First came the seizures and sleep paralysis, then came the hallucinations and violent

behavior.

Annalyce-McKill made endless visits to doctors and specialists only to be either referred

to another doctor or placed on to medication that wasn't helping her.

Her condition became so bad that it's time she started to grow out and speak in a horrific

deep voice, destroy religious objects, and complain religious sites like churches were

too painful for her to go near.

She convinced her parents and several priests she was possessed by demons.

It led to the Catholic Church making the unusual decision to grant two priests permission

to perform an ecstasy in ritual on Annalyce.

I know what you're thinking.

This story must be from the dark ages.

But it's not.

It happened in Germany in the 1970s.

But was Annalyce really possessed by the devil?

The medical community doesn't think so.

After a death they were certain of what Annalyce was suffering from.

They just couldn't diagnose it while she was alive.

Four people were eventually charged with negligent homicide after a death.

The trial that followed was described as the biggest criminal trial in Germany outside

of the Nazi war crime trials.

The story of Annalyce MacKerley's as heartbreaking as it is horrific.

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