01x03 - Demonic Invitation

[bunniefuu]

[distorted screech]

[high-pitched scream]

- [guttural panting]

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done

- Jamie.

Why are you hurting me?

What did you say?

Why are you doing this, Jamie?

Aunt Mary?

I'm hurt.

You need to help me.

What's happening?

Do not make eye contact!

Bishop, get out of her eyes!

[demon] I am the summoner

of the Devil.

[growling]

[growling intensifies]

[opening theme music]

[Eli Roth]

Evil is on the rise.

Demons battle

to possess our souls

and drag us one step closer

[screaming]

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] And unite to banish

the demons in our midst.

These are the true stories

of the Legion of Exorcists.

How do we become the target

of a demonic entity?

Exorcists know it's possible

to invite a demon in

without even knowing

you're doing it.

We were talking about

demonic invitation.

It's not a formal

wedding invitation,

it's not like demonic

entities RSVP.

It could be as innocent

as moving into a home

that already has

a demonic infestation

or as serious as reading

a book on black magic.

Seemingly innocent actions

can have devastating

consequences.

But once the demonic entity

has been given the invitation,

it usually takes

an exorcism to remove it.

All of my life,

I've studied Demonology.

It has been a passion,

it has been a calling.

And this was the case

that opened my eyes.

It frightened me.

And it frightened me

to the core.

So, my team received

a phone call

from a very frantic mother.

Her whole life had been

turned upside down.

She explained how her daughter

was very loving and kind

and respectful,

she grew up that way.

It was a loving family.

Very, very loving family.

The problem is she started

getting bullied in high school.

And it was getting bad.

Extreme bullying.

Her trauma started

with other human beings.

And that's the sad part

about this whole entire story.

So this girl, at 16,

who was unbelievably

kind and loving,

completely changed.

[mother] Good job!

[laughing]

- [father] You did it.

That's how you do it.

Nice one.

All right, Kara, you're up.

Yeah, yeah. Watch this.

Skill of a surgeon.

Oh, Kara, good!

- Yeah!

[laughing]

- [mother exclaims]

[father] How did that happen?

She shook the table!

[eerie music]

[Kara's voice muffled]

You're cleaning up this time.

Are you picking

a number or what?

Shut your mouth.

Excuse me, Brooke,

that is no way to speak to your sister!

You can shut yours, too.

You don't talk

to your mother like that!

Brooke!

What is going on with her?

You know, at first she would

disobey her parents,

and that was completely

out of the ordinary.

But then it got to completely

changing her clothing,

being aggressive,

telling her parents to shut up.

And that was blasphemy

to her parents.

It was clear that there was

something going on.

I mean, it was a total 180.

And even the mother described

that when she was

around her daughter,

they would hear loud bangings

in threes,

as in mocking of the Trinity.

Or the foul, rotten odor,

or the smell of sulfur.

And they would have all the

classic signs of infestation.

Oppression was already there

because they were seeing

their daughter literally going

from a very loving,

respectful daughter

to the spawn of Satan himself.

[knocking on door]

[mother] Brooke?

Coming in, okay?

Brooke, I don't know

what's going on with you,

but last night was not okay.

Go away.

[mother] Look, I'm the one

backing you up here.

Your dad wanted to take

your phone away.

Is that what you want?

[crunching sound]

You really wanna know

what I want?

I'd like to know

what's going on with you.

Ask me again.

Go on.

[sighing] Okay.

What do you want?

I want you

[distorted]to die.

[muffled] Brooke, I don't

Why would you

What are you doing?

Brooke, no!

[echoing] Stop it!

Brooke, stop!

Stop!

It shook her to the core.

To the core.

It was one of the most

horrific things

I have ever heard.

This girl was actually digging

her nails into her skin

and actually causing blood

to come out,

and wasn't even reacting,

looking directly at her mother.

Her mom felt hopeless.

I was trying to be as pastoral

as I could to the mom.

And I just wanted to listen

and hear what else

was occurring.

Now, when she told me that,

the first thing

that I'm thinking is,

"Are we dealing

with mental illness?"

In fact, anyone who comes to

me and requests an exorcism,

I require that they have

a psychological evaluation.

Because you have to,

you have to verify everything.

Because you have

to be skeptical.

[Legion member] Yes.

[James] Evidence

has to be clear to me,

very crystal clear,

that you're dealing

with the demoniac.

So, the conflict between

the mom and the daughter

increased, it amplified,

to the point where the mom

had had enough.

