Welcome back to the Exorcist Files, an Exorcistic expedition into the aerodition of the ethereal.

Today is a special guest episode,

and perhaps of more importance for our patient listeners,

another episode closer to the release of season two,

which we anticipate launching at the end of June.

Episodes are recorded. editing is happening. Things are moving, shaking,

and not in the paranormal scary way that would have you heading straight to your local church.

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Now, it's no secret that the exorcist files attempts to document gaping holes in our model for just what we believe to be normal.

From the archives and case files of a leading exorcist and priest of the Catholic Church,

our listeners for the last year have been regaled with stories that on the surface hardly seem believable,

wegee boards that come alive,

witches binding people with the power of sex magic,

little kids who have no reflection.

Many of these anecdotes rightfully invite skepticism. We could in fact tell ourselves that these tales of the demonic perhaps are just coincidences or unique experiences from a priest with a preset bias.

Today, however, we are confronted with testimony from a highly respected psychiatrist and a professor at Columbia,

but not just any psychiatrist. Dr. Richard Gallagher has consulted on

thousands of cases relating to exorcism as a clinical professional. He is a

brilliant man who is convinced at his core that what we document is not the stuff of mere myth or legend, but in actuality, a rare but real occurrence.

Please welcome to the show, Dr. Richard Gallagher.

I'm Dr. Richard Gallagher. I'm a professor of psychiatry at a couple of places including

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