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October 25, 2007 9:18 AM

As part of my Halloween preparations, I'm looking for mp3 files of (preferably) real or alleged exorcisms. Can you help?

I'm just looking for a different kind of scare this year, and I was inspired to ask this by watching The Exorcist again.

Bonus question: do you have or do you know anyone who has first- or second-hand experience with exorcism? Any stories? Just curious.

Thanks!

posted by Neilopolis to Media & Arts (10 answers total)

I've heard that the audio of the exorcism of Anneliese Michel (the basis for the movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose) is available. A cursory search only found a couple of dead links to MP3s, but maybe a little more digging or P2Ping could find something.
posted by indyz at 9:22 AM on October 25, 2007

The vocal part of Byrne and Eno's "The Jezebel Spirit" off of the My Life in the Bush of Ghosts record is an exorcism.
posted by pasici at 9:31 AM on October 25, 2007

Related: Here's an mp3 of the Siberian hole to hell.
posted by JeremiahBritt at 9:31 AM on October 25, 2007

Best answer: Listverse has the audio of a Russian exorcism as well as other extraordinary (not always morbid) stuff.
posted by kimota at 9:34 AM on October 25, 2007 [3 favorites]

Here's a link to a Russian one (mp3 direct link). There is a little, but not much, context here.
posted by greycap at 9:34 AM on October 25, 2007

Ah damn, beaten to it...!
posted by greycap at 9:35 AM on October 25, 2007

Love your title. And that Listverse page has the Anneliese recording tucked away at the bottom. (85MB!)
posted by Work to Live at 10:05 AM on October 25, 2007

The most credible book an exorcism I know of is "An Exorcist Tells His Story" by Fr. Gabriele Amorth.

(And it's likely any credible exorcist would tell you to steer clear of sound recordings of exorcisms.)

I once met the official exorcist of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton, PA, but remember noting about it other than someone telling me afterwards that he was the exorcist and that he didn't like to talk about it.
posted by Jahaza at 11:45 AM on October 25, 2007

Response by poster: OP here. Thanks for the responses! I kind of figured that there may not be too many recordings available on the internet, but I like what everyone's come up with.
posted by Neilopolis at 4:01 PM on October 26, 2007

John Safran, an australian tv personality and radio host was exorcised for an episode of his TV show "John Safran vs God"

freaky stuff!
posted by jonathanstrange at 9:58 PM on October 28, 2007