Man accused of killing brother with sword: ‘God told me he was a lizard’ | myfox8.com

A Washington state man accused of killing his brother has been charged with murder after he allegedly drove a 4-foot-long sword through the victim’s head Sunday night.

Buckey Wolfe, 26, who prosecutors said appears to be mentally ill, called 911 around 6:40 p.m. and told an operator that he had killed his brother, and that he thought he was a lizard, according to The Seattle Times.

“The defendant’s actions — jamming the tang end of a four-foot long sharpened metal-bladed sword-like instrument completely through the victim’s head and killing him — demonstrate the danger he poses,” Senior Deputy Prosecutor Scott O’Toole wrote in charging documents obtained by the paper.

Wolfe told the 911 dispatcher, “God told me he was a lizard,” and “Kill me, kill me, I can’t live in this reality,” according to the documents.

Man accused of killing brother with sword: ‘God told me he was a lizard’ | myfox8.com

'I chopped her up' : Utica man charged with murdering grandmother, landlord | WHAM

A Utica man is facing murder charges in the deaths of his grandmother and landlord.

Naythen Aubain, 29, was released from the hospital Tuesday and was arraigned Tuesday evening on two counts of murder in the 1st Degree.

“One of the aggravating factors is multiple homicides, so if you kill more than one person within the same criminal transaction that makes a 'Murder Second' into a Murder in the First," Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara said.

Aubain was brought into his arraignment wearing a spit shield and was forced into a restraining chair during it.

He interrupted the judge several times, saying:

I did it. I chopped her up.

I’ll chop anyone up who disrespects Jesus Christ.

'I chopped her up' : Utica man charged with murdering grandmother, landlord | WHAM

UPDATED::Carly Ann Harris 'drowned child and tried to burn body' - BBC News

UPDATE::  Carly Ann Harris handed hospital order for killing daughter

Carly Ann Harris, 38, was suffering from psychosis when she drowned four-year-old Amelia before burning her body on 8 June.

After being cleared of murder on the grounds of insanity, Ms Harris was made the subject of a hospital order.

Her mother said Ms Harris was "not a monster" and the family was devastated.

Jaqui Harris added: "I've gone beyond tears. She is my daughter and I am devastated and I have lost my daughter.

Carly Ann Harris believed she had to "sacrifice" Amelia on 8 June to prove her own faith to God.
The facts are not disputed and jurors were told to consider the defendant's "profound" mental health issues.

Ms Harris, 38, from Tonypandy, Rhondda Cynon Taff, denies murder and manslaughter at Newport Crown Court.

Jurors were told they must decide if she is not guilty of murder by reason of insanity or guilty of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility.

The court heard Ms Harris described herself in police interviews as "a fallen angel and had to prove her strength", adding that Amelia would have to be "cold-washed and burned".
Jurors heard she told Amelia: "You're going to see the angels. See you in heaven."

Carly Ann Harris 'drowned child and tried to burn body' - BBC News

Police: Father yelled 'Jesus is coming' before stabbing toddler - KXXV Central Texas News Now

It’s often hard to distinguish between sincerely held religious beliefs that lead to violence and voices in one’s head. (Perps name has yet to be released.)

A Texas father was arrested after police say he fatally stabbed his son while yelling about religion.
Witnesses reported a man beating and stabbing a small child Sunday afternoon in the courtyard of a Lewisville apartment complex. Gunshots were also reported at the scene.

When officers arrived, they found the 1-year-old with severe injuries. He was transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

"I've been in law enforcement for over 20 years, and this is probably the worst call I’ve ever been on in my career," said Capt. Jesse Hunter of the Lewisville Police Department.
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"The information we have is that the suspect came out of the apartment carrying the child, and he was yelling some very loud, random things about religion and 'Jesus is coming,'" Hunter said.

