Our demon haunted world: Discovery, Catholic Church team for exorcism series
It’s been almost sixteen years since Carl Sagan published “The Demon-Haunted World - Science As A Candle In The Dark” and we have one of the popular science channels running not just a show, but a whole series on Exorcism. This is ridiculous and even painting it as historical documentary doesn’t get Discovery off the hook. Like SyFy who hosts “Ghosthunters” they are pissing off the very rational market share they are trying to appeal to just by airing this claptrap, and beyond that they forgetting that one of the most popular factual shows was Carl Sagan’s “Cosmos”.
Are they going to get Bobby Jindal to narrate?
Discovery Channel is teaming with the Vatican for an unprecedented new series hunting the deadliest catch of all: Demons.
The Exorcist Files will recreate stories of real-life hauntings and demonic possession, based on cases investigated by the Catholic Church. The project includes access into the Vatican’s case files, as well as interviews with the organization’s top exorcists — religious experts who are rarely seen on television.
“The Vatican is an extraordinarily hard place to get access to, but we explained we’re not going to try to tell people what to think,” says Discovery president and GM Clark Bunting.
Bunting says the investigators believe a demon can inhabit an inanimate object (like a home) or a person. The network executive says he was initially skeptical when first meeting the team but was won over after more than three hours of talks.