0:00:02 > 0:00:05This show contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.
0:00:05 > 0:00:10Meet Brynne, Tess and Savannah. Three outdoor-loving, all-American girls.
0:00:10 > 0:00:11I have a black belt in karate,
0:00:11 > 0:00:13I love horseback riding,
0:00:13 > 0:00:16I also love Doctor Who and Sherlock.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21I am a native Arizonian.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23I've lived here all my life. I love Arizona.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26I love music. I love to read.
0:00:26 > 0:00:30Now it's like, I need to decide - I'm off to college next semester.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34But there's more to these sweet girls than wholesome pursuits.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Get up and face me, get up and face me!
0:00:37 > 0:00:40- What is your name? - They're exorcists.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Get off me!
0:00:42 > 0:00:44The girls are being schooled in demon-slaying
0:00:44 > 0:00:47by Brynne's father, Reverend Bob Larson,
0:00:47 > 0:00:51a leading exorcist who's written widely on the supernatural.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53- I am the real Exorcist.- Yeah!
0:00:54 > 0:00:57They claim to have saved hundreds of Americans from the devil.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00I put it back on your head seven times greater.
0:01:00 > 0:01:01And now the girls are heading to a city
0:01:01 > 0:01:05they believe to be one of the most satanic in the world...
0:01:05 > 0:01:06London.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09The spells you're reading in the Harry Potter books,
0:01:09 > 0:01:14those aren't just something that are made up, those are actual spells.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15So you made that at school?
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Yeah.
0:01:17 > 0:01:18Look at me, witchcraft.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20NO!
0:01:20 > 0:01:24They're hoping to spark a revival of belief in exorcism.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25I ask God to torment you.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27May He smite you right now.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28HE ROARS
0:01:28 > 0:01:30But is their version of exorcism
0:01:30 > 0:01:33really a sacred religious ritual,
0:01:33 > 0:01:35or is it psychological theatre?
0:01:36 > 0:01:39Are these girls genuinely trying to help,
0:01:39 > 0:01:42or are they deluded attention seekers?
0:01:42 > 0:01:46And is London ready for the Teenage Exorcists?
0:01:46 > 0:01:48We're actually watching an exorcism.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50- No, I'm good, thank you. - No, well, have a good day.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53I present to you the three Teenage Exorcists.
0:02:05 > 0:02:09My interest in the Teenage Exorcists was sparked by a piece
0:02:09 > 0:02:13in a British tabloid, one of dozens of stories about them
0:02:13 > 0:02:14from across the world.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19But the reports only really scratched the surface
0:02:19 > 0:02:23and I knew I wanted to discover more about these three girls.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25Are they for real?
0:02:25 > 0:02:27What are they actually like?
0:02:27 > 0:02:30But first I needed to see an exorcism.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35So I set off for a public event the girls were hosting
0:02:35 > 0:02:37in downtown Pasadena, LA.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44# My delivery... #
0:02:44 > 0:02:47In accordance with their particular Christian beliefs,
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Rev Larson and the three Teenage Exorcists
0:02:50 > 0:02:53believe in the existence of the devil - Satan,
0:02:53 > 0:02:58an angel who rebelled against God and was cast out of heaven.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Satan reformed against God, his pride became incredibly inflamed
0:03:01 > 0:03:04and he thought he could be better than God.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08So, because of that, God cast him out of heaven
0:03:08 > 0:03:10and one third of the angels went with him
0:03:10 > 0:03:14and so that angel was Lucifer and he became Satan and the one third
0:03:14 > 0:03:18of the angels that were cast out of heaven with him became demons.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22Welcome to my daughter, Brynne, and her dear friends, Tess and Savannah.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25According to them, these demons,
0:03:25 > 0:03:29which have names like Jezebel or Abbadon, can attack or even possess
0:03:29 > 0:03:33people, taking root inside them and causing problems like depression
0:03:33 > 0:03:38or addiction or just stopping people from leading functional lives.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41A demon can't just come into anybody whenever it chooses to,
0:03:41 > 0:03:43God doesn't allow that.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46What happens is, when someone sins or does something
0:03:46 > 0:03:49or something's done to them that allows the demon
0:03:49 > 0:03:50to come into them
0:03:50 > 0:03:53that's called a legal right or the reason that it's there.
0:03:53 > 0:03:58Exorcism is supposedly the casting out of these demons.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02Hi, everyone. It's great to be here. We're really looking forward to
0:04:02 > 0:04:05meeting some of you and hopefully kicking some demon butt.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09We're going to go into battle against the forces of darkness tonight.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Exorcism has a long history.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Rev Larson believes that 2,000 years ago,
0:04:14 > 0:04:18Jesus told his disciples to go forth and cast out demons.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22One third of Jesus's ministry was exorcisms, which you don't
0:04:22 > 0:04:25really hear about in any other church.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27I want you to think about the worst thing
0:04:27 > 0:04:28that ever happened in your life.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32For some of you that means going back a long time,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35the incest, molestation,
0:04:35 > 0:04:38- violent beatings...- Apparently the first stage of an exorcism
0:04:38 > 0:04:41is to provoke the demons to come to the surface,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43what exorcists call manifesting.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Start that journey to face it tonight, to deal with it...
0:04:49 > 0:04:53..and if all you need is good counselling, get it,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56but if there's a demon attached to it...
0:04:56 > 0:04:58let's get that demon out.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02You guys get on your feet and get ready to help me out too, please.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03WOMAN SOBS
0:05:03 > 0:05:06I resist you by the blood of Christ, Satan.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08You can't have her!
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- I torment you.- IT'S HER!
0:05:13 > 0:05:15I torment you, I torment you!
0:05:16 > 0:05:19The exorcists believe that when a demon appears they must
0:05:19 > 0:05:24find out its name and what reason the demon has to inhabit its victim.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27Who are you?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- WHO ARE YOU? - Jezebel!
0:05:31 > 0:05:32Jezebel.
0:05:33 > 0:05:38This woman, Marilyn, believes she is possessed by a demon called Jezebel.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Look, Marilyn. OK, hang on to her.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Look, it's OK.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48Now what I need you to do, Marilyn, is get out of the way.
0:05:48 > 0:05:50I'm going to let the girls work with you,
0:05:50 > 0:05:53I'm going to let Brynne start this. OK?
