The Possession (2012), yet another in a recent deluge of films about demonic possession and exorcism supposedly based on real cases, opened this Labor Day weekend. (I have not seen the movie, so this ...

To the editor: Lynn Hightower, a self-described “thriller writer” whose latest novel involves exorcism, began her op-ed article with a reference to her research on “demonic possession.” (“Exorcism is ...

As a thriller writer, I’m never certain where my research will take me, and often it takes me to very dark places. Demonic possession, for example. “Possession” is now recognized in the American ...

America loves a good mystery. We have cryptids wandering forests, haunted hotels with questionable customer reviews, and enough ghost tours to suggest that half the country may have unfinished ...

Andra Day plays a tormented and abusive single mother fighting the devil in herself. Then the real one shows up. The film is set in Pittsburgh in 2011, and it’s about a family that moves into a house ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Editor's note: This story was initially published in 2018. We are resurfacing it as part of our fall coverage. Sometimes real life ...

TALES of witch trials usually evoke thoughts of Salem in Massachusetts, England’s Pendle Hill or other infamous places in ...

Demons today are characterized in horror movies like "The Ring," "The Conjuring," and "The Exorcist" as paranormal entities—supernaturally powerful beings, with little relevance in reality. But in the ...