The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel: Possession, Illness, or Fatal Religious Failure?

Podcast: Paranormal Files · Forbidden Knowledge Network

Opublikowano: 2026-08-26

In 1976, twenty-three-year-old Anneliese Michel died in her parents’ home in Klingenberg am Main, Bavaria, after nearly ten months of Catholic exorcisms authorized by Bishop Josef Stangl of Würzburg. By the time of her death, she weighed approximately sixty-eight pounds. Medical findings identified malnutrition and dehydration as the immediate physical causes. Michel’s case became one of the best-known exorcism cases of the twentieth century because it left behind more than legend. Her medical history included seizures, neurological treatment, psychiatric care, depression, hallucinations, and increasingly severe religious fears. Her family and two priests, Father Ernst...