'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It' (2021)

About this episode

The episode discusses the film 'The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It' and the real-life events surrounding the murder of Alan Bono in 1981, questioning the portrayal of the Warrens.

Here we are again. The Warrens - this time back on US soil after virtually zero involvement in Enfield - become major instigators, rather than investigators, in the explanation for the brutal murder of Alan Bono in 1981. Again, this film retelling is determined to showcase the brilliant work the Warrens did and the help they offered to poor suffering souls in need of demonic liberation, but again again, when we remove the testimony of these two (insert synonym of choice for 'charlatans'), what are we left with? Even after a Netflix documentary containing interviews from the people affected was released in 2023, there is still more to uncover in what is undoubtedly the least scary film of the franchise so far. Did Ed Warren have a heart attack? What actually happened in court? And who on earth wants a second hand waterbed?! Join us to find out on That's Not How It Went Down! Subscribe now for further listening: https://tnhiwd.supercast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Lewis Howard, Elliot Fitzpatrick

Topics covered

• The Conjuring
• Warrens
• demonic liberation
• court case
• horror film
• 1981 murder

Keywords

• The Conjuring
• Warrens
• Alan Bono
• demonic possession
• horror movie
• court trial
• Netflix documentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Netflix

Books & works: The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, That's Not How It Went Down

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