So, the parents did have

the psychological evaluation.

There was nothing there

that would deter me

from performing the exorcism.

And the more I thought

about her story,

the more I couldn't stop

thinking about

the self-inflicting wounds.

I wanted to see pictures

of these scratches.

But as I began to process

digging your fingernails

into your skin,

and scratching yourself

to the point

where it's causing,

you know, bleeding,

and making no reaction

to it at all.

That is a different story.

There's no guessing involved.

That's what the demoniac does.

Targets the children,

targets the innocent.

Targets the weak links.

That's their MO.

And I can't tell you

how many cases I've worked

where every target

is the child in the home.

Yes.

I think, as clergy,

as demonologists, as exorcists,

we know the demoniac,

they're very wise.

Oh, yes.

And they know a target.

They have a target in mind.

And they're very patient.

They wait for the person

to make a mistake,

annoyingly, at times,

inviting the demoniac in.

At first, Brooke's parents

did not think

it was a demoniac entity

behind her aggressive behavior.

Until Brooke did something

that cannot be explained.

[muffled] Brooke,

what is going on?

You keep cutting your wrists.

You're threatening your mother

and you treat

your little sister like crap.

[laughing]

Okay, you think this is funny?

Brooke!

[intense, scary music]

Hey, we're not done. Sit down.

I said

[screaming, panting]

[demonic voice] We're done.

What Brooke did

absolutely terrified the family.

And I knew then

that we were dealing

with a very powerful

demonic entity.

This is what caused

the mom to call us.

She knew at that moment

she was not dealing

with her daughter.

When someone exhibits

abnormal strength

to a point that it cannot

be explained logically,

we know that that is

a demonic entity.

And in this case,

there's no doubt in my mind

she was under

transient possession.

It's time to go to the home

and perform the exorcism.

[knocking]

[door opening]

[mother exclaiming softly]

Thank you so much!

We're gonna do everything

we can to help.

Have faith.

The mother was trembling.

And I thought,

"My God, she is just

This is a woman

who is really suffering."

A 16 year old girl did this?

Yes, but I suspect

she had some help.

[sighing]

In the name of the Father,

Son, Holy Ghost.

Bless this dwelling, bless this

dwelling, bless this dwelling.

[agonizing scream]

[whimpering]

Steps.

[eerie noises]

The first stage

of performing an exorcism

is the presence.

[loud crash]

[creaking]

[flies buzzing]

[James] And oftentimes,

the person has what's called

transient possession.

The demonic entity will enter

the body and leave at will.

As an exorcist, what we do

is we provoke through prayer.

We force the entity

to manifest itself.

And once the person enters

into transient possession,

then the solemn rite begins.

[flies buzzing]

Do you know who we are?

[crunching]

[eerie music]

[distorted] I know who

you think you are.

And what you think

you're going to do.

Will you let this girl go?

Leave her family.

Or must I drive you out?

[distorted laughing]

As exorcists, we have

to be very careful

not to fall for the power

tricks of the demoniac.

And certainly not to look

in the demoniac's eyes.

[distorted laughing]

As an exorcist, we do things

that the person doesn't know

what we're doing.

And for the sole purpose

of forcing the entity

to manifest.

And it did.

[high pitched screaming]

[distorted laughing]

Hello, Brooke. I'm father--

[demented laughter]

- I'm here to help you.

[Brooke struggling]

[priest] Yes, good.

[growling, straining]

Father, you need

to help me hold her!

[guttural growling]

Hold her.

- [panting]

I'll get the holy water.

Our Father, who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

[soft, dreamy voice] Jamie.

Why are you hurting me?

What did you say?

Why are you doing this, Jamie?

Mary?

I'm hurt.

[distorted] Please help me.

[priest] What is happening?

It's using my aunt's voice.

No, you're not her.

You're not her.

You're not her.

[priest] Do not make

eye contact.

Bishop! Do not look at her!

Bishop! Get out of her eyes!

[distorted whispering]

[distant growling]

[panting]

[growling intensifies]

In the name of the Father--

Unfortunately,

I did the one thing

that I knew that I was

not supposed to do.

I accidentally looked

into the eyes of the demoniac.

And it was a complete

black abyss.

And I thought,

"Oh, God help me."

[aunt] Jamie,

why are you hurting me?

[distorted whispering]

[aunt] Look at me.

I was terrified.

Because it was mimicking

the voice of my deceased aunt.