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Get up, Jezebel, and face me,
0:05:58 > 0:06:00open your eyes and look at me.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02Get up before me, you spirit.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04- Find out how it got there. - How did you get there? Get up.
0:06:04 > 0:06:05How'd you get there?
0:06:05 > 0:06:09I take the sword and the spirit and I pierce you though.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11You must answer me.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- Answer me, spirit. - Blood sacrifice.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Blood sacrifice?
0:06:15 > 0:06:16What kind of blood sacrifice?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18- Answer me! - Child.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21- What?- Child. - Child sacrifice.
0:06:21 > 0:06:26Apparently the demon claims its reason for possessing Marilyn is a
0:06:26 > 0:06:31child sacrifice performed by one of her ancestors hundreds of years ago.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32Demons are entirely evil.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34They are violent, they are cruel,
0:06:34 > 0:06:37and there is nothing redeemable about them.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39There's nothing good in a demon.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41'Because they know we're going to kick them out.'
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- So we go, now. - We go.- Now.- Now.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47To...
0:06:47 > 0:06:48the...
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Get up fully. I want Jezebel.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52I want Jezebel.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54I have to say my special skill is probably
0:06:54 > 0:06:57the enforcer or the lead exorcist.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00I can take on those demons.
0:07:00 > 0:07:04Finally Brynne commands the demon to return to the pit of hell.
0:07:04 > 0:07:05Say the...
0:07:05 > 0:07:07- The.- Pit.- Pit!
0:07:07 > 0:07:09- All the way out.- Abbadon, come out.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Jezebel, you must come out.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14The whole exorcism was harrowing.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18The girls said they were provoking demons,
0:07:18 > 0:07:21but weren't they provoking Marilyn?
0:07:21 > 0:07:24I anoint you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27This event was free to attend,
0:07:27 > 0:07:31but Rev Larson has other ways of covering his costs.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36How many of you have my latest book, Demon Proofing Prayers?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38This book, which sells for 16,
0:07:38 > 0:07:41I'm going to make it available for just 10 tonight.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45The curse-breaking DVD, which is ten hours of training about
0:07:45 > 0:07:46how to break curses.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49This is a two-hour series called Victory over Satan...
0:07:49 > 0:07:5520 most dynamic exorcisms all on one DVD,
0:07:55 > 0:07:56these are 50 each,
0:07:56 > 0:07:59first come first serve. I'll let you have them two for one.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04Everybody here tonight who could share a gift of at least 100,
0:08:04 > 0:08:06I want you to have one of these special crosses.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08You need this cross, I'll guarantee you,
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Satan has one of these hanging in hell
0:08:10 > 0:08:13and he's warning every demon to run if he sees it.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18As I watched the girls deal with the flurry of transactions
0:08:18 > 0:08:22they reminded me of a magician's glamorous assistants.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24It made me wonder how three young girls
0:08:24 > 0:08:28who like horse riding and Sherlock Holmes got into all this.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33ROOSTER CROWS
0:08:35 > 0:08:37The Sonoran Desert in Arizona.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43It's cowboy country
0:08:43 > 0:08:45and home to the Teenage Exorcists.
0:08:47 > 0:08:50I've been one of those horse-crazy girls my whole life.
0:08:50 > 0:08:53So, did you teach the other girls or did they learn?
0:08:53 > 0:08:54I taught them.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Pretty much all of my friends at one point or another have been
0:08:57 > 0:09:01forced to ride with me. Some like it, some don't. They liked it.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06'As Rev Larson's daughter,
0:09:06 > 0:09:09'18-year-old Brynne has been around exorcism her whole life.'
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Ever since I can remember, Dad's been helping people
0:09:12 > 0:09:14through exorcism and deliverance.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17I always remember sitting there watching somebody
0:09:17 > 0:09:19getting a demon cast out of them.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Look at you! Hey!
0:09:22 > 0:09:25We were in Africa and we were at this church
0:09:25 > 0:09:27with about 3,000 people, and Dad had somebody up on stage
0:09:27 > 0:09:29and he was working with them and it was a young man
0:09:29 > 0:09:32who had a voodoo demon, and I'm sitting there in the audience
0:09:32 > 0:09:37about 13 years old, and Dad suddenly stops and turns and looks at me
0:09:37 > 0:09:39and says, "Brynne, come on up here.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42"Why don't you help me out and cast this thing out?"
0:09:42 > 0:09:46So, my first exorcism was on a stage in front of 3,000 people.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49It was very nerve-racking, but I did it.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54For the girls, Jesus is a constant presence in their lives.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56All righty then.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for these horses. We bind the spirits of
0:09:59 > 0:10:03fight, fear, anxiety, rebellion, spook, buck, veer...
0:10:03 > 0:10:05I ask you, God, to protect us on our ride today,
0:10:05 > 0:10:10keep us safe from all snakes, ATVers, bicyclists, pedestrians, horses...
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Just give us a nice, safe ride, Lord.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Please bless this ride and keep all of us safe,
0:10:15 > 0:10:17in Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Sisters Tess and Savannah Scherkenback have known
0:10:22 > 0:10:25the Larson family for going on eight years.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29They met whilst training for a very earthly form of combat...
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Start off, jab, cross, hook...
0:10:32 > 0:10:36..karate and, of course, they're all black belts.
0:10:36 > 0:10:37Ready?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39Belt up. Belt up.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Belt out.
0:10:41 > 0:10:42'The first time I met Brynne'
0:10:42 > 0:10:44we were actually in a karate class.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46We just really hit it off.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47Four, four...
0:10:47 > 0:10:49I don't know what happens but somehow you bond when you're
0:10:49 > 0:10:52punching one another and throwing knees.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53We were working out together...
0:10:54 > 0:10:56ALL: Hai-yah!
0:10:56 > 0:10:58..learning how to fight...
0:10:58 > 0:10:59and how to defend ourselves
0:10:59 > 0:11:01and defend others
0:11:01 > 0:11:05and that training actually came into our spiritual training later on
0:11:05 > 0:11:08because we have this warrior mentality.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09ALL: Hai-yah!
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Now we can defend ourselves physically,
0:11:11 > 0:11:15but we can also fight the spiritual battle that's being waged every day.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16ALL: Hai-yah!