Police: Father yelled 'Jesus is coming' before stabbing toddler - KXXV Central Texas News Now

Florida hit-and-run driver ‘purposely’ mowed down family, killing father, police say | Fox News

A Florida man who fatally struck a father and injured his two sons in what police are calling a “random” but “purposely done” hit-and-run attack is in custody Monday as investigators are trying to piece together a motive for the disturbing incident.

Police announced that Mikese Morse, a 30-year-old from Tampa, is now facing first-degree and attempted murder charges after striking the family – who were riding bicycles along a trail in the northern part of the city – with his car Sunday afternoon.

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Police say they are also looking into “disturbing” content Morse purportedly posted on his social media accounts in the days leading up to the hit and run. Police said Monday that Morse was recently hospitalized against his will for a mental evaluation.

“Yeah devil, this is all your fault, all your fault because you descended to Earth,” he purportedly said in a video posted Sunday morning. “Why am I not in a state of harmony right now? Because of her evil.”

Florida hit-and-run driver ‘purposely’ mowed down family, killing father, police say | Fox News

'Exorcist mom' found not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity | KRCR

Kimberly Felder, the woman accused of attempted murder after an assault on her daughter that she allegedly called an exorcism, was found not guilty by reason of insanity in court Wednesday, June 20.

Last June, the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office reported that 45-year-old Felder, from Ferndale, stripped her child naked and shoved handfuls of sand in the girl's eyes and mouth at a Centerville beach. Officials said Felder stated she was trying to remove demons from the 11-year-old girl. Felder reportedly continued the assault by viciously striking, biting and choking her daughter, according to officials.

During the attack, a Good Samaritan, John Marciel, was at the beach with his family and stepped in during the reported exorcism. The sheriff's office said Marciel likely saved the young girl's life.

'Exorcist mom' found not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity | KRCR

Man identified as Louie's shooter had posted on social media about being 'under hardcore demonic attack'

As a homebody and loner myself, I find this very distressing. Did Tilghman’s condition deteriorated because people ignored him, or because he didn’t have access to proper mental care, or a combination?  It’s disturbing that someone who demonstrated clear signs of mental illness begged for help yet wasn’t able to get it. He was, however, able to get his hands on a gun.

I at least can take comfort in the fact that those I do let into my circle would make sure I got help if need be.  I am also well aware when my bipolar is causing issues and know to take appropriate steps.

A man who police say shot three people at an Oklahoma City restaurant before being shot and killed himself posted videos on YouTube in which he said he was under demonic attack.

In a video dated April 27, Alexander Tilghman sits alone in a room and speaks directly to a camera, saying his life is in danger and he is under "hardcore demonic attack." Tilghman says he constantly hears cracks and booms throughout the house. He asks for "real people" to get in contact with him.

In a comment on the video, Tilghman pleads for help.

Man identified as Louie's shooter had posted on social media about being 'under hardcore demonic attack'

ADDENDUM::Report sheds light on tragic end for Keego Harbor family

Months after a murder suicide stunned the sleepy town of Keego Harbor, the Free Press has obtained investigative documents that shed light on what drove an aspiring model to kill her two grown children, her husband, herself and the family dog. 

According to police records and interviews with family, friends and neighbors, Stuart  battled many problems, including depression, ostracism from the Jehovah Witness church, and mental scars stemming from alleged sexual abuse as a child.

These factors combined, police believe, led Stuart to cave to despair on a February weekday when she fatally shot her son, daughter and husband — using pillows to suppress the sound — before shooting herself between the eyes.

Report sheds light on tragic end for Keego Harbor family

Detective: Kitsap Co. mom admits to strangling son to death on Halloween after praying on it | Q13 FOX News

A central Kitsap County mother who allegedly admitted to strangling her son to death on Halloween after praying about it will be charged with first-degree murder.

The charges against Amber Jones, 47, were amended Friday from second-degree murder.

James’ 9-year-old boy, Ryan Rosales, died of “obvious homicidal violence.”  James was arrested Tuesday, Kitsap County sheriff’s deputy Scott Wilson said.
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James was detained and taken to the sheriff's office in Port Orchard for questioning. Detectives said she had cloves of garlic, two lighters and a small vial of "holy water" at the time. She told the detective she used the water to "say a prayer for my baby."

