In 1794, a Virginia family began experiencing supernatural manifestations that did not cease until they summoned Catholic priests to help. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli ask whether it really happened, what could explain the manifestations, whether it was ghosts or demons or both or neither.
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Links for this episode:
- Fr. Joseph Finotti’s 1879 book The Mystery of the Wizard Clip
- 1873 Life of Demetrius Augustine Gallitzin
- 1868 Memoir on the Life and Character of Gallitzin
- 1904 article in W. Virginia Historical Magazine Quarterly
- Wizard Clip
- Fr. Demetrius Gallitzin (1)
- Fr. Demetrius Gallitzin (2)
- Official site for Fr. Gallitzin’s canonization
- 1945 comic book story about Fr. Gallitzin
- American Catholic History on Fr. Gallitzin
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