0:11:16 > 0:11:21The girls' mentor, Rev Larson,
0:11:21 > 0:11:25works from a small office in his home town of Scottsdale.
0:11:25 > 0:11:29He claims to have conducted more than 15,000 exorcisms
0:11:29 > 0:11:32in a pretty colourful career.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35My trajectory was high-school athlete,
0:11:35 > 0:11:38rock'n'roll musician,
0:11:38 > 0:11:40university student...
0:11:40 > 0:11:44planning out a medical career, motivational speaker,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47writer, radio talk-show host...
0:11:47 > 0:11:49and along the way, demons.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53They just kept showing up...
0:11:54 > 0:11:57..wherever I went and it became inescapable.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04For almost 20 years, Rev Larson hosted his own radio show,
0:12:04 > 0:12:08railing against the influence of Satan in popular culture.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10He claims the fame put him in contact
0:12:10 > 0:12:12with some influential people.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Who have you got up there on the wall, Mr Larson?
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Um. This is Brynne in my arms, that's Barbara Bush...
0:12:20 > 0:12:22..George Snr,
0:12:22 > 0:12:23that's President Ford...
0:12:25 > 0:12:27..we celebrated Christmas with him that year.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31And that, of course, is...
0:12:31 > 0:12:33John Major and his wife. That's Mr Gorbachev.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38And so you Photoshopped yourself into all these pictures?
0:12:38 > 0:12:39THEY LAUGH
0:12:40 > 0:12:42How come you met Margaret Thatcher?
0:12:42 > 0:12:44She was just...
0:12:44 > 0:12:48one of my heroes, and a friend of mine arranged for us
0:12:48 > 0:12:50to have a private dinner...
0:12:50 > 0:12:53Just an incredible woman, I mean, just no-nonsense.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55Usually when people see these pictures
0:12:55 > 0:12:57they want to know which ones...
0:12:59 > 0:13:01..had an exorcism.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03THEY LAUGH
0:13:03 > 0:13:06OK, guys, let's go down and do a little training.
0:13:06 > 0:13:10Today, Rev Larson is holding one of his regular training sessions
0:13:10 > 0:13:12with the girls.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15'In terms of just being able to perform an exorcism, do they
0:13:15 > 0:13:17'essentially know what to do?'
0:13:17 > 0:13:21Yeah, they probably know 90% of everything...
0:13:21 > 0:13:23they would need to know and 90% more
0:13:23 > 0:13:26than any other priest or pastor that I know,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29but they still need to know some of the finer points,
0:13:29 > 0:13:32'particularly in the psychological realm, some of the'
0:13:32 > 0:13:34mind games that the demons play.
0:13:35 > 0:13:42Isn't there some danger in teaching teenage girls to battle evil?
0:13:42 > 0:13:46We think it's OK to train teenagers to...
0:13:46 > 0:13:48get drunk and have sex?
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Oh, but to do moral things for God?
0:13:51 > 0:13:54Oh, let's not train them to do that!
0:13:55 > 0:13:56# Amazing Grace
0:13:56 > 0:14:00# How sweet the sound... #
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Soon the girls will be putting their training to the test.
0:14:04 > 0:14:07They're planning to strike at the heart of England,
0:14:07 > 0:14:09and cast out our demons...
0:14:12 > 0:14:14..but first they need to hone their skills,
0:14:14 > 0:14:17to be taken out of their comfort zone.
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Welcome to Ukraine.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31This is Peshtrovensk, a Soviet-built mining town
0:14:31 > 0:14:35that's home to 30,000 people, most of them Christians.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39The town is host to one of a growing number
0:14:39 > 0:14:43of evangelical churches spreading across the region.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Hundreds of theological students from across Europe
0:14:46 > 0:14:49are gathering here at the New Generation church
0:14:49 > 0:14:51for a four-day Bible college.
0:14:52 > 0:14:57Rev Larson and the Teenage Exorcists are top of the bill.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Well, tonight we're going to be ministering
0:14:59 > 0:15:01and then having a seminar
0:15:01 > 0:15:04and we're going to have people up and Tess and Savannah and I
0:15:04 > 0:15:07are going to teach a little bit and then we're going to cast out demons.
0:15:07 > 0:15:08MUSIC PLAYS
0:15:09 > 0:15:12The three girls have never worked abroad together.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Although Brynne is well travelled,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Savannah has never even left North America before.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19And, of course, they don't speak the language.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23SHE SPEAKS UKRAINIAN SLOWLY
0:15:23 > 0:15:25"We are the Teenage Exorcists."
0:15:29 > 0:15:30THEY SING IN UKRAINIAN
0:15:30 > 0:15:35The hall is packed - there are 2,000 people expecting an exorcism.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38The girls have never addressed a crowd this big before.
0:15:41 > 0:15:42How will they fare?
0:15:43 > 0:15:45THEY SING IN UKRAINIAN
0:15:54 > 0:15:57They call themselves Freedom Fighters.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59TRANSLATOR SPEAKS IN UKRAINIAN
0:15:59 > 0:16:01They're here with me tonight...
0:16:01 > 0:16:03TRANSLATOR SPEAKS IN UKRAINIAN
0:16:03 > 0:16:06..to help you fight for your freedom.
0:16:06 > 0:16:08Welcome them.
0:16:08 > 0:16:09APPLAUSE
0:16:18 > 0:16:22I have a message to all the young men in this audience...
0:16:22 > 0:16:24LAUGHTER
0:16:24 > 0:16:26..just remember...
0:16:26 > 0:16:28I am the real Exorcist.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30APPLAUSE
0:16:33 > 0:16:37All three of them are black belts in karate.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39TRANSLATOR SPEAKS
0:16:39 > 0:16:40APPLAUSE
0:16:40 > 0:16:41Let me see that again.
0:16:44 > 0:16:45HE LAUGHS
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Give them a hand, would you!
0:16:47 > 0:16:50The sense of theatre certainly enchanted the crowd -
0:16:50 > 0:16:53it made me wonder whether creating this kind of
0:16:53 > 0:16:58heightened atmosphere is key to making exorcism work.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59If you hold back...
0:16:59 > 0:17:04when they start to stir up your curses, you won't get free...
