- ‘The Devil on Trial’ dropped on Netflix UK this week and it’s scaring viewers
Netflix viewers are feeling ‘panicked’ after just minutes of watching the streaming platform’s latest British horror documentary – and some are saying they had to turn it off.
‘The Devil on Trial’ dropped on UK Netflix on October 17 and delved into the terrifying true story that inspired The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It, starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as the famous paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.
The chilling documentary examines the first and only time ‘demonic possession’ has been officially used as a defense in a US murder case.
In 1981, 19-year-old Arne Cheyenne Johnson violently murdered his landlord, 40-year-old Alan Bono, in Brookfield Connecticut – the first murder in the town’s 193-year history.
His defense in court was that the devil had possessed him and forced him to do so, with the case catching the attention of the Warrens.
Netflix viewers have been feeling ‘panicked’ for minutes after watching the streaming platform’s latest British horror documentary – and some say they had to turn it off
Johnson claimed he was under the influence of satanic forces when he stabbed the 40-year-old more than 20 times with a six-inch pocket knife after they got into an argument.
At the heart of Johnson’s defense was the alleged demonic possession of David Glatzel, the 11-year-old brother of his girlfriend Deborah.
Months earlier, in July 1980, the boy woke up crying after having a vision of a menacing old man telling him, “Be careful.”
David appears in the new Netflix doc to tell his first-hand story – Arne Johnson claimed that the entity that supposedly owned David is the one that owned him too.
The new documentary discusses everything that happened leading up to the murder and during the trial that shocked the world – leaving viewers ‘can’t sleep’ and ‘chilled to the bone’.
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Others wrote ‘The Devil on Trial on Netflix is wiiiiild’ and ‘this might be too scary for me’.
Someone else tweeted: ‘Just watched The Devil On Trial. I thought the documentary was made to show parts that were not included in Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, but instead discusses the dark side of what happened.
Arne Cheyenne Johnson (pictured) pleaded not guilty to the gruesome murder of his landlord and friend, Alan Bono, in Brookfield, Connecticut, in 1981, claiming he was possessed
At the heart of Johnson’s defense was the alleged demonic possession of David Glatzel (pictured), the 11-year-old brother of his girlfriend Deborah, who was stricken in July 1980.
The new documentary discusses everything that happened leading up to the murder and during the trial that shocked the world – leaving viewers ‘can’t sleep’ and ‘chilled to the bone’.
‘The plot twist makes the audience question Ed & Lorraine.’
One terrified user even reported her own paranormal experience, writing: ‘I’m watching the devil on trial and suddenly my laptop goes black during the part where they play the audio tapes, wtf?’
Others added: ‘The devil on trial scared me lol’ and ‘after seeing the devil on trial I don’t know who to trust anymore’.
Viewers who made it to the end claim the documentary had a shocking conclusion.
One user wrote ‘just watched the Netflix documentary ‘the devil on trial’, THE ENDING WAS SO’.
Another said: ‘After seeing the devil on trial my position changed, what an ending.’