[aunt's voice]

Why are you hurting me?

That was powerful,

because the demoniac knew that

I was in the cemetery that time,

and I was far away

from my family,

and my aunt had passed away,

she was in the hospital.

And she called me.

And her last words to me were,

"Jamie, hurry."

Oh, man

I couldn't go, I couldn't leave,

I couldn't leave the cemetery.

I had no way to get there.

And that

That hurt. That hurt.

But the demoniac knew this.

- Yep.

And the demoniac prayed on that

and that made me vulnerable.

[growling]

[overlapping, anguished screams]

Protect this man of God!

Protect this man of God

preaching with me.

Out, devil! Out!

[anguished crying]

You're k*lling me.

[sobbing] Why are you

hurting me?

No, no, no, no

No, you're not real.

Why?

Please.

No, no, no, no. It's not real.

It's not real, it's not real,

it's not real!

You're not real!

Damn you, Jamie!

You little brat!

It's not real!

[taking deep breath]

[priest] Bishop Long,

can you hear me?

[James muttering]

Bishop Long, can you hear me?

Bishop Long, come back to me!

Bishop Long, come back to me!

Bishop Long!

Bishop Long, can you hear me?

[grunts]

Are you all right, Bishop?

[distorted laughter]

[growling]

I don't know what happened.

[soft crunching sounds]

So, once I was able

to break free,

only through God's

grace and help,

it was time to continue

the solemn rite

to send this demoniac

right back to where

it came from

Hell.

[distorted growling]

I'm ready to continue.

Come on, we have to go.

[growling]

[bones crunching]

- [James] God.

By your name, defend me

and by your might,

defend my cause.

[bones crunching]

God as my helper,

The Lord sustains me.

[distorted screaming]

Out, demon! Out!

You will leave this child.

[growling]

At this point,

we're doing imperative exorcism.

"I command you,

in the name of Jesus Christ,

whoever you are,

unclaimed spirits"

And that is when her body

It was just like someone

like someone had taken a chain

and lifted her torso

just like this.

It was a, uh, extreme V-shape.

Very unnatural.

Impossible.

Absolutely impossible

for a human being to do this.

That is the power

of the demoniac.

Parlor tricks.

These are parlor tricks

to frighten you,

to scare you,

to shake your faith,

to make you believe,

"Oh, I'm dealing with something

that can actually mess

with someone's body in this way.

Maybe I'm in over my head."

[distorted roaring]

Father, the Son!

- [screaming]

The Holy Spirit!

[anguished cries]

My soul extols the Lord.

How graciously he looked

upon his lowly maiden.

Glory be to the Father.

In the name of the Father,

the Son and the Holy Spirit.

[heartbeat]

[crunching]

For a brief moment,

it was if the demoniac was saying to

me, telepathically,

"Is that all you got?

If that's all you got,

look what I can do."

This demon will not

make us weak.

The fight is not

in this flesh, Father.

In the name of the Father

[growling]

[James] He puts down the

princes from their thrones.

He exalts the lowly.

In the name of Christ,

I cast you out!

Out, demon!

[priest] In the name

of Christ, I cast you out!

Oh, God!

Demon!

- Please, God!

Go!

- In the name of God!

[muffled growling]

[growling fades out]

[both panting]

Finally, it was over.

We were able to expel

the demonic entity

from Brooke's body.

What's going on?

[James] It's all right.

Give me your hand.

[softly] I got you.

Come on. Get up.

You're okay now.

What happened to me?

It's okay

- What?

You're gonna be fine.

You know, I had faced

my own mortality.

It was one of the most

terrifying moments

in my entire life.

[crying] Where's my mom?

Mom! Oh, my God.

[James] I kept my faith in God

and it was only

through the grace of God

that this demonic entity

was expelled.

Amen.

- That was, um

- God is good.

I'll never forget the eyes.

Never.

How do you think

she invited the demon in?

The background story of this

is that she had purposefully

summoned demons

to harm other people

who had harmed her.

She and her friends,

other friends that were

getting bullied

decided, because

they had read a book,

The Lesser Key of Solomon,

they believed that they could

summon these demons

for the sole purpose

of the demoniac

attacking the people

who were being mean

to them in high school.

And they had no idea,

they had no clue,

what they were getting

themselves into.

[girl] You think

it's gonna work?

I don't know,

maybe we shouldn't do it.

Shut up, it's not gonna work

if you're joking around.

