Welcome back to The Horror Comedy Potcast, the only potcast where you can hear a witch try to scare a sceptic by telling him a true, scary story.

This week, Haley tells Jake the chilling tale of Julia, a High Priestess of Satan. Julia had a bad experience with religion as a child and fell into a Satanic cult as a teenager, where she fell in love with the cult's leader. She became enmeshed with the cult, and the more she opened herself up to the cult, the more powerful she became. In order to further serve Satan, she consented to being possessed by demons.

We explore the mystical abilities Julia seemed to gain from this possession, and we explore what happened when the cons started to outweigh the pros. Would Julia succumb to spiritual torment, or would she be able to break free? Where could she turn for help?

Enter Dr. Richard Gallagher, Yale-educated psychologist and founder of the International Association of Exorcists. We dive into his history and education and how he became a international pillar of exorcisms.

When Dr. Gallagher and Julia collide, we witness one of the most epic spiritual showdowns of good vs. evil, plus we dissect some unlikely parts of the story.

Send in your scary stories at [email protected]. The song in the intro is The Devil's Ball by Maurice Burkheart.

Source for this week was Dr. Gallagher's book, Demonic Foes: My Twenty-Five Years as a Psychiatrist Investigating Possessions, Diabolic Attacks, and the Paranormal.