Detectives said there were writings on the wall including the words: "Harvest," "Spaywar," "Greed kills," "sex trade," "God is coming," "No pedo," and "Michael=Devil." James told detectives she had been watching conspiracy videos on YouTube related to politics and chemtrails, and thought she was being followed.

Detective: Kitsap Co. mom admits to strangling son to death on Halloween after praying on it | Q13 FOX News

Son kills mother in botched exorcism | IOL

A Vermont man who told police he attacked and killed his 82-year-old mother because he believed she was possessed by Satan has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Police say Geronimo violently pushed a table into her and hit her over the head with wine decanters before pouring water into her mouth to "cast the devil out."
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The defense and prosecution agreed that Geronimo was suffering a psychotic episode at the time, and his charge was reduced from murder.

Son kills mother in botched exorcism | IOL

Mom Who Killed Kids in Reincarnation Case Gets Life | U.S. News | US News

A year before the latest killings, Suzanna Simpson spent six days in the hospital for severe mental illness and her doctors urged her husband to get all of the guns out of their house for safety.

But about a year later, Simpson woke up at 4 a.m., put on a headband with a small light, worked the combination on the gun safe and ambushed her husband, and their 7-year-old daughter and 5-year-old son as they slept. She said she tried to kill herself but loaded the wrong ammunition in the gun. Simpson told a psychiatrist she thought the whole family would be reincarnated in a better world.

Simpson had little reaction after being sent away for life, mouthing "bye" to her family as she walked out of court. Psychiatrists said she is on medication to treat bipolar disorder and other conditions.
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In Simpson's case, prosecutors said there are clues that show while she was mentally ill, she knew what she was doing. She wore the headlamp and loaded the gun in the laundry room to not wake anyone up. She shot her husband first so he couldn't save the kids. And after loading the gun right, she managed to put in the wrong ammunition when it was time to kill herself.

"She might not have been able to control herself," prosecutor Betty Strom said. "But she knew what she was doing was wrong."

Mom Who Killed Kids in Reincarnation Case Gets Life | U.S. News | US News

Trial: Dad carved pentagram on son to save his wife’s soul - Story | KDFW

(H/T::  In the Name Of God Podcast)

A Richland Hills man accused of carving a pentagram was found guilty on Thursday afternoon of aggravated assault.

Brent Bartel’s attorneys attempted to use the insanity defense to keep their client out of jail. During testimony, they claimed he was abused as a child and had mental health experts testify that he suffers from schizophrenia.

But, prosecutors argued Bartel knew right from wrong.

Bartel was convicted on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after about five hours of jury deliberation on Thursday. The case immediately moved to the punishment phase, where he faces a maximum of life in prison.

He was arrested in 2012 after he told a 911 dispatcher that he used a box cutter to carve a pentagram onto his 6-year-old son’s back.

Trial: Dad carved pentagram on son to save his wife’s soul - Story | KDFW

Failed-exorcism defense raised in 1998 stabbing death of Florida woman - Orlando Sentinel

Sharon Hill offers an excellent explanation a why this "fascination" with pseudo-religion is so dangerous.

Guns or drugs or religion can easily become deadly when utilized by unstable and irrational people who may be suffering from various forms of stress in addition to these volatile components. The unreasonable mindset allowed for the religious belief in devils and violent exorcism to take over and be used as a course of deliberate action.
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Meanwhile, the sensational promotion of exorcism continues unabated ensuring that the public will be exposed to ever more stupidity and irresponsible attempts to “remove demons”. The latest upcoming ill-conceived example of “entertainment” is the idiostuperific Halloween special Exorcism: Live! to be broadcast on Destination America starring “psychic” medium Chip Coffey and the cast of Ghost Asylum. Apparently they will exorcise a house in the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri that supposedly inspired the Exorcist novel and film. Sounds like a silly circus. But once again, it does make us pause and reflect on why in the 21st century we are not only still talking about demons and exorcisms but that too many people see them as a genuine activity. The crack(ed) PR team from Destination America tell us the demons KNOW they are coming. They want you to Tweet your support. Smooth. As Vinnie Mancuso of The Observer writes: The Power of Christ Retweets You. This could be one of the dumbest shows ever aired.

