VIDEO: Most Unsettling Audio Recordings

As disturbing as visuals can be, sometimes it’s ten times more terrifying just hearing strange things – like possessions or even the first recording of human voice!

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This video is a compilation of such creepy, chilling sounds. Quick disclaimer – they will probably keep you up at night!

The most frightening by far is the exorcism of Anneliese Michel – the most fascinating and discussed case of demonic possession in history. Everyone’s favorite horror movie – “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” – was actually inspired by it.

According to Wikipedia, in June 1970, Michel suffered a third seizure at the psychiatric hospital where she had been staying. She was prescribed anti-convulsion drugs for the first time, including Dilantin, which did not alleviate the problem. She began describing seeing “devil faces” at various times of the day.

That same month, she was prescribed another drug, Aolept, which is similar to chlorpromazine and is used in the treatment of various psychoses including schizophrenia, disturbed behavior and delusions. By 1973, she suffered from depression and began hallucinating while praying, and complained about hearing voices telling her that she was “damned” and would “rot in hell”.

Michel’s treatment in a psychiatric hospital did not improve her health and her depression worsened. Long term treatment did not help either, and she grew increasingly frustrated with the medical intervention. Being a devout Catholic, she began to attribute it to demonic possession. Michel became intolerant of sacred places and objects, such as the crucifix.

Michel went to San Damiano with a family friend who regularly organized such pilgrimages to places not officially recognized by the church. Her escort concluded that she was suffering from demonic possession because she was unable to walk past a crucifix and refused to drink the water of a holy spring.

Both she and her family became convinced and consulted several priests, asking for an exorcism. The priests declined, recommended the continuation of medical treatment, and informed the family that exorcisms required the bishop’s permission.

In the Catholic Church, official approval for an exorcism is given when the person strictly meets the set criteria, then they are considered to be suffering from possession and under demonic control. Intense dislike for religious objects and “supernatural powers” are some of the first indications. Michel worsened physically and displayed aggression, self-injury, drank her own urine and ate insects.

In November 1973, Michel started her treatment with Tegretol, an anti-seizure drug and mood stabilizer. She was prescribed anti-psychotic drugs during the course of the religious rites and took them frequently until some time before her death.

The priest Ernst Alt, whom they met, on seeing her declared that “she didn’t look like an epileptic” and that he did not see her having seizures. Alt believed she was suffering from demonic possession and urged the local bishop to allow an exorcism. In a letter to Alt in 1975, Michel wrote, “I am nothing, everything about me is vanity, what should I do, I have to improve, you pray for me”.