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Music or local emergency number immediately. Humans are fascinated by gore and violence, but even more so the mysterious and unsolved.

Interest in these disturbing and unpleasant subjects is called morbid curiosity, and it has gripped millions of people throughout the ages. I am one of those people. My name is

Halley, and this is the Morbid Curiosity podcast.

Hmm. And this is the Morbid Curiosity podcast. M. M.

Mourbid Curiosity Podcast. Spirit possession has gained a lot of focus over the years from both religion and science.

In fact, multiple branches of both have done copious research on the subject.

The public find it interesting, mysterious, captivating, and fear-inducing. I admit the concept is scary to me,

mostly thanks to its representation in the media. And yes, I did see the Exorcist way too young.

I planned to cover Exorcism with the whole creepy community, so I thought the patrons could have

a little more info about possession,

the condition that exorcism is supposed to treat.

When considered as a cross-cultural phenomenon, the condition is referred to as spirit

possession.

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