More than 17 years after the stabbing death of his wife, Bobby McGee is facing trial for first-degree murder in what his defense is calling a failed exorcism.

Helene Ball McGee, 44, was found dead in her Dunedin home with more than 19 stab wounds on March 11, 1998. After deputies searched the area, Bobby Lane McGee was found huddled in a nearby ditch, wearing a ski mask and camouflage pants, and carrying two knife sheathes.

Two knives that later were discovered in the ditch by a dive team matched Bobby McGee's newlywed bride's wounds, and bloody footprints led away from the home to his hiding spot.

McGee was found to be mentally incompetent in 2000 and sent to a state hospital to receive treatment for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.

Fifteen years later, he is taking medication and is been deemed ready to face a jury. If convicted, McGee would face life in prison.

Public Defender John Swisher said in his opening statement Wednesday the defendant didn't intend to kill his wife, but instead was trying to perform an exorcism because he thought she was possessed by the devil.

Failed-exorcism defense raised in 1998 stabbing death of Florida woman - Orlando Sentinel

Lancaster County man sentenced for burning down his family's home to rid it of aliens and demons | PennLive.com

A perfect example of religious ideation or belief in the "supernatural" manifesting in the delusions and hallucinations of mental illness. 

A Lancaster County man will spend five to 20 years in state prison for burning down his family's home in June 2014.

Joshua A. Witman, 34, told police he set fire to the home on East Mohler Church Road in Ephrata Township because aliens were living in the walls of the home and a basement was a portal for demons, according to a news release from the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office. Witman set fire to the home by igniting a box of wood in the basement, according to the news release.

Lancaster County man sentenced for burning down his family's home to rid it of aliens and demons | PennLive.com

London art dealer arrested in Italy for suspicion of murdering her mother with rosary beads - Telegraph

What role does religious belief in possession play in this action? It is a question I continue to ask myself every time a story, such as the following, comes to light.  Whether mental illness is present or not, the idea had to come from somewhere.

A London art dealer is in prison in Italy accused of murdering her 93-year-old mother by stuffing a rosary down her throat in an attempt to “cleanse” her of evil spirits.

Italian-born Francesca Martire, 61, who ran a successful design, furniture and lighting dealership in St John’s Wood, is undergoing psychiatric assessments after being arrested for the alleged murder of her mother, Maria Luigia Magazzile.

The alleged killing happened when the London-based designer was visiting her elderly mother in their home town of Taranto, in the far south ofItaly.

Mrs Martire, who had lived in Britain since 1986, has told her lawyer and police that she believed her mother’s apartment was infested with evil spirits and that by shoving the rosary in her mouth she was attempting to perform a sort of exorcism.

“She said she wanted to purify her mother of malign spirits,” Fabrizio Lamanna, Mrs Martire’s lawyer, told The Telegraph.

London art dealer arrested in Italy for suspicion of murdering her mother with rosary beads - Telegraph

Arizona man says he beheaded wife 'to get the evil out': police | NewsDaily

If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell.
Matthew  5:29-30, KJV

An Arizona man who admitted to decapitating his wife and her two dogs in a bloody incident last month in Phoenix told authorities he was attempting “to get the evil out” of her, according to court documents released on Monday.

Kenneth Dale Wakefield, 43, also told police that he had smoked marijuana and the designer drug Spice about an hour before the gruesome killings in a Phoenix apartment on the morning of July 25, the documents showed.

Wakefield, a transient with a history of mental illness who also maimed himself in the incident, was booked into a Maricopa County jail Aug. 1 on one count of first-degree murder and two counts of animal cruelty after being released from a local hospital. He is being held on $2 million bond.