0:17:04 > 0:17:06but if you let your demons come up,
0:17:06 > 0:17:08we'll kick them out...
0:17:08 > 0:17:09TRANSLATOR SPEAKS
0:17:09 > 0:17:12..in the name of Jesus, amen!
0:17:12 > 0:17:13CHEERING
0:17:16 > 0:17:19The judgment of God has come, to smite you with judgment...
0:17:19 > 0:17:20TRANSLATOR SPEAKS
0:17:21 > 0:17:23..with judgment.
0:17:28 > 0:17:30MOANING
0:17:30 > 0:17:34Whoever that is, bring them up here right now, quickly.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Quickly!
0:17:37 > 0:17:38WOMAN SQUEALS
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Calm down.
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Much like in Pasadena,
0:17:43 > 0:17:48Rev Larson finds the people he thinks are ripe for exorcism,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51and brings them on stage, where the girls identify the demons,
0:17:51 > 0:17:52and try to cast them out.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56He's violent, you've just got to focus on him
0:17:56 > 0:17:59for a moment, then we'll go to the others.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02I take the sword and the spirit and I smite you.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Get up and face me.
0:18:04 > 0:18:05MAN ROARS
0:18:05 > 0:18:06What is your name?
0:18:06 > 0:18:09TRANSLATOR SPEAKS
0:18:09 > 0:18:10What is your name?
0:18:10 > 0:18:12HE SHOUTS IN UKRAINIAN
0:18:12 > 0:18:16- Death.- Death? This demon is hanging on to a curse of death
0:18:16 > 0:18:17going back four generations.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22In order to cast out the demon, the girls believe they must
0:18:22 > 0:18:25make it manifest and pronounce its own doom -
0:18:25 > 0:18:27they think this returns it to hell.
0:18:28 > 0:18:31In the name of Jesus, I smite you.
0:18:31 > 0:18:32We smite you!
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Evil spirit, up for judgment now.
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Come all the way out, come all the way out,
0:18:40 > 0:18:43go to the pit, go to the pit now.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46Taking everything, leaving nothing and no-one behind,
0:18:46 > 0:18:51we pierce you, go to the pit now, all the way out, all the way out.
0:18:51 > 0:18:53We command you to leave.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54APPLAUSE AND CHEERING
0:18:56 > 0:18:57Alleluia!
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Now the girls have shown everyone how it's done,
0:19:02 > 0:19:06they invite the church elders to have a go at exorcism.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08THEY SHOUT IN UKRAINIAN
0:19:11 > 0:19:13It was chaos.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16I found it hard to tell who was supposedly being exorcised
0:19:16 > 0:19:18and who was just being yelled at.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Rev Larson told me that when the exorcists work with someone
0:19:23 > 0:19:26on a one-to-one basis they're first asked
0:19:26 > 0:19:29to fill out a psychiatric questionnaire.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32He says this alerts him to people with mental illness.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35He then advises them to seek professional counselling
0:19:35 > 0:19:38and to keep taking their medicine,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41but here, with dozens of exorcisms
0:19:41 > 0:19:43meant to be taking place at the same time and
0:19:43 > 0:19:49in multiple languages, it's very hard to see what safeguards are in place.
0:19:49 > 0:19:50WOMAN SCREAMS
0:19:55 > 0:19:57Thank you for coming.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03THEY LAUGH
0:20:03 > 0:20:06'Back in the sanctuary of the church dining room,
0:20:06 > 0:20:07'the girls were buzzing.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09'It felt like an after-show party.'
0:20:09 > 0:20:13I'm just standing there prying his eyeballs open...
0:20:13 > 0:20:14THEY LAUGH
0:20:14 > 0:20:16I'm like, "No!"
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Wasn't the whole performance just theatre?
0:20:19 > 0:20:23Honestly, I've never tried to do any showmanship at all.
0:20:23 > 0:20:26Ooh!
0:20:26 > 0:20:29'I'm just demonstrating the power of God.'
0:20:29 > 0:20:31We're not doing it to play up to the cameras.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34I've seen some amazing things in private with nobody there.
0:20:34 > 0:20:36- Is that amazing?- Whoa, cool!
0:20:36 > 0:20:38- That is...whoa!- That is cool.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41'It was so much more than I was ever expecting.'
0:20:41 > 0:20:44It's incredible to see youth on fire.
0:20:45 > 0:20:50I got to sign my first book. It was cool, but it was so humbling.
0:20:50 > 0:20:51Miss you. Good night.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54See you tomorrow.
0:21:07 > 0:21:08ALL: Hi, Dan!
0:21:08 > 0:21:11Two weeks later at the Larson home,
0:21:11 > 0:21:14it's a day of celebration for Brynne and Tess.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16They've won places at college
0:21:16 > 0:21:20and the two families are getting together to celebrate.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21Laura should sit down.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Voila!
0:21:23 > 0:21:27It's my chance to ask Brynne about her upbringing.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30It's OK. Come on in.
0:21:30 > 0:21:32Where do you go to school?
0:21:32 > 0:21:35I've been home-schooled my whole life actually, so,
0:21:35 > 0:21:38it's all happened in my room, studying away.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Why didn't you go to school?
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Well, for one thing travelling,
0:21:42 > 0:21:46with going over to 20 countries and stuff
0:21:46 > 0:21:48I don't really have time to go to school,
0:21:48 > 0:21:54but I'll sit at my desk over here and work on calculus and read
0:21:54 > 0:21:56all my books. This is so much better than
0:21:56 > 0:21:58going to a stinky old schoolroom.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01This has taken a beating. I've worked very hard at this table
0:22:01 > 0:22:02all hours of the night.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Did you learn creationism or did you learn evolution?
0:22:06 > 0:22:09We learned both actually, I learned all about evolution,
0:22:09 > 0:22:13I've read Origin of Species and then I learned all about creationism
0:22:13 > 0:22:17and also intelligent design. It's one of my favourite topics to
0:22:17 > 0:22:19talk about actually. I've learned a lot about those things.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21Which one's right?
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Um...
0:22:23 > 0:22:25I would say creationism is right.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29I mean, it's the only answer for all of the questions.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32Do you believe that the world was created in seven days?
