Terror in Litchfield

Pat was a small-framed woman who enjoyed the simple things in life. She spent most of her days as a housewife caring for her daughter and husband.

While in her mid-fifties, Pat was hanging laundry up to dry in her back yard when she was suddenly thrown down by an unseen attacker and raped. Pat was able to walk to her neighbor's house after the attack. The police arrived shortly after and took a report. Pat was unable to give any description of her attacker, as she was not able to look at him while being attacked.

A few weeks after this attack, terrifying unexplained events began at occur to and around Pat. While sitting at breakfast one day, a coffee cup lifted up on its own and slowly spun through the air. While spinning in front of Pat and her daughter, nothing was spilled from the cup. After about thirty seconds, the cup flew quickly across the room and smashed against the wall. Pat knew from that point on that something had entered her life from the demonic realm.

Over the course of a few weeks, Pat's husband and daughter began to witness the pheneomena. Levitations of large pieces of furniture, foul odors, and a drastic change in Pat's demeanor and behavior were deeply troubling to the family. Pat was experiencing periods where she would blackout and have no memory of what occurred for hours. During these episodes, her family would be witness to foreign voices emitting from and around Pat's body. The tiny woman would develop amazing strength beyond that which her body could naturally generate.

During these episodes, Pat would writhe and twist on the floor like a snake, and attack her daughter physically. It was clear to the family members that something beyond medicine and the mind was happening. John Zaffis was brought in after being contacted by the family in an attempt to shed light on the terrifying events that had occurred over the past several weeks. John was able to document, along with other researchers, evidence of a diabolical force at work not only in the home, but also through Pat herself. John worked diligently to rule out all possible psychological and medical explanations for what was occurring with Pat. What resulted was one of the lengthiest and most intense cases John has ever been involved with.

The investigation of Pat's case was lengthy and resulted in 15 exorcisms being performed over her over a 4 year period. The length and intensity of the case were among the most extreme John has ever been involved in. Pat was freed of the demons which plagued her for so long at the last exorcism. Though Pat described the feeling that it was still around her at times, it never manipulated or invaded her as it did in the past.

Written by Brendan Keenan