I was possessed by a demon for decades… then I was violently exorcised
A woman who claims she has been possessed by a demon for decades has shared the horrors of being plagued by screams and visions of blood-soaked windows.
Susan Marie told DailyMail.com that she was controlled by a dark force from the age of two or three.
She was raised by abusive parents who were “into Satanism” and did not feel comfortable going to church as a young woman.
‘I saw the windows in the house covered in blood, like a murder scene. I heard terrible sounds of screaming, as if people were being tortured,” said Susan Marie.
“The demons taunted me by saying terrible things: ‘You are miserable. We’re going to cut you up like a pig.’
The torment left her feeling “trapped,” but a friend urged her to seek help from a higher power and that’s when she met Father Carlos Martins, a Catholic priest who has performed many exorcisms.
The exorcism sessions were “quite violent,” Father Carlos Martins explained, with Susan Marie in a sturdy oak chair and strong men holding her down, in front of a table with the Bible and holy water.
Susan Marie broke free, punched people and lifted large, strong men more than six feet by herself, the priest claimed.
Her unusual experience echoed that of Tucker Carlson, who claimed in a documentary that he was “clawed and bloodied” by a “demon” during a terrifying attack.
A woman who claimed to have been possessed by a demon for decades has shared the horrors of being plagued by screams and visions of blood-soaked windows
Carlson said he initially believed he was having “the weirdest dream I’ve ever had,” until suddenly blood started appearing on his sheets and staining his body.
There is no scientific evidence that exorcisms are real, leading many people to attribute the practice to the placebo effect.
These individuals may be suffering from mental disorders that lead to hallucinations, and hope for some form of relief that will lead them to believe that they are freed from the evil that controlled them.
And some conditions once considered demonic possession, such as schizophrenia, hysteria, and epilepsy, are now treated with medications.
Susan Marie, whose name has been changed to protect her privacy, had a difficult childhood and grew up in a home full of anger and abuse.
‘As a child I always knew I was different. I didn’t behave like the other kids. They enjoyed life. “I didn’t do that,” she said.
Because she was possessed, she believed she was going crazy.
‘It feels terrible. You hear things you don’t want to hear and you see things you don’t want to see, she said.
‘Everything is very graphic. You feel like you are going crazy and have no way out other than death.
Ontario-born Father Martins converted from atheism to Christianity as a student
‘Inside I felt extremely cold, as if I were in the Arctic without a jacket. I felt incredible fear and excitement, as if my blood was boiling. I also felt – I have no idea why – like I had to pee or vomit.”
She underwent several visits to Father Martins, hoping to free herself from the torment. But no matter how many times she went, the exorcisms never got easier.
When Susan Marie asked for baptism, the priest knew this was a turning point.
When an adult is baptized, he can also receive communion at the same time, which allows him to take on ‘the body of Christ’.
Catholics believe that the first time someone takes communion means that the individual has fully accepted Christ as the head of the Church.
But Susan Marie still felt out of control during the exorcisms and sometimes did not remember what had happened.
There were moments when she came back to reality, feeling exhausted and sore all over.
“Everything hurt and I couldn’t remember what happened,” Susan Marie said.
‘The worst was when the demons used my body to hurt someone during the possession. The guilt was overwhelming.”
Finally, Father Martins said he was able to cast the demon from the woman’s body.
‘[It was like the quiet after a horrible thunderstorm. Peace,’ she said.
In his book, he details true-life encounters with demons (Father Carlos Martins)
‘But you know what you’ve just been through. I knew when the chaos inside left. Peace and quiet came.
‘It’s easier now because I know the truth about myself. I know I am loved by God and by good people who care for me.’
Ontario-born Father Martins converted from atheism to Christianity as an undergraduate.
He has since performed multiple exorcisms in his role as a Catholic priest and a member of the Companions of the Cross, travelling the world to spread his faith.
In a new book, ‘The Exorcist Files: True Stories About the Reality of Evil and How to Defeat It’, Father Martins reveals some of the chilling cases he has personally encountered.
‘Shortly after my ordination, the exorcism ministry kind of found me,’ he said.
‘I was placed at a parish church where all the the exorcisms of the Archdiocese were, were conducted.’
Father Martins was rapidly assigned to cases involving poltergeist-type infestations, and discovered he had an ability for it.
‘I think it was an intuition that I always had, or that it was a kind of a grace given by God in the moment,’ he said.
‘And that is that if the devil is present somewhere, he’s going to be there for a reason. In other words, you don’t get a demon by making peanut butter sandwiches.
‘You don’t get a demon by sharing a toilet seat, but somebody with someone who has demons, you don’t get a demon by sitting on a bus next to somebody with demons.
‘You get a demon because you opened a door, and so as long as that door is open, he’s going to be there.
‘My job is to get rid of the demon’s right to be there.’