0:22:32 > 0:22:35Yeah, the world was created in seven days and seeing exorcisms you've
0:22:35 > 0:22:38seen the power of words in the demon pronouncing its own doom
0:22:38 > 0:22:43and it has to go, and so God created the world by His words.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47He just said, "Let there be light," and there was light. It's pretty cool.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Being educated at home by Christian exorcists,
0:22:51 > 0:22:56did Brynne really have any choice but to follow their lead?
0:22:56 > 0:22:57Given the environment,
0:22:57 > 0:22:59you would think that we would have
0:22:59 > 0:23:00been grooming them at the table.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02"OK, now how do you define this,
0:23:02 > 0:23:04"what kind of demon is this?"
0:23:04 > 0:23:06But that really wasn't the approach,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09in fact, I was the opposite,
0:23:09 > 0:23:12'I didn't really keep her from
0:23:12 > 0:23:15'doing deliverances but I didn't encourage her.'
0:23:15 > 0:23:19'Then her friends Tess and Savannah just started getting this training'
0:23:19 > 0:23:23and she said, "Mom, can I please go along? I really want to learn."
0:23:23 > 0:23:25And, of course, I mean, I couldn't say no.
0:23:27 > 0:23:30'Brynne is heading to college this year, which isn't cheap...
0:23:31 > 0:23:35'..but demon-slaying has clearly been good to the Larsons.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37'If you want a one-to-one exorcism
0:23:37 > 0:23:39'the Reverend won't insist on payment,
0:23:39 > 0:23:44'but he will ask for a voluntary donation of a few hundred dollars.'
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Is there a lot of money to be made from exorcism?
0:23:47 > 0:23:48HE LAUGHS
0:23:51 > 0:23:52Money and motives,
0:23:52 > 0:23:57any time someone is in God's work it always comes up.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00You know, people will pay thousands of dollars
0:24:00 > 0:24:04to go to drug rehab or to pay psychiatrists, but
0:24:04 > 0:24:09there's this idea that spirituality used to be for free.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15The average megachurch pastor in America,
0:24:15 > 0:24:19it's not uncommon for them to make up to a million dollars a year.
0:24:21 > 0:24:22Well, I can assure you...
0:24:24 > 0:24:26..we are nowhere near that.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33'This is a family who lives by what they believe
0:24:33 > 0:24:36'and I think that the Teenage Exorcists...'
0:24:37 > 0:24:39are making a difference. Whether you believe in
0:24:39 > 0:24:40what they do or not...
0:24:42 > 0:24:46..they are committed and they stand by what they believe.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52Now the Teenage Exorcists will have those beliefs tested in a city
0:24:52 > 0:24:56they think of as one of the most spiritually corrupt in the world.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06London.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10It's the Teenage Exorcists' last foreign trip
0:25:10 > 0:25:13before they head off to college.
0:25:13 > 0:25:14All right, nice to see you.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Hello, Bob. How are you doing?
0:25:16 > 0:25:17How you feeling then?
0:25:17 > 0:25:20- IN BRITISH ACCENT:- I am absolutely shattered.
0:25:20 > 0:25:24- Is that your best English? - No, it's terrible!
0:25:24 > 0:25:27TANNOY: Please mind the gap between the train and the platform.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Woo!
0:25:30 > 0:25:33Oh, my gosh, this is so freaking awesome!
0:25:33 > 0:25:35The girls are planning to demonstrate
0:25:35 > 0:25:39the power of exorcism to the people of London at a special event.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45They have high hopes they can make a difference...
0:25:46 > 0:25:49..and to spread the word they've had flyers printed.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Aren't they fun? I really like them.
0:25:51 > 0:25:52Excuse me, would you like to come
0:25:52 > 0:25:54and see the exorcists cast out some demons?
0:25:54 > 0:25:56Oh, I think I would, thank you.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- Very lovely, lovely to meet you, cheerio.- Fascinating!
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Saturday we have planned a ministry.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05That's why we're here, really.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08To see the sights, get to know London, and get a feel of it.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Every single country has its specific kind of demon,
0:26:10 > 0:26:12so it'll be interesting to see what
0:26:12 > 0:26:14is the most prevalent here in London.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16I think I've heard Mr Larson say before
0:26:16 > 0:26:20- that London is a centre for witchcraft.- Witchcraft.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22What's going on with that?
0:26:23 > 0:26:27I think it's been centuries in the making, but I believe it all
0:26:27 > 0:26:31kind of came to a pinnacle or a peak with the Harry Potter books that
0:26:31 > 0:26:36have come out and the Harry Potter rage that swept across England.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38The spells that you're reading in the Harry Potter books,
0:26:38 > 0:26:41those aren't just something that are made up,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43those are actual spells, those are things
0:26:43 > 0:26:45that came from witchcraft books.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49Harry is using this magic for good, so here we have the dangerous idea
0:26:49 > 0:26:53that you can use this magic for good or bad when in reality
0:26:53 > 0:26:54all magic is bad because
0:26:54 > 0:26:56you're getting your power from Satan.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00Since announcing their visit to England,
0:27:00 > 0:27:03the girls have had requests for help from people all over the UK.
0:27:03 > 0:27:07One plea came from 30-year-old Emma,
0:27:07 > 0:27:09who heard about the girls on YouTube.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11I went to meet her at home in Salisbury.
0:27:13 > 0:27:16Emma lives with her partner and ten-year-old son,
0:27:16 > 0:27:18and works locally as a cleaner.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21DOOR BELL BUZZES
0:27:22 > 0:27:23As a practising Christian
0:27:23 > 0:27:27she's never had any experiences with demons.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31But she believes her life took an unexpected turn a few months ago
0:27:31 > 0:27:33after an encounter with a stranger.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38I was given some food to eat round a bloke's house...
0:27:40 > 0:27:43..and I was ill after I ate the pie.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46I ended up with burning pains in my legs and back.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51I had loud talking in my head, really loud talking,
0:27:51 > 0:27:53my skin smelt of rotten flesh...
0:27:53 > 0:27:55It smelt like I'd died, basically,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58and I had, like, blackbirds kept crossing my path all the time
0:27:58 > 0:27:59when I was walking into town.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02How do you know it wasn't just food poisoning?
