WEBVTT - Season 06 Episode 3: Under the Influence

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<v Speaker 1>In the evening of Sunday, February sixteenth, nineteen eighty one,

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<v Speaker 1>in Brookfield, Connecticut, a bright, waxing gibbus is slowly rising

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<v Speaker 1>as an ambulance makes its way north along the Root

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<v Speaker 1>seven Highway. In the distance, the low lying curves of

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<v Speaker 1>pine covered Carmen Hill run like a blot of ink

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<v Speaker 1>under the darkening sky. Attacks At twelve, the ambulance fears

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<v Speaker 1>to the right, taking the turn off for silver Mine Road,

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<v Speaker 1>before circling back and continuing east toward the depot. Silver

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<v Speaker 1>Mine was especially quiet that night. When inside the ambulance,

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<v Speaker 1>a call was received requesting all emergency personnel beyond the

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<v Speaker 1>lookout for a white, nineteen year old male with curly

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<v Speaker 1>blonde hair going by the name of Arnie Johnson, who

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<v Speaker 1>was wanted in connection with a stabbing incident. No sooner

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<v Speaker 1>had the call ended, the driver looked ahead to see

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<v Speaker 1>a dark figure lit up suddenly in the vehicle's headlights,

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<v Speaker 1>trudging along the grassy verge by the side of the road,

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<v Speaker 1>their head bowed and unmoved by the approaching vehicle. As

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<v Speaker 1>the ambulance passed by, the driver caught a momentary glimpse

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<v Speaker 1>of a pale youthful face under a mop of curly

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<v Speaker 1>blonde hair. The driver stamped on the brake and brought

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<v Speaker 1>the ambulance to a stop by the side of the road, then,

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<v Speaker 1>taking a moment to compose himself, jumped out into the

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<v Speaker 1>night with a deep breath. The driver held up his

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<v Speaker 1>hands as the figure moved steadily toward him, staring aimlessly

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<v Speaker 1>at the ground. Arnie Johnson said the driver. The young

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<v Speaker 1>man stopped suddenly and looked up, as if only then

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<v Speaker 1>just registering the person in front of him. Please, he said,

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<v Speaker 1>his voice trembling in the cold, help me. After the

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<v Speaker 1>arrival of a squad car from the nearby Brookfield Police Department,

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<v Speaker 1>the young man was handcuffed and pushed into the back

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<v Speaker 1>of the car. At seven thirty pm, Arnie Johnson was

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<v Speaker 1>formally arrested for the attempted murder of forty year old

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<v Speaker 1>Alan Bonno, the manager of a local dog kennel, who

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<v Speaker 1>had been found unresponsive at its property, having been stabbed

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<v Speaker 1>multiple times. Ten minutes later, a call came through from

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<v Speaker 1>Danbury Hospital to say that Alan Bono had died. Nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>year old Arnie Johnson was now facing prison for murder.

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<v Speaker 1>When Johnson finally began to talk. However, he claimed to

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<v Speaker 1>have recollection of the event, and not because of some

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<v Speaker 1>kind of ruse to get off the hook, he insisted,

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<v Speaker 1>but because he hadn't been in control of his mind

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<v Speaker 1>at the time the devil had You're listening to unexplained

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm Richard McClean smith eight months previously, in the

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<v Speaker 1>evening of July nineteen eighty, not ten minutes walk from

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<v Speaker 1>where Arnie was picked up. Sits a ranch style bungalow

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<v Speaker 1>tucked away in a small patch of woodland on the

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<v Speaker 1>edge of the quaint New England town of Brookfield. Insects

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<v Speaker 1>chirp in the warm summer air as plump moths bump

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<v Speaker 1>incessantly against the porch light. From inside, concerned voices are

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<v Speaker 1>emanating from out of the kitchen where Arnie is. Twenty

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<v Speaker 1>six year old girlfriend Debbie Gladsol, and her parents, Judy

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<v Speaker 1>and Carl, are sat round the kitchen table, debating the

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<v Speaker 1>merits of the young couple's new rental. It had been

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<v Speaker 1>almost too good to be true when they first heard

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<v Speaker 1>about the large bucolic idol set back amidst the trees

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<v Speaker 1>at the end of a country lane in nearby Newtown,

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<v Speaker 1>But now they were beginning to realize maybe it really

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<v Speaker 1>was too good to be true. After all, the place

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<v Speaker 1>was supposed to be a new start for the couple

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<v Speaker 1>and Debby's seven year old son, Jason, as well as

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<v Speaker 1>Arnie's mother Mary, his two half sisters, Wander and Janis,

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<v Speaker 1>and their young cousin also called Mary, all of whom

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<v Speaker 1>had been living together in Bridgeport, the state's largest city.