In court papers, police said Wakefield told them during an interview that he stabbed his 49-year-old wife, Trina Heisch, multiple times before decapitating her, and killed the dogs by cutting their heads off.

“He said he was trying to get the evil out of Trina,” police said in a probable cause statement filed in Maricopa County Superior Court.

 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan

Judges 7:23-25

Arizona man says he beheaded wife 'to get the evil out': police | NewsDaily

Mad Science: The Treatment of Mental Illness Fails to Progress [Excerpt] - Scientific American

As civilized human beings, we like to console ourselves with visions of progress, illusory as that concept often proves to be. Perhaps we have not seen progress in the realms of literature and art (though some would dispute that claim), but surely science moves forward, and medicine too, insofar as it is a science rather than an art. In the developed world, at least, we now enjoy longer, and certainly more materially abundant if not culturally richer and happier lives. Except if we are mad, that is. Modern psychiatry and its potions notwithstanding, one of the more sobering realities about serious mental illness in the twenty-first century is that its sufferers not only die at a much younger age on average than the rest of us (as much as twenty-five years sooner), but also that the incidence of serious illness and mortality in this population has accelerated in recent decades. On this most basic of levels we seem to be regressing.

Psychiatry seems to be in trouble too. The neo-Kraepelinian approach it adopted when DSM III was published in 1980 at first served it well. The reliability and replicability of psychiatric diagnoses increased, and embarrassing disputes about what was wrong with a particular patient receded into the past. Freudians lost the internecine professional war decisively, and psychiatrists embraced once more a biological account of mental disorders that superficially made sense to their medical brethren, however schematic it remained. And the new approach proved extraordinarily attractive to the drug companies, who underwrote the psychiatric research enterprise, and as the years went by, increasingly influenced the very terms in which mental illness was discussed, even the categories of illness that purportedly exist in the world.

Each successive edition of the manual, the revised third edition (III R) of 1987, the fourth edition (IV of 1994) and its ‘text revision’ (IV TR of 2000), adhered to the fundamental approach psychiatry had adopted in 1980, though new ‘illnesses’ were added on each occasion, the definitions of psychopathology were tweaked and the page count mounted. But as ‘illnesses’ proliferated in each revision, and the criteria for assigning a particular diagnosis were loosened, the very problem that had led to the invention of the new versions of the DSM recurred, and major new threats to psychiatric legitimacy surfaced.

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Those put in charge of the enterprise announced that the logic that had underpinned the two previous editions was deeply flawed, and they would fix things. Drawing on the findings of neuroscience and genetics, they would move away from the symptom-based system that they now acknowledged was inadequate, and build a manual that linked mental disorders to brain function. They would also take account of the fact that mental disorder is a dimensional, not a categorical kind of thing: a matter of being more or less sane, not a black and white world with sanity in this corner and mental illness in that. It was a grand ambition. The only problem was that it was an ambition impossible to fulfill. Having thrashed about in pursuit of this chimera, those running the project were ultimately forced to concede defeat, and by 2009 they were back to tinkering with the descriptive approach.

Mad Science: The Treatment of Mental Illness Fails to Progress [Excerpt] - Scientific American

Killer recounts the awful scene: Satanism, blood and Little Red Riding Hood: DiManno | Toronto Star

Not an easy read, be forewarned!!

The sacraments of Satanism: Booze, dope and takeout Swiss Chalet.

But first, a shopping excursion to the mall for cotton candy and a bunch of stuff from the dollar store.

Thus girded for their ritual — a dedication of their eternal souls to Beelzebub, on the pagan holiday called Beltane — the threesome of friends who’d met through an online chat site called The Joy of Satan retired to a Barrie motel room.

The alleged pact called for Mark Dobson to kill his girlfriend and a second older woman they both called “Mom,” then commit suicide.

“We were going to go home, our souls would leave the body and go to another system, another planet or whatever. We all three agreed to do it. We planned it for a month and a half.”

