demoniacal

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That person may have been Jason Gammon, who retold the story in 2010 on his haunt-centric site, the Demoniacal.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2014

Demoniacal possession was fully believed to be the frequent cause of insanity, and, as is well known, exorcism was practised by the Church as a recognized ordinance.

From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Tuke, Daniel Hack

Demoniacal was the effect of these noiseless apparitions of horrible figures, terrible the sufferings they brought with them; the people asserted that warmth could not be restored to their bodies, nor their craving hunger allayed.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav

I cannot help expressing my surprise at the difficulty which some writers, who desire fully and faithfully to uphold the supernatural, seem to have respecting Demoniacal Possession.

From The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself by Sadler, Michael Ferrebee

Demoniacal possession was a mania in France in the seventeenth century.

From The Superstitions of Witchcraft by Williams, Howard