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<v Speaker 1>Formerly a prosperous industrial powerhouse on the coast of the

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<v Speaker 1>Long Island Sound, Bridgeport had long since faded from prominence,

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<v Speaker 1>and all had been desperate to leave, worried for the

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<v Speaker 1>fate of the young ones on the city's increasingly troubled streets.

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<v Speaker 1>For Annie, especially known as chey Anne to his friends,

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<v Speaker 1>it was a chance to give something back to his mother,

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<v Speaker 1>who'd single handedly raised him, along with Wonder and Janice,

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<v Speaker 1>and their eight year old cousin, whom Annie's mother had

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<v Speaker 1>effectively adopted despite two fathers walking out on them. Mary

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<v Speaker 1>had done her best to provide for the more, but

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<v Speaker 1>things were not working out as planned. Having intended to

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<v Speaker 1>move in that day, they'd arrived at the property to

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<v Speaker 1>find it a little more run down than they'd expected.

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<v Speaker 1>While the extension to the main house where Annie and

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<v Speaker 1>Debbie hoped to live was still occupied by the owner's daughter,

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<v Speaker 1>who insisted she would be staying there for at least

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<v Speaker 1>another two months, but there was something else about it too,

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<v Speaker 1>that they couldn't quite put their finger on. A strange atmosphere,

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<v Speaker 1>not helped by their discovery of a locked room in

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<v Speaker 1>the cellar, of which they were told simply never to

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<v Speaker 1>open under any circumstances. With Mary and the kids due

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<v Speaker 1>to move in the following day, they needed to decide

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<v Speaker 1>fast if they would take the place. As the two

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<v Speaker 1>couples continued their conversation, they failed to notice Debby's eleven

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<v Speaker 1>year old brother, David, now standing in the doorway with

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<v Speaker 1>a look of abject fear on his face. What's wrong,

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<v Speaker 1>asked his mother Judy. For a moment, David seemed reluctant

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<v Speaker 1>to talk, Then slowly he looked up and began to speak.

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<v Speaker 1>Earlier that day, David had joined his mother and two

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<v Speaker 1>brothers been helping Debbie and Arnie move into their new home.

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<v Speaker 1>As David went on to explain, the boys had been

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<v Speaker 1>messing about on a water bed that had been left

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<v Speaker 1>in one of the bedrooms when Judy found them and

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<v Speaker 1>promptly told them to leave it alone. As his brothers

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<v Speaker 1>ran out at the room, David went to join them

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<v Speaker 1>when he felt something push him hard in the stomach,

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<v Speaker 1>sending him sprawling backwards onto the bed. Thinking it was

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<v Speaker 1>one of his brothers, David looked up in shock to

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<v Speaker 1>see the faint figure of an elderly man with white hair,

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<v Speaker 1>a torn red plaid shirt, and ripped jeans scowling at him.

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<v Speaker 1>David watched, paralyzed with fear as the figure raised his arm,

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<v Speaker 1>then pointed directly at him, mouthing the word beware, before

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<v Speaker 1>he stepped back and faded into the wall. David's father, Carl,

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<v Speaker 1>broke the silence, nearly spitting out his drink as he

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<v Speaker 1>struggled to contain himself, and told David to go back

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<v Speaker 1>to bed and get some sleep. But David didn't move.

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<v Speaker 1>I can't, he said, because the man is here now.

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<v Speaker 1>Arnie and Debbie looked to each other as Car took

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<v Speaker 1>another sip of beer. Though evidently distressed, who was little

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<v Speaker 1>to gain in indulging the boy's fantasy, and after some

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<v Speaker 1>gentle persuasion, Judy finally succeeded in getting her son back

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<v Speaker 1>following day, haunted by the young David's peculiar story, Debbie

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<v Speaker 1>and Arnie returned to the house in Newtown to check

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<v Speaker 1>on their dog, George, whom they'd left there for the night,

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<v Speaker 1>as claimed in Gerrard Brittle's nineteen eighty three book The

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<v Speaker 1>Devil in Connecticut. When Debby opened the front door, she

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<v Speaker 1>froze at the sight of reddish scratch marks on the

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<v Speaker 1>inside of it. Moving inside, they found George cowering in

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<v Speaker 1>the living room, strangely docile, and his paws covered in blood.