Okay.

- Okay. Shh.

"I conjure ye,

who expresseth and signifieth

the grandeur

of so lofty a majesty."

[rattling]

It's working.

"I conjure ye,

which showeth forth

the strength of God.

Of a God all-powerful

who punishes

the crimes of the wicked."

[growling]

When someone begins

summoning demons,

thinking that they're gonna

do your bidding,

then they have already

gotten you beaten.

And you don't even realize it.

Because they are going to do

They'll do your bidding,

oh, with pleasure.

Yeah.

But then they're gonna

come back to you and say,

"Now you owe us.

And you're going to pay for it

one way or the other."

So, in this case,

the demonic entity

attacked Brooke

because she was the one

who invited the demonic entity

into her life.

to do her bidding.

But it was Brooke

that ended up doing

the demoniac's bidding.

That's one thing that people

don't seem to understand.

How easy it is

to invite a demon

into your home.

To unlock an evil

that enters your family

and not only

torments them today,

but for generations to come.

And I know this

because I worked a case

just like that.

Sam?

Sam?

Sam?

[loud breathing]

Sam, can you hear me?

I'm here to help.

[screaming]

It's easy to believe

we'd never do anything

to invite a demon

into our lives.

We'd never be lured

by the occult

or tempted by black magic.

Never open that door.

But a door could be opened

by someone we love and trust

without us even knowing.

People don't seem to realize

how easy it can be

to unknowingly invite

the demonic into their world.

To unlock an evil that enters

your household

and just torments everybody.

And it can be transgenerational,

in the bloodline,

a mistake a family member made.

Sometimes it's just by accident.

But whatever the case may be,

both can have

horrific consequences.

And I recently had a case

that touched on

all of these points.

My phone rings one night

and it's a mother,

single mother, two young sons.

The mother explains to me

that her youngest son

has become different,

he's violent,

she can't even

let him go to school.

She's afraid of him.

I told the mother,

"I want to help.

But in order for me

to understand

what's going on with your son,

I need you to go back to

the beginning of the story."

[soft thud]

[tapping on window]

[echoing voice]

Hey, can you let me in?

It's so cold

let me in

What?

It's so cold.

Can you let me in?

Who are you?

[normal voice]

I saw you at the park.

I have no place to go.

Please, help me.

I'll only stay

for a few minutes.

Just to warm up.

Okay, just for a few minutes.

[intense music playing]

What?

[soft footsteps]

[echoing voice] It's so cold.

Come on, buddy, get in here.

[eerie music playing]

Sam, did you crawl into bed

with me last night?

No.

Paul?

Don't look at me.

Well, whoever it was woke me up

and was freezing.

So, Sam, did you get

a little cold---

It wasn't me.

Then who was it?

Maybe it was the boy.

What boy?

The boy I let in to get warm.

Wait a minute.

What are you talking about?

You let someone in our house?

In my room?

He was cold.

Paul, did you know about this?

Hey, I didn't know anything.

[Shawn] The mother

is clearly distraught.

She said, "I thought my little

boy crawled into bed with me.

And he was ice cold,

like an ice block

got up against her back."

This woman is so frightened,

unlike I've ever heard

anybody on the phone.

But then it just all of

a sudden gets even worse.

[muffled scream] Mom!

[thudding]

The mother was horrified.

Her youngest son

attacked his older brother

with a baseball bat.

Sent him to the hospital,

he had a concussion.

How do you come back from that?

This once innocent little boy

has become so violent

he could have k*lled

his older brother.

That's when she called me.

This woman is so frightened.

She thinks he's possessed.

She tells me,

"You have to come now

or I have to figure out some

way to bring my son to you."

I knew that I had

to go over there.

[car door closing]

Hey, hey.

Oh, thank God you're here.

[mother crying]

- It's okay, it's okay.

[exhales]

Now, where's your son?

There's something in that house.

But it is not my son.

It's okay.

Wait here. Wait here.

[creepy whispering]

[rattling]

[rattling intensifies, stops]

Sam?

[eerie sounds]

[echoing child's voice]

It wasn't me.

[distorted child's voice]

In the name of the Lord,

release your hold on this door.

I command you! Let me inside!

[door clicks open]

Sam?

Sam?

Sam?

[exhales]

Sam, can you hear me?

I'm here to help.

[screaming]

I didn't see Sam.

I saw a man.

And it was demonic.

I think the demon

was trying to trick me

into thinking it was Sam.

