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The following program deals with controversial subjects.

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The theories expressed are not the only possible interpretation.

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The viewer is invited to make a judgment based on all available information.

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Tonight, on Sightings, a satanic deliverance gets out of control.

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She began to punch, to kick, to bite.

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And leaves this woman maimed.

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Was it the exorcist or the demon himself?

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And 100 years ago, Lizzie Borden was acquitted of the brutal acts murders of her parents.

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Now a forensic expert and a psychic uncover gruesome new evidence.

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Welcome to Sightings. I'm Tim White.

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Folklore has it that Lizzie Borden, who was acquitted of killing her parents with an axe,

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literally got away with murder.

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Well now on the 100th anniversary of the killings, a Sightings investigation reopens the case.

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Working with forensic technology and a psychic investigator,

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Sightings has found important new information that challenges the legend of Lizzie Borden.

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Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother 40 bucks.

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100 years after the murders, the name Lizzie Borden still echoes in the rhymes of school children.

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And continues to fascinate us because of the sheer horror and brutality of the crime.

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Recent national media coverage is once again challenging Lizzie Borden's innocence.

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And Sightings has launched a unique investigation to search for the truth behind the murder.

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But first, who was Lizzie Borden?

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Lizzie Andrew Borden was born and raised in Fall River, Massachusetts,

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the youngest child of an extremely wealthy family.

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Unmarried at age 32, Lizzie still lived with her parents at the time of their brutal murder.

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There were between 19 and 23 axe blows put into the stepmother's head and 11 into the father's head.

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This is a pretty savage killing.

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Although a great deal of evidence pointed to Lizzie Borden as the murderer,

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she was found not guilty of the crime.

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But to this day, 100 years after the murders,

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most people believe Lizzie Borden was guilty of butchering her parents in cold blood

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and that her stepmother was her first victim.

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Those blows were continually delivered and she must have enjoyed it.

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And she was the first victim.

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Those blows were continually delivered and she must have enjoyed it.

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She obliterated the woman.

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She took her face off the planet.

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What would lead someone to commit such a brutal, bloody crime?

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Leading historian Jules Reikabusch believes that there were dark secrets behind the closed doors of the Borden mansion.

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We can talk about all the motives that existed, the confinement in the house,

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the possibility of abuse as a child, possibility of incest.

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There are many, many theories.

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We know that she avoided the company of men, both young and old.

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She had difficulty with all forms of relationships since early childhood.

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This is certainly consistent with being an incest victim.

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And most strikingly, we know that the house had a morbid and brooding air of secrecy about it.

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There were multiple locks on the interior bedroom doors.

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The outside doors were triple locked.

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This is all very unusual for a Victorian home at that time,

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all of which suggested to me the possibility of some abuse.

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Lizzie was a virtual prisoner locked inside the suffocating atmosphere of a Victorian household.

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Reikabusch believes that on the morning of the murders, Lizzie's stepmother made one fatal mistake.

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It was a hot day. Lizzie left the door open to her bedroom.

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The stepmother never came up the front stairs.

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Lizzie was caught at a moment of embarrassment

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that combined with years of anger, hatred, resentment, confinement, torment,

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finally let her explode and she exploded.

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Took the hatchet and took her out.

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At 9.30 a.m., Mrs. Borden was murdered.

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At 11 a.m., Mr. Borden returned home where the same gruesome fate awaited him.

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Strangely, these brutal murders went undiscovered for several hours.

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No one claimed to have heard a sound.

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I think it's unlikely that anybody in the house could have stayed there and not heard the noise of that kind of a killing.

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The human head has made a bone.

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It's very heavy and very hard and you start smashing a human head on a wooden floor.

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It's going to sound something like somebody dribbling a bowling ball.

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Lizzie was brought to trial.

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In 1892, police investigation techniques were crude.

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Fingerprinting hadn't been adopted yet.

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Without physical evidence or eyewitnesses, Lizzie Borden could not be linked directly to the crime.

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In addition, she hired a former governor of Massachusetts to defend her and paid him $25,000 of fortune in 1892.

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Her defense lawyer, who was a former governor of Massachusetts, George D. Robinson,

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had appointed one of the three judges who sat on the case.

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And that's the judge who gave the charge to the jury to acquit her.

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The jury deliberated for less than an hour before returning a verdict of not guilty.