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<v Speaker 1>Stepping down into the cellar to inspect the locked room

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<v Speaker 1>once more, Arnie could have sworn he felt some one

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<v Speaker 1>tap him on the shoulder, spinning round, only to find

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<v Speaker 1>he was alone in the room. The couple decided there

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<v Speaker 1>and then that the place was not for them, convincing.

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<v Speaker 1>Arnie's mother, however, was a different matter. Unmoved by the

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<v Speaker 1>property's strange energy, she refused to change plans and moved

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<v Speaker 1>in with her niece and daughters regardless. That night, back

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<v Speaker 1>at the Gladsall's family home in Brookfield, Judy was just

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<v Speaker 1>explaining to Arnie and Debby the strange mood that David

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<v Speaker 1>had been in all day, and how he'd been telling

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<v Speaker 1>her that the ghoulish man he'd seen wanted to hurt him,

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<v Speaker 1>when he suddenly burst into the kitchen. The man was

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<v Speaker 1>coming for them again, he screamed in anguish. He could

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<v Speaker 1>see him, he said, floating over the trees and speeding

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<v Speaker 1>fast toward the house. Once again. The family worked hard

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<v Speaker 1>to calm the boy down, with Judy even going to

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<v Speaker 1>the trouble of throwing holy water about the house to

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<v Speaker 1>convince him that no one was coming for him and

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<v Speaker 1>nothing was getting inside their home for now, at least.

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<v Speaker 1>The following evening, after a day out together, the family

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<v Speaker 1>returned home. As Debby and Arnie made up a bed

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<v Speaker 1>on the living room floor, aloud boom was heard coming

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<v Speaker 1>on the top of the house. A terrified David emerged

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<v Speaker 1>from his bedroom as Judy tried to reassure him that

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<v Speaker 1>there was nothing to worry about. As the family gathered

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<v Speaker 1>under the attic door, another noise was heard. It sounded

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<v Speaker 1>like footsteps, Arnie volunteered to take a look. Pulling the

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<v Speaker 1>attic ladder down, he stepped cautiously into the darkness above

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<v Speaker 1>and scanned the space with a flashlight. Seeing nothing untoward,

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<v Speaker 1>he pushed on and quickly found the attic light. A

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<v Speaker 1>soft burst of light revealed only a cramped room full

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<v Speaker 1>of dusty cobwebs and boxes full of long forgotten items.

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<v Speaker 1>There was no one there. Over the next few days, however,

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<v Speaker 1>the strange, inexplicable noises intensified, from scratching in the walls

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<v Speaker 1>to loud, sharp raps that seemed to be coming from outside.

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<v Speaker 1>The perhaps most disturbing of all, David soon began apparently

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<v Speaker 1>claiming that the vision of the old man he'd been

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<v Speaker 1>seeing had now morphed into something else, with red, scaly skin,

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<v Speaker 1>large black eyes, and horns. He called it the beast,

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<v Speaker 1>having claimed to have been visited by the beast in

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<v Speaker 1>his bedroom the night before. On the evening of July fifth,

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<v Speaker 1>David was apparently stood in the living room staring into

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<v Speaker 1>space when he suddenly tumbled against a chair and crashed

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<v Speaker 1>to the ground. Judy could only watch in horror as

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<v Speaker 1>he rolled around, clutching at his throat and screamed for

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<v Speaker 1>the beast to leave him alone. Over the next few days,

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<v Speaker 1>things only got worse, as David began talking in a deep,

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<v Speaker 1>gravelly voice and shouting obscenities at his mother, while the strange,

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<v Speaker 1>invisible attacks continued unabated. Fearing that her son might be possessed,

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<v Speaker 1>Judy paid a visit to the pastor of her local church,

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<v Speaker 1>Saint Joseph's. Desperate for help. Though keen to avoid reinforcing

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<v Speaker 1>the notion that David might be possessed. With his strange

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<v Speaker 1>condition showing no sign of waning, father Denis agreed to

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<v Speaker 1>conduct a blessing in the house. At first, the ritual

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<v Speaker 1>seemed to bring calm, until two nights later, when David

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<v Speaker 1>was apparently confronted by another nightmare vision, not one demonic creature,

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<v Speaker 1>but multiple, materializing in his room from out of a

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<v Speaker 1>ball of fuzzy blue light. Some were missing limbs and

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<v Speaker 1>bleeding from the eyes. Others had freshly cleaved heads split

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<v Speaker 1>down the middle, with thick blood oozing the wound, or

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<v Speaker 1>gaping holes on the face wet with blood where lips

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<v Speaker 1>had once been. There were forty three of them in total,

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<v Speaker 1>he said, each as monstrous as the next, and slowly

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<v Speaker 1>David seemed more and more to be coming under their spell.

