S1•E11: Demon III: Hysteria, 1560

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A fifteen-year-old girl in Vervins, France is lured to her garden one night by the apparition of her grandfather. Or so it seems. After being witnessed doing the impossible under the demonic seduction of a dark entity, Nicola finds herself, quite literally, dancing with the devil.

A tale spun with the barest of liberties from Augustine Calmet's records as detailed in The Phantom World, it explores the final perspective to this phenomenon: the general public’s understanding and reaction to demonic possession.

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