On the audio tape played in a Barrie courtroom this week, Dobson adds, sadly: “It didn’t go to plan. It didn’t go the way it was supposed to work.”

That recording was made on May 3, 2012, in the hospital room where Dobson was rushed with self-inflicted wounds to his arms and throat, from which he would recover. A police officer has just taken the manacled suspect through the appalling events of the evening before in Room 129 of the TraveLodge Motel, which ended with the gruesome slaying of Mary Hepburn, 32, and 52-year-old Helen Dorrington.

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In an agreed statement of facts, the three are described as “Wiccans”; devil-worshippers describes them more bluntly. They’d developed a friendship through the Satan website after Dobson says he turned to it for help in early 2012 because he was being tormented by alien beings — spirits that were urging that he harm himself, that frequently attacked him mentally, even physically, in his bedroom at night, “sitting on my chest, grabbing me . . . something cold at the point of my penis.”

He pleaded: “Please somebody, help me. I can’t defend myself against this. What, am I supposed to go to a priest?’’

Dobson was a virgin then, he told the officer, though he and Hepburn would become lovers when she moved out to B.C. to be with him. They later relocated to a squalid apartment in Barrie and Dorrington — mother of two grown children — eventually flew to Toronto to participate in the alleged suicide pact.

“We hit it off. We all had satanic beliefs.”

Why suicide was required of them is not entirely clear in the interview. But that would be to make sense out of a haywire creed system.

“It’s not necessarily selling your soul to the devil,” said Dobson of the dedication ritual that would deliver the trio to this purported alternate dark-side galaxy planet ruled by Lucifer. “It’s saying, I’m on your side. I pledge myself to you.”


Killer recounts the awful scene: Satanism, blood and Little Red Riding Hood: DiManno | Toronto Star

See also:

Man accused of brutal dual slayings was acting on 'bizarre' beliefs, not insanity: Doctor

Is extreme religious belief indicative of a mental illness?It is a question I ponder - a lot.

Dobson has admitted he killed the women and also planned to kill himself because the three had a plan to travel to another galaxy.

He said he was directed by Satan.

His defense lawyer, Mitch Eisen, insists Dobson is not criminally responsible because he was mentally ill.

But a psychiatrist for the Crown, Dr. Andriy Kolchak, insisted it was Dobson’s fanatical beliefs in the teachings he studied on the Joy of Satan website that drove him to the killings.

"It's pretty bizarre stuff," Kolchak said. "But I don't believe he was delusional... It was part of his belief system."

Supernatural 'Jinn' Seen as Cause of Mental Illness Among Muslims

Back in early June. I posted about this paper which described the symptomatology of schizophrenia and delusional disorders, talking a little bit about what a “demonic” experience might be like.

It now seems we have another attempt coming from researchers in the Netherlands although this paper seems more focused:

Across societies, beliefs in the supernatural as well as other aspects of culture may influence how mental disorders manifest, the study said. Previous research has found that people with schizophrenia may experience different delusions depending on their cultures. For example, fears about technology and surveillance play a large part in the delusions of people with schizophrenia in the United States. Meanwhile, in Japan, which has an honor-oriented culture, patients' delusions more commonly involve fears about public humiliation.

It may be common for psychiatric patients who are Muslim to attribute their hallucinations or other symptoms to "jinn," the invisible, devilish creatures in Islamic mythology, researchers in the Netherlands have found.

The findings demonstrate one way in which culture may influence how people perceive their psychotic symptoms, and could help Western psychiatrists better understand patients who have an Islamic background.

Moreover, in today's connected world, patients may fuse the symbols from their own backgrounds with those of other cultures to explain their symptoms, study leader Dr. Jan Dirk Blom, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Groningen, told Live Science.

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To get a better idea of how commonly Muslim psychiatric patients consider jinn in the course of their diseases, the researchers looked into the scientific literature. They found 105 articles about jinn and their relationship with mental disorders, including 47 case reports. About 66 percent of those reports included a medical diagnosis. Nearly half of the cases involved a person with schizophrenia or a related disorder, while the rest of the patients had mood disorders, epilepsy or obsessive-compulsive disorder.