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<v Speaker 1>One minute, he was the softly spoken boy they knew

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<v Speaker 1>and loved. The next his head would drop suddenly to

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<v Speaker 1>his chest, then rise again to reveal eyes rolled back

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<v Speaker 1>into his head and a strangely screwed up face dripping

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<v Speaker 1>with menace. Then a burst of unhinged laughter would explode

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<v Speaker 1>from his lips, and his limbs would flail about manically.

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<v Speaker 1>Night after night, the family took it in turns to

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<v Speaker 1>comfort him, seemingly powerless to help. It isn't clear exactly

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<v Speaker 1>how infamous paranormal investigators Lorraine and Ed Warren got involved,

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<v Speaker 1>with one report stating they'd been recommended by a coworker

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<v Speaker 1>of Debbis, while others suggested that Judy and Debbie were

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<v Speaker 1>already aware of them, since they lived only thirty miles

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<v Speaker 1>away in the town of Munroe and were somewhat of

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<v Speaker 1>a local celebrity couple. Having been told about David's situation

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<v Speaker 1>on the morning of July thirteenth, the couple agreed to help,

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<v Speaker 1>at eleven thirty pm. That night, along with their friend

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<v Speaker 1>doctor Anthony Gianne Grasso, to conduct a medical assessment of

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<v Speaker 1>the boy. As the Warrens grilled the family, a series

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<v Speaker 1>of loud bangs rang out through the property, after which

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<v Speaker 1>David began talking softly to a seemingly unseen presence. When

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<v Speaker 1>Ed Warren asked him who he was speaking to, David

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<v Speaker 1>replied sym plea Satan. Ed asked if Satan would make

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<v Speaker 1>his presence known by banging three times on the wall,

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<v Speaker 1>and sure enough the reply came back boom boom boom.

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<v Speaker 1>Concerned by what they'd seen, the Warrens told the family

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<v Speaker 1>to continue praying while they thought more about what to do.

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<v Speaker 1>After consulting with the church, the Warrens apparently succeeded in

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<v Speaker 1>convincing them that the peculiar activity taking place at the

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<v Speaker 1>Glassl's home, which by the end of July had evolved

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<v Speaker 1>to include flying objects, needed careful monitoring. From August first,

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<v Speaker 1>a number of priests from Saint Joseph's are said to

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<v Speaker 1>have taken it in turns to assess the situation for themselves,

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<v Speaker 1>with tape recordings and photos of David's apparent possession also

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<v Speaker 1>handed over to them by the second week of August,

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<v Speaker 1>two of the priests, Fathers James Grosso and William Malia,

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<v Speaker 1>were so disturbed by what they saw they began lobbying

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<v Speaker 1>the local bishop to consider an exorcism. A few days later,

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<v Speaker 1>Arnie Johnson took it on himself to speak with Father

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<v Speaker 1>Francis Virgilac, theological adviser to the bishop on behalf of

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<v Speaker 1>the family. Seeing Arnie's evident pain for the plight of

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<v Speaker 1>his girlfriend's brother, Virgilac implored him to be patient and

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<v Speaker 1>wait for the church's various procedures to play out. In

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<v Speaker 1>the meantime, he offered Arnie a statue of the Virgin

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<v Speaker 1>Mary to place in the home, as well as a

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<v Speaker 1>silver crucifix for himself to wear, and some holy salts

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<v Speaker 1>to use on David the next time he seemed taken

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<v Speaker 1>by the demons. As David's affliction continued, more often than not,

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<v Speaker 1>it would apparently be Arnie at the forefront doing his

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<v Speaker 1>and challenged the demonic spirits to fight him instead to

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<v Speaker 1>to perform a high Mass at the Glassol's home instead,

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<v Speaker 1>to be led by Father Virgilac, who was joined by

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<v Speaker 1>Father's Grosso Malia and one other local priest. After days

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<v Speaker 1>on the day before the mass, Vergilac warned his colleagues

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<v Speaker 1>not to sleep travel alone should the demon seek any

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<v Speaker 1>reprisal against them, and so it was that on August twentieth,

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<v Speaker 1>the priests arrived at the Glasal home to conduct the mass.