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Townspeople were outraged and brought charges that important, damning information had been suppressed.

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A pharmacist who refused to sell Lizzie a package of poison the day before the murders was never called to the witness stand.

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I think if she were prosecuted for it today and the pharmacist's evidence came in,

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that would have been sufficient, would be sufficient. I think she'd be convicted today.

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The grisly Borden murders put Fall River on the map, but people here were eager to suppress the town's dubious distinction.

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My mother-in-law was a character witness for Lizzie at the trial.

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Lizzie Borden was mentioned only once when I was in her presence.

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She looked me straight in the eye. Lizzie Borden was tried and she was acquitted.

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Now, you know perfectly well, we don't talk about that anymore.

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But the legend has refused to die, so we ask Psychic Dale Shear and forensic scientist Dr. James Starrs to bring their considerable talents to Fall River for this investigation.

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They're two experts with very different ideas about what happened here a century ago.

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Shear has worked with law enforcement agencies worldwide as a psychic detective.

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Starrs, a professor of forensic science at George Washington University, is one of a growing number of graveyard detectives using a controversial new radar probe that can record images inside graves.

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Dr. Starrs hopes his probe of the Borden graves will provide enough new information to convince authorities to exhume the bodies.

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Centerpiece of the prosecution's case was that the deaths were separated by an hour and a half or more.

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That would therefore remove the possibility of any stranger having been on the premises, killed one, and then lingered waiting for the other one to come on the scene.

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But the method of determining the time of death that they used was complete scientific balder dash.

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Shear tries to pick up psychic images from personal objects.

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At the Fall River Historical Museum, we ask her to touch the victim's hair.

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The energy around this hair is incredible. I'm going to try to draw visual pictures of what I see in the past.

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There is a woman on a bed. She looks up. She sees someone. Oh my God, over her she sees somebody. It's a woman. She sees an ax coming at her.

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This man was not sleeping. He was knocked unconscious with the ax. Oh my God, she comes in. She comes in and she's going to kill him. She hates him.

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It's often been said that Andrew Borden was killed while sleeping. Well, suppose we look at his body and we find that he got defense wounds in his arms,

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indicating that he threw his arms up to protect himself. Then he wasn't sleeping, was he?

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There's no death on this hatchet. There is death, but it's more like chicken, birds. It's not people.

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I've looked at the hatchet that the prosecution introduced at the trial as being the murder weapon, and that murder weapon, in my view,

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would not have been sufficient to inflict the wounds and the skulls of her parents that were testified to at the trial.

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If this hatchet is not the weapon used to butcher Lizzie's parents, then what did shatter their skulls?

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Sheer believes that the real murder weapon is still hidden in the Borden home, but the present owner of the home refuses to allow anyone inside.

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There's something hidden still in this attic. There is some murder weapon. There is something else used other than what has ever been found.

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We did talk to Ed Thebo, lifelong resident and local historian, who had been allowed to search inside the attic on a rare visit to the Borden home 10 years ago.

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Had I been alone, I never would have stayed more than two seconds, but someone was with me. I think I did stay about a minute and a half,

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but I just didn't want to be there alone. There was something airy about it. Something gave me a funny feeling.

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With this sightings investigation, both Dale Sheer and James Starrs raise profound new questions about the Borden murders.

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They are both convinced that the real murder weapon has not been found yet and may still be hidden in the home at 92 Second Street.

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Until it's found, the legend of Lizzie Borden remains just that. A legend.

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I think the evidence really points to Lizzie.

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I'm satisfied that she did it.

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As a scientific matter, I've long been a believer that she was not guilty and the jury was correct in acquitting her.

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But I'd like to see some hard scientific evidence to back that up and I think we can get it right here.

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I'm convinced Lizzie Borden did it.

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It was Lizzie Borden who killed her mother and father.

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Whether she did or she didn't, the murder of Lizzie Borden's parents set her free.

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Soon after the acquittal, Lizzie inherited her father's considerable fortune.

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She bought this mansion in Fall River and lived here for the next 35 years until her death in 1927.

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She was laid to rest alongside Andrew and Abby Borden, the parents whose murder remains unsolved to this day.

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Coming up, a satanic deliverance leaves a woman maimed.

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She began to punch, to kick, to bite.

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Was it the exorcist or the demon himself?

