

[breathing heavily] Okay.

Come on. Sit down here.

Okay. Aunt Deb?

No, no, no, Aunt Deb.

Stay with me, okay?

Stay with me.

You can fight this.

[gasps]

Oh, God.

[Kris snarling] - [Rev.

Strugala] Get her in the chair.

[Kris grunting]

Colleen. Colleen.

[Jen] No, no, no, no, no.

Hey, look at me.

Focus on me.

No, no, no.

Focus on me, please.

You can--

- [Deb breathing heavily]

[demonic laughter]

[snarling] - [in

demonic voice] Mmm.

You think you can save her soul?

I don't think you can.

[demonic laughter]

[breathing heavily]

- Breathe, breathe.

You can do this.

Aunt Deb, please hold on.

Holy Spirit, be with us now.

Anoint this humble servant.

[breathing heavily]

[gasps]

You stay strong, Kris.

Honey, you stay strong.

And the unclean

spirits in you

we cast you away.

Our Father,

who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy Name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day

our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

as we forgive those

who trespass against us.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom,

and the power, and the glory,

for ever and ever. Amen.

Kris.

[shallow breathing]

[Rev. Strugala] Kris.

Can you hear me?

Hey, sweet thing.

[breathing hard]

[Rev. Strugala] She looked good.

She really did.

The color and everything.

She looked a lot better.

And we brought her back

to one of the pews.

And we were gonna

start on the mother.

And all of a sudden,

I knew what was happening.

And yet, I couldn't believe it.

Father, if there are any unclean spirits

in this woman, would you cast them out?

[continues exorcism]

[snarls]

Come here, Kris.

Kris, come here.

Come here. Come on, Kris.

Come on.

Back in the chair.

Get back in the chair.

[Rev. Strugala] She was hanging on

it, to the pews.

And she was down

and she was convulsing,

and she was screaming those

Oh, the screams.

[Kris screaming] - [Rev.

Strugala] God, we ask you now,

to deliver this [indistinct].

Strike this unholy

abomination from us.

[in demonic voice]

Go to hell!

We command you,

in the name of The Father,

and The Son,

and the Holy Ghost.

[Father Art

praying indistinctly]

[Rev. Strugala]

In the name

power

of our Lord, Jesus Christ

we command you,

to leave this woman.

And go back to hell!

Praise Jesus.

The family,

I've never seen 'em so happy.

Amen.

Amen.

I would guess

that all of this started

with Deb's father's girlfriend,

whom she said was evil.

[ominous music playing]

Come to me.

I invite you in

through this vessel of darkness.

Curse this hateful

[indistinct] family.

Let them know

what it means to shun

a servant

of Satan.

[snarling]

It probably started

with just one demon

that opened the door

for more and more to come in.

[screams]

Which is absolutely terrifying.

[Rich] What it sounds like to

me, what you were dealing with,

was that every turn you took,

they pretty much had it covered.

There was a trap here,

trap there, trap here.

Because,

they wanted you to be literally

turning around.

[Rev. Strugala] Yeah.

- With your head spinning around.

No pun intended.

So that they could

keep you off balance.

So it's like a spiritual

chess match.

There's moves, counter moves.

[Rich] Right.

- There's moves to block,

and anticipate the move.

Lead us not into temptation.

But deliver us from evil.

And it's just this move,

counter move,

until somebody

gets the checkmate.

Cases may end with demons

banished and bound.

But exorcists do not celebrate.

The demonic threat

grows unabated.

And a frightening link

has been discovered

between our world

and the underworld.

At the next gathering

of The Legion of Exorcists,

demonic portals

open the door to evil.

[snarling]

It was extremely disturbing.

Help me, please.

Please, help me.

- [screams]

[priest]

This was a portal to hell.

Something demonic is there.

[snarling]