0:28:03 > 0:28:06Because the bloke told me that he did black magic on me
0:28:06 > 0:28:09and that he learnt black magic in India.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Do you think this is a curse?
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Well, I think black magic's a curse, isn't it?
0:28:17 > 0:28:19- I dunno. - I'm out of my depth.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21What motivation do you think this guy had
0:28:21 > 0:28:25for doing black magic on a pie?
0:28:26 > 0:28:30I really don't know because it says that if you do black magic
0:28:30 > 0:28:34you go to hell anyway. Maybe it's that he didn't want to go to hell on
0:28:34 > 0:28:37his own, he wanted somebody with him, maybe. I don't know.
0:28:39 > 0:28:40I really don't know.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Did you believe in black magic before this experience?
0:28:43 > 0:28:47- No, I didn't.- Really?- I thought it was just all made up.
0:28:47 > 0:28:49A load of rubbish, really.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52- Yeah.- And what do you think now?
0:28:52 > 0:28:54Now, yeah, I totally believe in black magic.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01What do your friends and family think?
0:29:01 > 0:29:03My friends and family,
0:29:03 > 0:29:05oh, they all think that I've gone mad.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06None of them believe me.
0:29:06 > 0:29:09I'm 100% convinced that he's done black magic on me.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12I've been to my local church,
0:29:12 > 0:29:15but they don't seem to believe in black magic.
0:29:15 > 0:29:19So, they sort of said that black magic doesn't exist.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22So, in some ways the girls are your last hope.
0:29:22 > 0:29:25Yeah, I'm really hoping they can help.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27Otherwise I don't know what I'm going to do.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31Emma does seem genuinely troubled.
0:29:39 > 0:29:44Near the girls' hotel is the 1,000-year-old Waltham Abbey.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46A chance for a final bit of sightseeing.
0:29:49 > 0:29:51THEY GASP
0:29:51 > 0:29:52Oh, my gosh. Wow.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55- Beautiful church. - This is very beautiful.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59It's pretty far removed from the churches the girls are used to.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02Rev Larson holds his regular Sunday Bible meetings
0:30:02 > 0:30:05in the function room of a Scottsdale Travelodge.
0:30:07 > 0:30:09(This is so cool!)
0:30:12 > 0:30:15While Brynne was away from the other girls,
0:30:15 > 0:30:17I wanted to know more about her faith.
0:30:18 > 0:30:21'I went through a time when I was a young girl
0:30:21 > 0:30:22'where I questioned my faith.'
0:30:25 > 0:30:26I said, "Is this real?
0:30:26 > 0:30:29"Is this true? Is exorcism real?
0:30:29 > 0:30:30"I need to find out."
0:30:30 > 0:30:33And so I did an in-depth study.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36I read books from atheists, I read books from Christian apologists,
0:30:36 > 0:30:38I read the Bible and I really did my homework.
0:30:40 > 0:30:42I searched because I wanted to know the truth,
0:30:42 > 0:30:44because I knew the impact of this,
0:30:44 > 0:30:46that I had to make the right decision
0:30:46 > 0:30:48because it's heaven and hell, it's life and death.
0:30:48 > 0:30:50Why would a loving God create a world like this?
0:30:50 > 0:30:52Why is there pain and suffering in the world?
0:30:52 > 0:30:56All those questions I've struggled with and now I know the answer to.
0:30:56 > 0:30:59Why is there pain and suffering in the world?
0:30:59 > 0:31:02There's pain and suffering in the world because of Satan.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05Satan hates God and hates who we are because God loves us
0:31:05 > 0:31:09and created us and he's out to destroy us and God, and...
0:31:10 > 0:31:13It's a tough world we live in, but I see the triumph of good.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18Meanwhile, Tess and Savannah's eyes have been drawn
0:31:18 > 0:31:20to the old church ceiling, which is painted with
0:31:20 > 0:31:22the signs of the zodiac.
0:31:22 > 0:31:26- It's unusual for a church, isn't it? - Very unusual.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Not particularly Christian.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30Definitely not.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32'They knew that these signs were specifically
0:31:32 > 0:31:35'pagan relics yet they took them'
0:31:35 > 0:31:37and they reassigned "Christian" meanings
0:31:37 > 0:31:38to these pagan symbols.
0:31:38 > 0:31:44Over 50% of women in the UK consult those horoscopes before making
0:31:44 > 0:31:46any big decisions in life.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49It's witchcraft, it's evil, it's not of God,
0:31:49 > 0:31:51so we have to take a strong stance.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54We're not really here just to look at London,
0:31:54 > 0:31:56we're actually here to do some ministry.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00Our spiritual mentor - his name is Rev Bob Larson -
0:32:00 > 0:32:03he's the world's leading exorcist.
0:32:03 > 0:32:04- Ah, is he?- Yes.
0:32:04 > 0:32:05THEY LAUGH
0:32:05 > 0:32:08So we have this event going on, if you'd like to take a flyer
0:32:08 > 0:32:11and come and check it out. It's based here in London.
0:32:11 > 0:32:16I'd be bothered if they were my daughters!
0:32:16 > 0:32:17Being, uh...
0:32:17 > 0:32:20soaking up that sort of Christianity.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23I know in the States there's a lot of that sort of thing goes on,
0:32:23 > 0:32:27all mixed up with the occult and what have you.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29I better not show this to my wife!
0:32:29 > 0:32:30THEY LAUGH
0:32:31 > 0:32:34The girls have such a keen eye for the devil,
0:32:34 > 0:32:37to them even this old church bears the mark of Satan.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47Back in London, there's only two days to go
0:32:47 > 0:32:49until the girls' big event,
0:32:49 > 0:32:52and they've no idea if anyone is even going to show up.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55So they've decided to hit the streets of Stratford
0:32:55 > 0:32:58in east London and drum up some interest.
0:32:58 > 0:33:02Thing is, they've never actually done any street work before.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05This is a first for me, I don't quite know what to do,
0:33:05 > 0:33:07but I'm going to jump in there and go for it.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09Are you nervous?
0:33:09 > 0:33:13Actually, yes, I'm not much of salesperson, so...
0:33:13 > 0:33:15I don't know, we'll see how this goes.
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Would you like to come see an exorcism
0:33:17 > 0:33:18by the world's foremost exorcist?