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The exorcist was one of the most disturbing films ever to come out of Hollywood.

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The story of an innocent young girl transformed by demonic possession set a standard for fictional horror.

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But for some, the real-life exorcisms going on today at one Chicago church are more disturbing than any movie.

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The rite of exorcism has been part of the Catholic Church for nearly 2,000 years.

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But it is not strictly a Catholic practice.

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Other faiths also perform exorcism and call it by a different name, deliverance.

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Last year alone, more than 10,000 deliverances were performed throughout the United States.

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I think one of the most interesting phenomenon we see in this whole area today is that of demonic possession.

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Some people will say it can't happen, but all you need to do is be present when there has been one and you'll never deny it again.

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I felt they were going to kill me. I felt they were going to finish me off.

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And at that time I just said, Lord, it's in your hands.

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You are unclean and she is been cleansed by the blood of Jesus.

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You are awesome! Look at me.

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The pastor started praying for me and he was using the name of Jesus.

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I thought, you have no power in Jesus.

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In his eyes.

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Sometimes when I lay down at night I'd see these really scary faces when I'd chuck my eyes and be looking right at me.

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These ghostly faces with things and like blood on the teeth looking at me.

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Julie Gibson didn't understand why she had so much rage and anger inside her.

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She tried traditional counseling without success.

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And finally, on the brink of suicide, she brought her problems to her pastor, Jim Herless.

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He performed a deliverance that lasted several hours.

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Herless was attempting to free Julie from what he believed were powerful demons.

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Here we see exclusive footage of part of Julie's deliverance,

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which she claims freed her from demonic possession and changed her life.

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Shut up.

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Look at me.

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Look at me.

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Look at me.

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In the name of Jesus. Stop this.

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I command you.

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I like that.

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Father, let your light shine forth in Jesus' holy name.

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Father, I lose your power.

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At his Fox River Christianity Center, Jim Herless is assisted during each deliverance by members of his growing congregation.

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But not all deliverances have been as successful as Julie Gibson's.

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In August of 1992, his church in Fox Lake, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, came under fire

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because self-proclaimed minister Jim Herless performed one deliverance he admits got out of control.

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In this specific incident that I was involved in recently, I did not recognize my limitations soon enough.

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And as I became more tired, this demonic force became stronger in this woman.

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On the night of August 14, 1992, after four days of fasting and prayer,

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a distraught church member, Sandy Mays, turned to Jim Herless.

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He concluded that Sandy was the victim of a demonic possession and a deliverance was called for.

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At this point, I was laying on the floor and I heard somebody say,

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the enemy's coming.

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I felt like God was speaking to me, you're not going to get hurt, just do what I tell you.

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I felt something or somebody grab my arm and tie it.

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It took over her mind. She tried to hurt me. She began to punch, to kick, to bite.

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And at the time, my main concern was for her safety.

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I heard the pounding. I reached up and I felt the nail on the floor. They had nailed me to a floor.

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I was not ready for the strength and the trickery of the demonic forces that I was confronted with.

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My chest was in severe pain. I thought, am I having a heart attack?

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In a panic, Herless and his assistants left Sandy alone in the house,

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24 hours passed before she could break free and escape wearing only her underwear.

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According to the initial officers around the scene there, she was an incoherent state, extremely emotional.

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She was claiming to be the Antichrist.

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I was running up the street. I seen a car coming and I was scared.

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I didn't want anybody to see me running down the road.

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The next thing I know, the police are there. They're looking at me and they're saying, what happened to you?

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I said, I got beat up by demons.

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Sandy was taken to a mental hospital for observation. Doctors discovered extensive bruises and contusions,

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but Sandy insisted no person had hurt her and refused to press charges.

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At the time, Mike, you know, I felt we were beaten up on the devil's head and he got mad and he sent in reinforcements and he decided to beat up on me.

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At one point towards the end of this deliverance, I basically gave up.

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I had by that time gotten some advice from another minister who explained to me that I could just quit and so I did.

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And we put it into God's hands.

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Something horrible had happened to Sandy that night, but who or what had caused her injuries remains a mystery.

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A lot of times, the people who are involved in these deliverances come from a childhood where they've been abused or in a family situation now where they're being abused

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or are afraid of being the abuser. And it's kind of ironic and sad that they often become the one who is abused in these deliverances themselves.

