Dan Rivera on Possession, Demons, and the Dark Side of the Paranormal, Part Two | The Grave Talks
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🗓️ 15 November 2025
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Dan Rivera has lived with the supernatural since childhood. Growing up in a home where his aunt practiced Santeria, he learned early that spirits are real—and that both good and evil can be influenced by the living. Those experiences shaped his understanding of spiritual warfare and led him to a calling that few are brave enough to follow.
Now the lead investigator for the New England Society for Paranormal Research, founded by Ed and Lorraine Warren, Dan continues their legacy of confronting the darkest aspects of the paranormal. In this episode of The Grave Talks, he explores unsettling questions: Can a person possessed in life return as a demon? What is happening in today’s world that seems to invite more darkness than ever before? And most importantly—how can we protect ourselves?
From possessions and demonic encounters to the thin line between the living and the damned, Dan Rivera offers a rare and sobering glimpse into the world of modern demonology. This is Part Two our conversation.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to part two of our conversation with Dan Rivera about a dark world. |
| 0:05.3 | When you're on an investigation and it's a new one, you may not know a lot about it yet. |
| 0:11.6 | You've asked your questions, but it's enough for you to be there. |
| 0:15.4 | And you're in there. |
| 0:17.4 | And it seems to be that there's something negative going on, |
| 0:22.0 | but you're not quite sure it could possibly be something |
| 0:27.2 | just as there's negative people in this world |
| 0:30.8 | and very evil, you know, seemingly people, |
| 0:34.2 | but very, very dark intent, |
| 0:36.1 | that if you'd met them as a ghost, you would |
| 0:38.7 | automatically assume this is a demon, but in life, you would almost assume they were a demon, |
| 0:44.1 | too, because of their deeds. How is it that you're able to decipher between the two when you're |
| 0:50.6 | dealing with someone that is a spirit that was earthbound, but is very, very dark in their intent, |
| 0:57.0 | versus something that is, in fact, demonic. |
| 1:01.0 | I believe that Earthbound spirit or human spirit cannot possess a person. |
| 1:09.0 | I don't believe that they could do physical harm to a person. Only a |
| 1:15.7 | demonic spirit that has that much strength that could throw something across the room, |
| 1:21.6 | scratch somebody, infest their soul, they're, you know, they're evil into some, a living person. |
| 1:31.0 | You know, a human spirit, I don't believe, could do that, you know, |
| 1:35.6 | but something evil that's, you know, older than time itself could do that. |
| 1:41.8 | So, and that's interesting to hear, because I've talked to people who do believe that a |
| 1:48.3 | earthbound spirit can cause physical harm to the living. |
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