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Welcome heathens welcome to the world of the weird and unexplained. I’m your host, Nicole Delacroix and we will be bringing you stories about the weird, wonderful, unexplained, eerie, scary and down-right unbelievable. There will be tales of ghosts, murder, supernatural beings and unexplained mysteries. So, sit back, grab your favorite drink, relax and prepare to be transported to today's dark Enigma....

On Today's dark Enigma we will be exploring a taboo subject for many and one that holds a deep fascination for most. Hollywood can’t get enough of it, and hell, neither can we. Today we’re talking Exorcism; and not just any exorcism, we’re talking the original tale that William Peter Blatty used to write the 1973 classic book and basis for the movie “The Exorcist”. So before we get into the actual tale, we’re going to talk about what exorcism is and some background, but before we can get there we need to do a little business first.

That’s right, it’s time for the rules of this week’s drinking game! With this weeks theme, I was hard pressed to find some religious themed cocktails… and none of them seemed to have the consistency of pea soup so I had to settle for what we could find. I was able to find 5 really interesting drinks and I’m linking them for you if you’re interested. If you just want to use some sacramental wine you poached from the local church, then by all means use that. As always, the drinking game is only for listeners who are at home with no plans to drive anywhere. Please drink responsibly. So this week, every time we say Exorcism it’s a regular shot and when we say Levitate that will be a double shot. And on that note, let’s dive in heathens!

If you’ve seen the greatest movie of all time, 1973’s The Exorcist then you have some idea of what exorcism is all about. If you haven’t seen the movie, well then you need to pause this and watch it now… go on… we’ll wait. Kidding. So Exorcism has to do with ridding the human being of demonic possession. It’s typically associated with Roman Catholic beliefs, but every culture has some belief and rites for performing what would be considered an exorcism. But is exorcisms real, or are the afflicted and exorcist unconsciously acting roles from a movie? Are there other explanations for what some people call possession? For the most part, we’re going to focus on the Roman Catholic exorcism simply because of its pop culture popularity thanks to all the movies