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Although Sandy appears to have been the victim of real physical abuse, some church officials believe that bodily injury can sometimes be caused by the devil.

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Can a devil inhabit a person? The answer is yes. They can take over the operation of the body of a person for a time period and while that's going on, the person really doesn't know anything that's happening.

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But could Satan actually be responsible for Sandy's battered body?

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There are also what they call psychic phenomena where, and this would be caused by the demons where actually as a person is there they will begin to see spots or bruises come on with absolutely nothing seeming to happen.

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And I have a sneaking suspicion that we've got some people performing deliverance ministries or perhaps calling them exorcisms such that are concerned not so much for the well-being of the individual who's come to them but for their own personal gain.

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Then there's no reason to suspect that the devil wouldn't be able to infect with evil purposes even somebody who thinks they're trying to do good.

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I don't think that the point can be made strongly enough as to how dangerous these situations are.

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People who go to be delivered are trains running out of control and are putting themselves in the hands of people who are themselves for the most part out of control.

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But the actual deliverance itself could in fact put them over the edge.

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The bottom line is that anything bad that has ever happened in anyone's life is directly or indirectly related to Satan.

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I cannot testify to the fact that anyone touched me because I have no recollection of it.

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I felt no blows, I felt no black eyes, I felt no beating.

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And I believe that it was a supernatural thing that took place and God protected me.

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Despite Sandy's claims to the contrary, there are many people who believe Sandy was the victim of physical abuse.

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Not at the hands of the devil, but at the hands of someone within the church she knew and trusted.

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Although no formal charges have been made, the Illinois State Attorney General's office continues to investigate the unusual circumstances around Sandy's deliverance.

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But there is no investigation capable of proving whether the forces of evil are so great that people can be physically transformed.

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Psychologists suggest that fear of the devil can be so strong that some people will endure severe abuse in order to be freed from what they believe is demonic possession.

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In their hysteria, they may be unaware of who or what is hurting them.

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For this reason, we may never really know what happened to Sandy Mays during her exorcism.

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Coming up in a special sightings report, NASA's search for extraterrestrial life officially begins.

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What are they really looking for and what do they expect to find?

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NASA has just been granted $100 million for a new special project.

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Over the next 10 years, $10 million a year will be spent to support CETI, S-E-T-I,

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a NASA organization whose sole aim is to search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

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Since its inception in 1978, NASA's CETI program has come under considerable fire from people who believe the government is wasting money searching for a real-life E-T.

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But in the last few years, enthusiastic support for the program has come from distinguished scientists like Carl Sagan, Linus Pauling and Stephen Hawking.

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They join an increasing number of scientists who believe there is intelligent life beyond Earth.

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For at least 2,000 years, people have been speculating about life in space. That's an old idea.

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But it's really only in the last half of this century that we finally got the technology to really look for life in space.

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The centerpiece of the CETI program is the Aracibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico.

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It is the most powerful radio telescope in the world, with the effective power of 20 trillion watts.

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Then on October 12, 1992, astronomers in Aracibo will use the telescope to listen for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence.

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Nobody knows when success is going to occur. You just got to be in there for the long haul. It's a bit like building a cathedral.

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You may not see it completed in your own lifetime, but it's a worthy project.

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Sightings will travel to Puerto Rico and record the historic moment when the Aracibo telescope is turned on, and CETI's search begins.

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If you've recorded what you believe to be a UFO, or if you've had an encounter with a paranormal, our sightings investigative team wants to know.

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To report your sighting, call 1900 740 Sight. That's 1900 740 S-I-T-E.

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Each call 75 cents a minute. Average call lasts 2 minutes, and you must be 18 years or older.

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Again, to report your paranormal experiences, call the sightings hotline at 1900 740 7483.

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On the next sightings, in 1965 an unidentified flying object crashed in this Pennsylvania town. Many still claim it was an alien spacecraft.

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There is documentation that proves once and for all UFOs are real.

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On the next sightings.

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Join us next time for new investigations into the unexplained. For Sightings, I'm Tim White. Good night.

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Coming up next, Fox's Friday Night Search Party continues with an all-new episode of Likely Suspects.

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And tomorrow, check out the new comedy that critics are calling wildly funny.

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In the tradition of in living color comes The Edge. Tomorrow night.