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How to Perform Exorcisms
In the new film based on a true story, Deliver Us From Evil, NYPD Sergeant and demonologist, Ralph Sarchie, investigates a series of paranormal cases plaguing New York City.
Exorcisms in Real Life
Priests performing exorcisms on terrifying demon-possessed characters are a popular storyline in Hollywood horror films.
Exorcist Revival
The threat of demon possession is something that sounds both exceptionally horrifying and utterly ridiculous.
Thousands of California Prisoners Are on Hunger Strike Right Now
When contacted by VICE, a spokesman for the California prison system refused to confirm that 30,000 inmates are currently on hunger strike—which would make the current strike the largest in California history. "I don't even know where that number came...
19th Century Libations
Popular portrayals of liquor in the 19th century conjure images of whiskey bottles labeled with X’s and inebriated shootouts, but they overlook the more pervasive drinking problems that plagued America’s cities—and the working poor and immigrants who...
BBC America's Copper
Watch a first look at BBC America's all new original series COPPER - from Academy Award® Winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award Winner Tom Fontana - coming this August only to BBC America.
Swamp Angels and River Pirates: Welcome to 1850s Manhattan
Descriptions of Manhattan from the 1850s seem to hover on the edge of myth and nightmare. The city is described as a squalid hell-hole in which gangs stalked the streets, perched on the rooftops, and made homes in the cities sewers. They weren't lying...