0:33:18 > 0:33:21Hi, sir, would you be interested in looking at this? Teenage Exorcists.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Would you like to see...
0:33:23 > 0:33:25'Brynne normally leads from the front,
0:33:25 > 0:33:28'but today she doesn't seem to be having much luck.
0:33:28 > 0:33:31'At this rate there may be no-one at the event to exorcise.'
0:33:32 > 0:33:35I have a new respect for people who do this.
0:33:35 > 0:33:37I'm going to treat them very differently from now on.
0:33:37 > 0:33:38Come see us.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42'Luckily, Rev Larson is here to show them how it's done.'
0:33:44 > 0:33:46HE LAUGHS
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Is this a bit of a challenge for the girls?
0:33:48 > 0:33:52Because from what I've seen they're normally preaching to the converted.
0:33:52 > 0:33:53Yeah.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56'These people have a split second to make a decision'
0:33:56 > 0:33:59and it's a split-second decision to keep their demons
0:33:59 > 0:34:01that they don't even know they have.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05'But while Brynne is struggling,
0:34:05 > 0:34:08'Savannah seems to be in her element.'
0:34:08 > 0:34:10As a Muslim we use the Koran for exorcism.
0:34:10 > 0:34:13Oh, so you believe in exorcism as well?
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Yeah, we do believe in exorcism.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18- In Arabic, they're called the jinn. - Wow, cool.
0:34:18 > 0:34:22I'm definitely a people person. I love talking to people.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25I love this, this is what I'm all about.
0:34:27 > 0:34:31Rev Larson has spotted that this guy, 17-year-old Joe,
0:34:31 > 0:34:34is sporting a necklace bearing a goat's head on a pentagram.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38Supposedly to bring you good luck, but when you do
0:34:38 > 0:34:43it like that it's a pentagram, which means the worship of Satan.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47- 'And there's worse to come.' - You absolutely need to be there.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49This guy's got a Ouija board.
0:34:49 > 0:34:50Is that bad news?
0:34:50 > 0:34:53Very bad news. He made it! That's worse news.
0:34:53 > 0:34:57'A Ouija board is a device for contacting spirits
0:34:57 > 0:34:59'and, to the girls, spirits are demons.'
0:35:01 > 0:35:05I'm going to put the cross on top and cancel it out.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11- Did not expect it. - Wasn't expecting that?- No.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17- I felt a little dizzy.- Huh? - I felt a little dizzy.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Have you been probed before like that?
0:35:19 > 0:35:22No, I'm not really that religious.
0:35:22 > 0:35:24How was that?
0:35:24 > 0:35:26Interesting.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28There's three young men over here who prayed
0:35:28 > 0:35:31to become Christians today and get rid of his Ouija board
0:35:31 > 0:35:35and take his devil-worshipping pentagram off his neck -
0:35:35 > 0:35:36that's worth the whole trip.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38Exorcists?
0:35:38 > 0:35:41We'd love to see you there on Saturday.
0:35:41 > 0:35:46In just a few days the girls have come across a pagan church ceiling,
0:35:46 > 0:35:50a demonic necklace, and teenagers dabbling with spirits.
0:35:52 > 0:35:56London is living up to their billing as a hotbed of Satanic influence.
0:35:59 > 0:36:00It's just a little store...
0:36:00 > 0:36:03The Spirit Of Isis - I just want to show you that's Jezebel
0:36:03 > 0:36:05in Egyptian culture.
0:36:05 > 0:36:08- It's the spirit of Isis. - The spirit of Jezebel.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10- Isis is Jezebel? - Yes.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13- And she's got her own shop on Waltham High Street.- Absolutely.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16- Isis is huge here. - "Teenage psychic development circle
0:36:16 > 0:36:17"for 13-19-year-olds."
0:36:17 > 0:36:21They have a class for kids to come and learn their psychic ability.
0:36:21 > 0:36:23There we've got an evening of clairvoyance.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27Oh, my gosh, automatic writing gives you demons right there,
0:36:27 > 0:36:29it's where the demons take over and write for you.
0:36:29 > 0:36:32Even the psychics, the paranormalists,
0:36:32 > 0:36:34all these people, they're even targeting the youth.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37That just makes our job even more important and more relevant.
0:36:40 > 0:36:44That evening I found Joe explaining his encounter with
0:36:44 > 0:36:47the exorcists to his girlfriend, Shannon.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Just having some random guy come up to you
0:36:50 > 0:36:55and saying that your necklace is cursed - I'd run a mile or two.
0:36:55 > 0:36:56I find him interesting.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02'Turns out both of them have had experiences with Ouija boards.'
0:37:02 > 0:37:05When I was younger my mum used to have, um, a friend
0:37:05 > 0:37:08who was, like, really into Ouija boards
0:37:08 > 0:37:10and, like, they would do it all the time
0:37:10 > 0:37:13and, like, their house was just, like, really haunted
0:37:13 > 0:37:16and, like, they'd always have bad stuff happen to them.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20So, I think they kind of, like, let bad spirits in.
0:37:20 > 0:37:23I did have a few things happen, like, when I was in bed
0:37:23 > 0:37:27I heard a thing, sort of scratch-like, shout in my ear,
0:37:27 > 0:37:30it just sort of went "ssk" in my ear - it was scary.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34So, what is it? Apparently, you've got a demon inside of you?
0:37:35 > 0:37:37That's what he claims.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40And that's what he's getting rid of tomorrow?
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Apparently.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Tomorrow we'll find out.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54At home in Salisbury, it's a huge day for Emma.
0:37:54 > 0:37:55She's going to London
0:37:55 > 0:37:58to meet Rev Larson and the Teenage Exorcists.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03That's better! I just washed my fringe.
0:38:05 > 0:38:06I'm OK, actually,
0:38:06 > 0:38:08quite excited to meet Bob.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16I'm most nervous about Bob not being able to help me,
0:38:16 > 0:38:17or just something going wrong.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20I'm just hoping that he can break the curse, that's all,
0:38:20 > 0:38:21and get rid of this black magic.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25It's making me feel really ill, worried about going to hell.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27I never really believed in hell before.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34After two months of suffering in the belief that she's been cursed,
0:38:34 > 0:38:38Emma has booked a one-to-one session with Rev Larson and the girls.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43They've asked her to fill out a questionnaire that will help
0:38:43 > 0:38:46with their spiritual and psychiatric diagnosis.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51She's also been asked for a £200 donation.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57The girls don't yet know much about Emma.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Brynne, Tess, Savannah, could you come here real quick?
