Anneliese Michel (September 21, 1952 – July 1, 1976) was a German Catholic woman who was said to be possessed by demons and subsequently underwent an exorcism. Two motion pictures, The Exorcism of Emily Rose and Requiem, are loosely based on Michel's story.

Early life Anneliese Michel was born on September 21, 1952 in Leiblfing, Bavaria, Germany. Michel was raised in a strict Catholic family. A devout girl, she tried to make reparations for the sins of wayward priests and drug addicts by sleeping on a bare floor during the dead of winter. In 1968, when Anneliese was 16 and still in high school, she began to suffer from convulsions. Court findings had her experiencing her first epileptic attack in 1969. Soon, Anneliese started experiencing hallucinations while praying. She also began to hear voices, which told her that she was damned. By 1973 Anneliese was suffering from depression and considering suicide.Her behavior became increasingly bizarre; she tore off her clothes, ate coal and spiders off the floor, and licked up her own urine.

Exorcism and death In 1975, when Anneliese Michel was 23 years old, an older woman who accompanied her on a pilgrimage concluded that Michel was suffering from demonic possession because Michel was unable to walk past a certain icon of Jesus Christ and refused to drink the water of a holy spring. An exorcist in a nearby town examined Michel and believed she was suffering from demonic possession. The bishop issued permission to perform the rite of exorcism according to the Rituale Romanum of 1614. After 10 months of unsuccessful psychiatric treatments, they gave up on medical treatment and chose to rely solely on the exorcisms for healing. The rites of exorcism were performed over the course of about ten months between 1975 and 1976. A total of sixty-seven exorcism sessions were held, one or two each week, some lasting up to four hours. At some point she began talking increasingly about dying to atone for the wayward youth of the day and the apostate priests of the modern church, and refused to eat. Though she had received treatment for epilepsy by this time, at her own request, doctors were no longer being consulted after Anneliese mentioned the "demons" to the doctors, explaining that they started to give her orders. The doctors seemed unable to help, and Anneliese lost hope that medicine was going to be able to cure her of her problems. On July 1, 1976, Anneliese Michel died in her sleep. The autopsy report stated that her death resulted from the malnutrition and dehydration due to almost a year of semi-starvation during which time the rites of exorcism were also performed.

prosecution A prosecutor then conducted an investigation after which the two exorcists and Anneliese's parents were charged with negligence causing death because the doctors said she was an epileptic and a psychotic. The priests produced recordings of various exorcisms they had performed, during which they said they could distinguish the voices of two demons in the process of arguing, wondering which of them would leave the body of Anneliese first. Anneliese's parents and both priests were sentenced to six months in prison.

Very interesting. I find it a bit hard to believe tho, demon possession. -think-

I hv seen the movie -yup- Then i came to know it was based on true incident. Scary n weird

Nice hun vry interesting,, cn u p0sses me-haba-

nice topic, -clap- . . . . . . . . . . ???.

very interesting topic

hmmm interesting to know all this..

This is interesting.

Very interesting, i enjoyed reading this topic, keep up the good work bro.

Yes, I grew up around that part of the world, and it's very frightening coz it could have happened anywhere in Europe. The symptoms of the woman are very common for ppl with certain mental illnesses, and to think she received priests' lethal rituals of superstition instead of medical treatment is freaking scary.

Good infos about her,but also sad -sad-

I find dis hard 2 blieve,demons don't exist.

great, demons are still here no doubt

Interesting story, but I don't believe that she suffered from demon possession.

hmmm interesting to know all this..Good infos about her

Me 2

U can watch the movie emily rose...