If you've heard of Pazuzu at all, it's because you paid attention while watching The Exorcist. Pazuzu was the demon that possessed young Regan in the film. However, this fascinating character has a long history that goes back several...

Among the most picturesque treasures of Romania are the Painted Monasteries of Bucovina (in northeastern Romania). Their painted exterior walls are decorated with elaborate 15th and 16th century frescoes featuring portraits of saints and...

Mythology & Fiction Explained explores the seven demon princes of hell using the classification of demons by Peter Binsfeld whch is based on the seven deadly sins

Mythology & Fiction Explained explores the folklore and numerous legends surrounding the Jinn and how they've changed over the years

Perhaps the most famous and stunning of the painted monasteries is Voronet (Vo ro nets), founded in 1487 by Stephen the Great to celebrate a victory over the Turks. Widely known throughout Europe as "the Sistine Chapel of the East" due...

Mythology & Fiction Explained explores the stories behind the demonic figure Lilith but was she really a demon or just the first woman?

In this episode we examine the topic: The History of Demons

THE leader of one of America's most prominent devil-worshipping churches says he turned to Satan to help him cope with the guilt of killing a man in self-defence. Adam Daniels, 35, is the "dastur" - or high priest - of the Church of...

The ancients blamed all sorts of medical problems on demons: headaches? stomach pain? eye infection? They would say a demon caused it. But why associated demons with medicine?

The ‘70s were a big decade for Lucifer. The Exorcist came out in late ‘73, Anton LaVey was really feeling himself with the growing popularity of his Church of Satan, and his book, The Satanic Bible, was really hitting its stride. This...

The monastery was built in around 1739 from local sandstone but only thirty three years later it was burned to the ground, It was rebuilt but it never regained anything like its former glory. Another fire in 1822 destroyed the roof and...

In this episode we examine the topic: Is Miyazaki Inspired By Shinto?

More and more people are requesting exorcisms from Catholic priests in the U.S. according to a recent article in The Atlantic. What gives? Is this phenomenon actually happening? And if so, why? Andrew and Dr. Jason-Josephson-Storm team...

International Kids Film Festival (2019)

TBIFF (2019) [Winner - Best direc
tion]
Katalyst Film Event (2019) [Officially

selected]

This video tells the story of Gautama Siddhartha Buddha

in verse...

When news broke of the abuse allegations at St Michael's College School, the impact went well beyond the Toronto private school. It sparked memories for former NHLer Daniel Carcillo.

Margaret Evans travels to Berlin, where she investigates how Germany now grapples with its dark past

A 14-year-old boy says a camp worker at the Redberry Bible Camp in Saskatchewan performed what he called an exorcism on another teenager who showed signs of having a seizure. The ordeal has parents and former campers looking for action,...

A Fredericton jury took 25 hours before reaching the verdict of not criminally responsible for Mathew Raymond, a man who admitted to killing four people in 2018, two of them police officers.

It's a groovy time until your friends turn into demons and want you to join them. Young performers at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People are embracing the campiness of a cult classic with their production of Evil Dead the Musical.

Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.

Magic lantern slides, animated to create an illusion of motion.

Magic lantern slides, animated to create an illusion of motion.

Magic lantern slides, animated to create an illusion of motion.

Zoetrope animated to create an illusion of motion.