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<v Speaker 1>That morning, David, Arnie and the rest of the Glassals,

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<v Speaker 1>along with Lorraine and ed Warren, gathered in the main

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<v Speaker 1>room around a makeshift altar comprised of a kitchen table

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<v Speaker 1>and an altar cloth from Saint Joseph's and watched on

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<v Speaker 1>as the priests carefully laid out their implements of chalices, cruets,

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<v Speaker 1>and holy oils. After a finally polished ornate cross was

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<v Speaker 1>placed in the center of the altar, Father Vergilac was

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<v Speaker 1>ready to begin. As Vergilac prayed out loud, David sat

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<v Speaker 1>between his father and ed Warren began to stir. Ten

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<v Speaker 1>minutes later, his quiet groans and morphed into a strange growl.

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<v Speaker 1>Virgil Ac instinctively flicked the vial of holy water over

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<v Speaker 1>David and the growling stopped. By four pm, the mass

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<v Speaker 1>was over and David smiled for what seemed the first

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<v Speaker 1>time in weeks, and all agreed the atmosphere had become

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<v Speaker 1>somehow lighter. A few days later, a late night screamed

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<v Speaker 1>from David's bedroom announced the apparent return of the demons.

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<v Speaker 1>After further consultation with the local bishop, although still reluctant

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<v Speaker 1>to perform a full scale Rituala Romanum, the church agreed

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<v Speaker 1>to take the slightly lesser step of performing a deliverance

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<v Speaker 1>ritual on David. On September second, Having apparently become incensed

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<v Speaker 1>at the mention of the ritual, David was tied to

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<v Speaker 1>a chair with a sheet and promptly taken to the

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<v Speaker 1>school chapel of Joseph's Church. Inside, Father Virgilac and the

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<v Speaker 1>three other priests were waiting for him, With David eventually

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<v Speaker 1>settled between his family and the warrens on the front pew,

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<v Speaker 1>Father Virgilac began in the name of Jesus Christ, our

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<v Speaker 1>Lord and Savior, strengthened by the intercession of the Immaculate

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<v Speaker 1>Virgin Mother of God, the Blessed Michael, the Archangel of

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<v Speaker 1>the Blessed Apostles, and all the saints. We undertake to

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<v Speaker 1>repulse the attacks and to seats of the devil. When

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<v Speaker 1>suddenly David broke free and charged toward the priest, only

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<v Speaker 1>to be restrained and brought back to the bench. David

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<v Speaker 1>was said to have struggled throughout the procedure, railing against

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<v Speaker 1>the priests, spitting and crying out for them to shut up,

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<v Speaker 1>as Vergilac continued unmoved, begone, Satan, cease your insolence. I

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<v Speaker 1>command you, in the name of God Almighty, the Creator,

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<v Speaker 1>to produce the sign of thine departure by the precious

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<v Speaker 1>blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. At four pm, again

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<v Speaker 1>with David finally subdued after hours of kicking and screaming,

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<v Speaker 1>Father virgil Act brought the session to an end. Closing

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<v Speaker 1>her eyes. Lorraine Warren sensed that much good had been done,

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<v Speaker 1>but warned the more that the fight was not yet over,

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<v Speaker 1>believing as many as four demons were still trapped in

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<v Speaker 1>poor David's body. On September eighth, David was once again

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<v Speaker 1>brought from his home to the priests of Saint Joseph,

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<v Speaker 1>this time to a haul in the convent opposite the church.

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<v Speaker 1>Accompanied by his mother, Debbie, and one of his brothers,

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<v Speaker 1>David was brought to the front of the room, joined

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<v Speaker 1>the Warrens and the priests. At three pm. With the

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<v Speaker 1>priests stood in a semicircle around the boy, they performed

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<v Speaker 1>the rite of exorcism without interruption. With all seeming finally

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<v Speaker 1>well and David now free of demons, he returned home

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<v Speaker 1>with his family later that evening. They were joined by

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<v Speaker 1>the Warrens and Father Virgilac. All talk was laced with

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<v Speaker 1>the tentative hope that the Glassl's problems were finally at

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<v Speaker 1>an end. Then, at twelve thirty pm, David's head tipped

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<v Speaker 1>forward to his chest and he began to growl. Then

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<v Speaker 1>he turned his face to the ceiling. His eyes rolled

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<v Speaker 1>back into his head as his limbs began to shake.