But it wasn't.

Sam must have been either

transported somewhere,

or this old man was Sam.

Whatever it was,

it immediately attacked me.

And if feels like a giant,

ice-cold blanket thrown over me.

I can't move, I can't see,

I can't breathe.

And there had to be

time loss there,

but I don't know how much time.

I must have been transported

somewhere else.

Another time, another dimension.

I woke up, I found myself

on my knees

in the desert.

And I saw Hell.

I knew I had to think quickly.

I was being deceived.

I needed to refocus

and do what I came there to do

which was to save Sam.

You.

What did you do with the boy?

[agonizing screams]

[sobbing]

Give me strength.

[roaring]

[sobbing]

I don't know

what I'm up against.

And I don't have time

to think about anything else.

The kid

who this old man is.

I don't know if we both

got drug out

to the desert together

or if we're still

in the bedroom.

If we've died and gone to Hell,

I don't know.

I'm so literally

frightened to my core

that I can't move.

It's over, I'm done,

I got nothing.

Then, I saw the light.

Jesus Christ.

It it's you.

Deliver me from this place.

Deliver the boy.

[kisses feet]

And I remember kissing Jesus

on his left foot.

And I can still taste

the dry blood

and mud and dirt

off of his foot in my mouth,

as I kiss his foot.

And as soon as I do that,

I feel invincible.

[inhales deeply]

For the first time this night,

I had the strength to fight.

Where were we?

By the power

of His resurrection

and ascension,

I command that you obey me.

In the name of the Father

and the Son and Holy Spirit

I command that you release me,

I command that you

release this boy.

You have no power over me.

[growling]

My prayers were not

having the effect

that I was hoping for.

I knew that I had

to change up my approach.

I needed to save Sam

before it was too late

and the Devil had him.

and the Devil had him.

So I called upon

Sam's soul to fight.

Sam, can you hear me?

Sam?

If you can hear me,

now is the time to fight!

[demon roaring]

If we both have faith,

we can beat it!

So follow my voice.

[softly] Follow my voice.

Now, take my hand

and have faith in the Lord.

Lord, give this boy strength!

[panting]

Sam!

[laughing, crying]

You're gonna be okay.

It's okay.

It's okay.

It's okay

This little boy was possessed

in probably within 48 hours.

As violent as the son

became so quickly,

I believe it would have

just come down to death.

Yeah.

- Yeah.

Attacking the older brother,

k*lling him then.

And probably attacking

and k*lling the mother.

Basically k*lling everybody.

And how many times

do we hear stories like that?

This is what I'm gonna

throw out at you guys.

In researching

the mother's background,

she was of Creole descent.

She had many

ancestral connections

throughout her family lineage

of people involved

in southern hoodoo,

Voodoo, Santeria,

that type of stuff.

So, I believe it was

a transgenerational curse,

some type of

transgenerational demon

that ultimately

attached to the son

because he was the easiest,

most vulnerable target.

So, the invitation,

the first invitation

to the demoniac

to come into this family

was done by his ancestors

long before he invited that

little boy into the house.

[Donnie] A lot of people

don't understand

what a transgenerational

curse is.

But it's basically the sins

and curses,

the things that our ancestors

have done, witchcraft, m*rder,

these sins that have not

been atoned for

that are passed down through

the generational bloodline.

They wait for an open door

to attach itself to a person.

When he opened the door!

"Mom, he was knocking

on the back door,

asked me if he could come in

and I let him in."

There you go.

That was the door.

That was the deception

right there.

Generational curses usually are

types of conjurings

that are done

way, way, way back in the day,

and demons are conjured forth.

And they stick with the family

throughout the lineage,

you know, generation,

to generation, to generation.

And some people don't even

know they have it.

You know, if it's conjured forth

and it sticks with the family

and it's an attachment,

it can actually ruin

a family's life.

As the battle between exorcist

and demon rages on,

the Devil always has a plan

to lure more souls

to join his ranks.

These are the promises

sealed by a demonic pact.

At the next gathering

ofThe Legion of Exorcists,

demonic pacts,

deals with the Devil.

[priest] This 17-year-old girl

was so distraught

that she would do anything

to talk to her dad

one more time.

The demon told her that if she

would just agree to follow him,

he would return everything

that she had lost.

[demonic growling]

The Devil will exploit

vulnerability and grief

in order to get someone

to make that deal with him.

[demonic roaring]

[screaming]