Stranger Than Fiction: Possession and Exorcism
Regardless of personal beliefs on what they are exactly, possession is a documented phenomena that still happens to this day and that remains one of the biggest influences in horror media. This list explores the experiences behind the horror, the real-life cases experienced by the energumens (possessed people) and the exorcists and doctors who studied and assisted them.
Always welcome to new additions.
created by FeralAcademic
last updated October, 2026
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This list focuses primarily on the Christian view of “demonic possession” and especially on accounts of exorcisms because that’s my own little interest, but if anyone has any suggestion for titles that span to possessions outside of that view and culture please do let me know!
Also be forewarned that YES a lot of these books will be preachy, understandably. Comes with the territory of the experience being seen as “spiritual warfare.” I’m adding more medical, historic, and skeptic accounts as well to try to give a wide picture on it all but the exorcists are the ones who talk the most.