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<v Speaker 1>A series of guttural profanities sprang from his mouth. Arnie

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<v Speaker 1>was said to have rushed over to the boy once more,

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<v Speaker 1>compelling the demons to come into him instead, while Father

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<v Speaker 1>Virgilac began to shout, through the power of Christ, I

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<v Speaker 1>command you tell us your name, I am the devil,

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<v Speaker 1>came the course reply from David, and then finally it

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<v Speaker 1>was over. After almost six hours, at roughly six to

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen am, the last of the apparent demons was finally

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<v Speaker 1>expelled once again. However, Lorraine Warren was not convinced. Hoping

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<v Speaker 1>she was wrong, she and her husband wished the Glassul's

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<v Speaker 1>luck for the future, telling them not to hesitate in

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<v Speaker 1>contacting them again if they ever needed them. Later that month,

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<v Speaker 1>the Brookfield Police Department received a call from the Warrens,

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<v Speaker 1>who told them that they'd been helping a family in

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<v Speaker 1>Brookfield in relation to a demonic possession, and though they

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<v Speaker 1>were hopeful the issue had been resolved, there was still

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<v Speaker 1>the potential for a dangerous violent act to occur in future.

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<v Speaker 1>In late October, Derby Glatsall was introduced to forty year

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<v Speaker 1>old Alan Bonnoe, the manager of Brookfield Kennels, located just

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<v Speaker 1>off Route seven, not far from the Gladsall's home. Having

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<v Speaker 1>just recently returned to the US after seventeen years in Australia,

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<v Speaker 1>Allan had been given the job by his sister, who

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<v Speaker 1>owned the kennels with her husband. With a number of

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<v Speaker 1>years experience working at another kennel near by. Debby agreed

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<v Speaker 1>to help Allan run the place and also provide a

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<v Speaker 1>grooming service for pets. What sold the job more than

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<v Speaker 1>anything else, however, was Allan's offer of an apartment to

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<v Speaker 1>live in on sight, and so in late November, with

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<v Speaker 1>all seeming well at the Gladsall family home, Debbie, her

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<v Speaker 1>son Jason, and Arnie moved in to the apartment. For

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<v Speaker 1>the next few months, things couldn't have been better for

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<v Speaker 1>the young couple, with Arnie also getting a new job

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<v Speaker 1>as a tree surgeon. Staying on site enabled them to

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<v Speaker 1>keep saving money for their own place, and plans to

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<v Speaker 1>marry the following spring was soon being discussed. Early in

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<v Speaker 1>the next year, on the long weekend of George Washington's birthday,

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<v Speaker 1>Debbie and Arnie invited Arnie's sisters and cousin to stay

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<v Speaker 1>with them at the kennel. The girls had recently moved

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<v Speaker 1>back to Bridgeport, with Arnie's mother Mary, having all become

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<v Speaker 1>increasingly unnerved at the new Town property. On the morning

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<v Speaker 1>of Monday, February sixteenth, however, Arnie was said to have

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<v Speaker 1>woken up feeling unwell. After calling in sick, he promptly

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<v Speaker 1>went back to bed. Later that morning, as the girls

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<v Speaker 1>helped Debbie with some groom work, and allegedly already visibly inebriated,

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<v Speaker 1>Allan invited Debby and the girls to join him for lunch.

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<v Speaker 1>By then feeling a little better, Arnie decided to join

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<v Speaker 1>them too. After a quick meal, where Alan is said

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<v Speaker 1>to have kept topping up Debbie and Arnie's drinks, they

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<v Speaker 1>all returned to the kennels, where Debbie carried on her

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<v Speaker 1>work with the girls and Arnie headed back to bed.

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<v Speaker 1>When Arnie got up again at five pm, Alan asked

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<v Speaker 1>him to help fix his stereo in the office. A

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<v Speaker 1>short time later, as Debbie finished off the last assignment

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<v Speaker 1>of the day, the kennels were engulfed in loud rock

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<v Speaker 1>Allan then invited everyone to have dinner with him too.

