S3 |Case #22 | "The Exorcism of Anna Ecklund" Part 1

In this dramatic episode of The Exorcist Files, Father Martins takes us back to 1920s Earling, Iowa, exploring one of the most thoroughly documented and bizarre cases of spiritual warfare in modern history: the exorcism of Emma Schmidt (pseudonym Anna Ecklund).
From her troubled youth marked by curses, witchcraft, and domestic turmoil, to sudden violent levitation and an aversion to holy water, Emma’s torment baffled those around her. When Father Theophilus Reisinger steps into the fray with the help of Father Joseph Steiger and local religious sisters, the first solemn rite in the convent unleashes forces far darker than expected.

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Timestamps:
00:00 | Opening Drama: The Rite Commences
01:23 | Welcome to Earling, Iowa: The Arena of Spiritual Warfare
02:32 | Father Carlos Martins on Begone Satan & Rules of Engagement
04:32 | Emma’s Upbringing, Aunt Mina & Suspicions of Witchcraft
07:42 | The Church Threshold Incident & Meeting Father Theophilus Riesinger
11:00 | Capuchin Fathers & A Pastoral Relationship
15:32 | Mid-Life Crisis, Melancholy & Early Deliverance (1912)
21:45 | Relocation to St. Joseph’s Parish Convent (1928)
24:02 | The Covert Holy Water Test & Preternatural Aversion
27:02 | The Rite Begins: Unnatural Speed, Leaping & Wall Levitation
31:37 | The Exhaustion of the Exorcist & Weary Convent Sisters
39:48 | Physical Degradation: Inexplicable Manifestations
41:20 | Interrogating the Spirits: Beelzebub, Jacob, Mina & Judas Iscariot
48:22 | Preview of Part 2 & Credits
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