"The available literature suggests that the attribution of psychiatric symptoms to jinn is common in some Muslim populations," the researchers wrote in their review, published July 30 in the journal Transcultural Psychiatry.

"Since Western health professionals tend to be unfamiliar with this attribution style, diagnosis may prove quite challenging — especially when the patient-physician encounter is already impeded by language problems and cultural differences or biases," the researchers said.

Moreover, findings from several case reports suggested that the attribution of psychiatric symptoms to jinn also affects the treatment and course of patients' mental disorders, the researchers said.

Supernatural 'Jinn' Seen as Cause of Mental Illness Among Muslims

See also:  Real-Life Werewolves: Psychiatry Re-Examines Rare Delusion

NYPD Cop-Turned-Demonologist on Why He Believes Possessions Are on the Rise — and the Most Terrifying Thing He’s Seen During an Exorcism | Video | TheBlaze.com

First "The Conjuring," now "Deliver Us From Evil" based on the accounts of a former NYPD sergeant, Ralph Sarchie. Sarchie also happens to be a protege of Ed and Lorraine Warren and the author of a 2001 book “Beware the Night.”

Despite always believing in the existence of good, evil and God, ex-New York Police Department sergeant Ralph Sarchie didn’t consider himself a particularly religious guy — that is, until he began battling what he says are dangerous, supernatural forces.

Sarchie, a self-described demonologist who was once a cop for the 46th police precinct in New York City — and the inspiration for the new Hollywood film “Deliver Us From Evil” — told TheBlaze that he believes possessions and infestations are on the rise.

“It’s definitely on the rise. I hate to say it,” Sarchie said in an interview. “As society pushes God out, no one can deny that that’s happening. There’s a good portion of society that just cannot stomach Jesus Christ and when I see that, I have to wonder where that hatred comes from.”

Of the many exorcisms he has participated in and assisted with, Sarchie — who became an independent part-time paranormal investigator while working with the NYPD — said the most terrifying thing he has seen occurred when he placed a crucifix next to a supposedly possessed individual’s head.

“We had a couple of relics in the church that day and mine was on the right side of this person’s head near the ear area … I usually stand in front,” he said. “I could see the eyes — that one eye looking over at the crucifix, but not turning the head. The head was like a statue … the eyes were going back and forth and that was a frightening thing to see.”

Sarchie described the person as looking like a trapped animal who was scared but still very much a volatile predator attempting an escape.

“I’ve been a cop for a long time. I dealt with a lot of emotionally disturbed persons [and] I’ve arrested some pretty bad people and I have never, never in my life in the street seen anything like that,” he said. “A murderer’s look from a person is nothing like a person who is under possession…

My thoughts on the matter, I will borrow from Adam Lee.  Lee, in writing for Alternet concerning the black mass controversy at Harvard, sums up quite well why I am so adamant against self-professed demon guru's.  I have experienced the damage that can be caused first hand.

We may laugh at stories like this, but we shouldn’t forget that that this belief has real and serious consequences. Demonic possession and exorcism aren’t quaint superstitions of a bygone era; they’re alive and active in the world today, causing immense harm,,,. 

In the name of fighting off demons, mentally ill people have been falsely imprisoned and subjected to torturous exorcisms instead of getting the medical care they need, and children have been tortured, abused and even killed, sometimes by their own parents. In the name of fighting absolute evil, church authorities have granted themselves the right to seize absolute power, and in the process, trampled on the lives and liberty of others. The inquisitors, witch hunters and exorcists may claim they’re working for good, but the fact remains: Fear of demons does far more harm than worship of demons ever did.

NYPD Cop-Turned-Demonologist on Why He Believes Possessions Are on the Rise — and the Most Terrifying Thing He’s Seen During an Exorcism | Video | TheBlaze.com