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<v Speaker 1>Debbie later said she had the feeling that something terrible

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<v Speaker 1>Allen apparently had little interest in eating, preferring instead to

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<v Speaker 1>As she told it later, Arnie headed straight to the

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<v Speaker 1>toward the flat, Debby was half way down the stairs,

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<v Speaker 1>while Allan was in the doorway blocking the girls from leaving.

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<v Speaker 1>What happened next, Derby claimed not to understand, saying that

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<v Speaker 1>was laying into her, violently shoving and kicking her to

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<v Speaker 1>the ground. Horrified, Wonder finally broke free from Allan and

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<v Speaker 1>pushed Arnie away from Debby saying later that Arnie seemed

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<v Speaker 1>then to suddenly come too confused about what had just happened.

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<v Speaker 1>Then Janis and Mary finally wriggled free from Allan and

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<v Speaker 1>managed to escape to the car. The next anyone knew,

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<v Speaker 1>in a flash, Arnie and Alan were facing off against

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<v Speaker 1>each other. There was a sudden coming together. Then Arnie

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<v Speaker 1>stepped back, leaving Allan supposedly standing still in the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of the yard, pounding his fist into his hand. A

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<v Speaker 1>second later, his face froze and he collapsed to the ground.

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<v Speaker 1>Derby and Wonder claimed to then have quickly rushed to

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<v Speaker 1>his aid, rolling him over to find two stab wounds,

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<v Speaker 1>rapidly expelling blood in his stomach. Then Mary, having run

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<v Speaker 1>from the car, spotted Arnie's woodsman's knife in the dirt,

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<v Speaker 1>its five inch blade slick with blood. When they looked

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<v Speaker 1>up to find Arnie, they just managed to catch sight

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<v Speaker 1>of him heading off in the direction of Silver Mine Road,

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<v Speaker 1>before slipping into the trees and disappearing from view. Half

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<v Speaker 1>an hour later, he was found wandering the road alone

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<v Speaker 1>and taken to Brookfield Police station with his bail set

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<v Speaker 1>at one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars, Arnie had

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<v Speaker 1>no choice but to remain in custody until his trial began.

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<v Speaker 1>Eight months after his arrest, on October twenty eighth, Arnie

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<v Speaker 1>Johnson arrived at Danbury Superior Court to begin his trial

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<v Speaker 1>for murder. By then, the bizarre details leading up to

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<v Speaker 1>the murder of Alan Bonno had long been made public.

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<v Speaker 1>Lorraine and Ed Warren wasted no time in making their

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<v Speaker 1>case known that Arnie was the innocent victim of a

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<v Speaker 1>diabolical possession, claiming that whatever had possessed David Gladsall had

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<v Speaker 1>somehow made its way into the hapless nineteen year old

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<v Speaker 1>Arnie Johnson and his lawyer came to this conclusion, too,

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<v Speaker 1>intending to enter a plea of not guilty under the

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<v Speaker 1>grounds of diminished responsibility due to the fact that he

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<v Speaker 1>had merely been a conduit for the devil. Not long

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<v Speaker 1>after the trial began, Arnie's attorney turned to the jury

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<v Speaker 1>and asked the troubling question, do you believe in God?

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<v Speaker 1>All of them who only moments ago had taken the

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<v Speaker 1>juror's oath with one hand placed on the Bible as

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<v Speaker 1>they promised to make true deliverance under the eyes of God,

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<v Speaker 1>nodded in agreement. Well, then how about the other way,

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<v Speaker 1>he continued, Do you believe in the devil too? Before

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<v Speaker 1>they had a chance to answer, however, the judge struck

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<v Speaker 1>down the line of questioning, stating that he would not

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<v Speaker 1>permit such an unprovable defense as demonic possession. In his courtroom,

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<v Speaker 1>with the jury asked to decide whether Arnie had committed murder,

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<v Speaker 1>man slaughter, or was in fact completely innocent, things soon

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<v Speaker 1>proved complicated, with no blood found on his clothes, no

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<v Speaker 1>fingerprints on the knife, and Debbie and his sisters all

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<v Speaker 1>saying that none of them had actually seen him put

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<v Speaker 1>the knife in, allan who was little to no evidence

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<v Speaker 1>that he'd actually done it. After two days of exhausting deliberation,

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<v Speaker 1>the jury finally came to a decision and found the

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<v Speaker 1>defendant guilty of manslaughter. Arnie Johnson was duly sentenced to

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<v Speaker 1>twenty years in prison for the crime, but was eventually

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