About this episode

The episode explores the secret manuscript of the Anna Ecklund exorcism and its revelations.

The story of the exorcism of "Anna Ecklund" in Earling, Iowa, in 1928 as Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli recounted last time was only the beginning. Because there was an account of the exorcism contained in a secret manuscript that was kept private... and Jimmy has a copy. What does it reveal about the real-life Anna Ecklund and about this remarkable case?

People in this episode

Host: Jimmy Akin

Guest: Dom Bettinelli

Topics covered

• exorcism
• Anna Ecklund
• secret manuscript
• Iowa
• religion
• mystery

Keywords

• exorcism
• Anna Ecklund
• secret manuscript
• Jimmy Akin
• Dom Bettinelli
• 1928
• Earling Iowa
• religious history
• mystery

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Anna Ecklund

Places: Earling, Iowa

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