The Shocking Secret Manuscript of the Anna Ecklund Exorcism
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Jimmy Akin
4.8 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 April 2026
⏱️ 117 minutes
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Summary
The story of the exorcism of "Anna Ecklund" in Earling, Iowa, in 1928 as Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli recounted last time was only the beginning. Because there was an account of the exorcism contained in a secret manuscript that was kept private... and Jimmy has a copy. What does it reveal about the real-life Anna Ecklund and about this remarkable case?
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| 0:00.0 | Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World is brought to you by the StarQuest Production Network and is made possible by our many generous patrons. |
| 0:07.2 | If you'd like to support the podcast, please visit givemysterious.fm. |
| 0:12.4 | Previously on Jimmy Aiken's Mysterious World. |
| 0:15.9 | In 1928, a dramatic exorcism took place in Erling, Iowa. |
| 0:20.4 | The possessed woman has been called by a variety |
| 0:22.5 | of names to protect her identity. One of them was Anna Eckland, and in 2016, a movie called The Exorcism |
| 0:30.2 | of Anna Eckland was released. The movie was fictionalized, but in 1935, a real-life account of the |
| 0:36.5 | exorcism was published. |
| 0:38.4 | What the public didn't know was that there was also a secret report that was never released. |
| 0:44.3 | And it revealed even more dramatic things than were contained in the public account. |
| 0:49.1 | So who was the real life in Eklund? |
| 0:51.8 | What happened with the exorcism? |
| 0:53.9 | And what is the secret report reveal? |
| 0:56.1 | So, Jimmy, what's our next episode going to be about? Well, next week, we're going to continue |
| 1:00.2 | looking at the early exorcisms and others that were performed on Emma. We'll be covering the |
| 1:06.2 | astonishing things that are revealed about them in the secret manuscript. Like I said, it's going to get wild. |
| 1:12.6 | And then we'll see what we can figure out about this series of exorcisms from the |
| 1:17.5 | faith and reason perspectives. |
| 1:19.2 | So you won't want to miss this one. |
| 1:22.6 | You're listening to episode 413 of Jimmy Aiken's mysterious world, where we look at mysteries from the |
| 1:29.6 | twin perspectives of faith and reason. In this episode, we're telling you the secrets of the |
| 1:35.8 | Erling Exorcism. I'm Don Betanelli, and joining me today is Jimmy Akin. Hey, Jimmy. |
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