{"podcast":{"title":"AFTER DARK | True Scary, Paranormal, Ghost, Supernatural & Mysterious Stories","slug":"after-dark-true-scary-paranormal-ghost-supernatural-mysterious-stories-7209219","podcast_index_feed_id":7209219,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/67a4a3c39c6f7f7f2876d90f","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/after-dark","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/67a4a3c39c6f7f7f2876d90f/1778179373911-7d0ed19f-b6ae-4033-9101-d2f6491763a8.jpeg","author":"Sarah Powell","episode_count":115,"summary":"The Whispering Woods: After Dark was formerly known as Obscurata . It is still the place for the darker stories. The unsolved cases, strange disappearances, true crime, occult history, paranormal reports and unexplained events that don’t quite fit anywhere else. Each episode looks at the stories that linger after the lights go out. Some are rooted in crime. Some in folklore. Some in witness accounts, old reports, rumours, fear and the things people have never been able to fully explain. Different name. Same dark corners. Brought to you by the creators of The Whispering Woods . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/after-dark-true-scary-paranormal-ghost-supernatural-mysterious-stories-7209219"},"episode":{"title":"AFTER DARK | The Loudon Possessions : True Case of Demonic Possession","slug":"after-dark-the-loudon-possessions-true-case-of-demonic-possession","published_at":"2026-05-09T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/after-dark-true-scary-paranormal-ghost-supernatural-mysterious-stories-7209219/after-dark-the-loudon-possessions-true-case-of-demonic-possession","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/after-dark-true-scary-paranormal-ghost-supernatural-mysterious-stories-7209219","url":"https://bio.link/twwp","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/67a4a3c39c6f7f7f2876d90f/e/69e7d7a0abe143da5b6d8659/media.mp3","summary":"France, 1634. In the walled town of Loudun, a group of nuns began to scream, convulse, and claim they were tormented by unseen forces. They said demons spoke through them, twisted their bodies, and named the man responsible. What followed was not just an exorcism, but a public spectacle of fear, obsession, and vengeance that would end in fire. Because in Loudun, the question was never simply whether the devil had arrived. It was who stood to gain from everyone believing he had. The BOOK BY US A COFFEE Subscribe to our PATREON EMAIL us your stories Join us on INSTAGRAM Join us on TWITTER Join us on FACEBOOK Visit our WEBSITE Research: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudun_possessions https://demonology.en-academic.com/357/Loudun_Possessions Sarah xx \"Spacial Winds,\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licenced under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SURVEY https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/mDi5IVFf Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"France, 1634. In the walled town of Loudun, a group of nuns began to scream, convulse, and claim they were tormented by unseen forces. They said demons sp…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1602,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/after-dark-true-scary-paranormal-ghost-supernatural-mysterious-stories-7209219/episodes/after-dark-the-loudon-possessions-true-case-of-demonic-possession/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/after-dark-true-scary-paranormal-ghost-supernatural-mysterious-stories-7209219/after-dark-the-loudon-possessions-true-case-of-demonic-possession.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}