0:39:00 > 0:39:01We want some strategy.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06But Emma has seen Rev Larson and the Teenage Exorcists
0:39:06 > 0:39:08in action on YouTube.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11She has high expectations that they can help.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15- It'll be quicker if I initially take the lead.- Yep.
0:39:15 > 0:39:16Get it started.
0:39:16 > 0:39:19And set the thing up.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22And then I'm going to try to hand it to you as fast as I can.
0:39:22 > 0:39:24OK, let's pray. In the name of the Father,
0:39:24 > 0:39:28the Son and the Holy Spirit, we ask for wisdom and guidance.
0:39:28 > 0:39:32- Good morning.- Hi, Emma.- Hi!
0:39:32 > 0:39:33Come on in, have a seat.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36- You are nervous.- Yes.
0:39:36 > 0:39:38- You watched me on YouTube?- Yeah.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40Well, that'll make you nervous!
0:39:40 > 0:39:41HE LAUGHS
0:39:43 > 0:39:45Did you bring any paperwork with you?
0:39:45 > 0:39:48- Yeah.- Let me take a look at that. All right?
0:39:48 > 0:39:52First, Rev Larson goes through Emma's questionnaire
0:39:52 > 0:39:55to check that she isn't suffering from mental illness.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58You're not under the care of a psychiatrist?
0:39:58 > 0:39:59- No.- OK.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03If somebody has been diagnosed by a psychiatrist,
0:40:03 > 0:40:06then we may be a little more cautious,
0:40:06 > 0:40:09because we don't want to interfere...
0:40:10 > 0:40:13..with a psychiatric evaluation.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17Satisfied that Emma is not under the care of a psychiatrist,
0:40:17 > 0:40:20Rev Larson moves on to the curse.
0:40:20 > 0:40:22If a black magic curse was put on you...
0:40:24 > 0:40:27..then there would be demons attacking you
0:40:27 > 0:40:29and they're either around you or in you.
0:40:29 > 0:40:30Right.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34If they're in you, we cast them out,
0:40:34 > 0:40:37if they're around you, we send them away.
0:40:37 > 0:40:42Brynne, why don't you come at this thing for a little bit,
0:40:42 > 0:40:45- then I'll step in.- If you feel anything, let it out, OK?
0:40:47 > 0:40:48Any thoughts?
0:40:49 > 0:40:50Any feelings?
0:40:50 > 0:40:52I confront you, Satan.
0:40:52 > 0:40:54For what you've done to her.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56You can't have her.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00You try, I bet you've had her for a long time...
0:41:00 > 0:41:04you've really got her with the black magic though.
0:41:04 > 0:41:05I confront you...
0:41:07 > 0:41:09..and I ask God to torment you...
0:41:10 > 0:41:12..for what you've put her through.
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Torment this filthy demon, God.
0:41:19 > 0:41:20You can't have her.
0:41:23 > 0:41:24You're scared.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30You were scared that she was going to die. Didn't you? Didn't you?
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Emma, are you hearing anything or feeling anything?
0:41:36 > 0:41:38- No.- No? Nothing?
0:41:41 > 0:41:43Look at me.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45You had this woman before she was born.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51You've been destroying her life little by little.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54You just took the black magic curse...
0:41:56 > 0:41:57..to finalise it.
0:41:58 > 0:42:01You take that curse back to hell where it belongs.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05This woman chooses God.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09- BRYNNE:- Yes. Enter our son, Jesus, God.
0:42:09 > 0:42:10Leave her alone.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13Stop your torment of her now.
0:42:13 > 0:42:16- We command it through Christ. BRYNNE:- Yes.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20Shouldn't I be saying something?
0:42:20 > 0:42:22Huh? What?
0:42:22 > 0:42:24I should be saying something, shouldn't I?
0:42:26 > 0:42:29How come last time somebody had black magic on them
0:42:29 > 0:42:33on the internet, and you broke the curse, she screamed for ages?
0:42:33 > 0:42:34Well...
0:42:36 > 0:42:37..you didn't.
0:42:39 > 0:42:40Not everybody does.
0:42:42 > 0:42:46I just know we tell the devil to go, he has to go,
0:42:46 > 0:42:49we have to take what we've got right here, right now.
0:42:49 > 0:42:50- OK.- And believe...
0:42:53 > 0:42:56..that God has done what He said He's going to do.
0:42:56 > 0:42:57Yeah.
0:42:58 > 0:42:59Thank you, Emma.
0:43:07 > 0:43:09Let's see what happens as the girls
0:43:09 > 0:43:10talk with her a little more out there.
0:43:10 > 0:43:12She's just really stuck on this
0:43:12 > 0:43:15"it's gotta look like it's on YouTube".
0:43:15 > 0:43:17How do you feel that went?
0:43:17 > 0:43:19Well...
0:43:19 > 0:43:21- not very good, really.- Why not?
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Because I didn't make no noise.
0:43:26 > 0:43:28I don't think they've broken the curse properly.
0:43:28 > 0:43:29How do you feel about that?
0:43:31 > 0:43:32Well, a bit annoyed really,
0:43:32 > 0:43:34because I really wanted the curse to be broken.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39Although the girls have told Emma
0:43:39 > 0:43:43that the black magic curse is broken, she isn't convinced.
0:43:43 > 0:43:47So she's decided to go to the girls' public event,
0:43:47 > 0:43:51hoping for an experience that lives up to her expectations.
0:43:56 > 0:43:58It's the evening of the show.
0:43:58 > 0:44:00OK, so I can wear gold...
0:44:00 > 0:44:04The girls are used to all this by now. They seem ready.
0:44:04 > 0:44:05Your button...
0:44:05 > 0:44:08But is London ready for the Teenage Exorcists?
0:44:09 > 0:44:13This is a fun part about what we do. We get to get all dolled up
0:44:13 > 0:44:15and get ready for the big events.
0:44:16 > 0:44:17And be girls.
0:44:18 > 0:44:19I like the cross.
0:44:20 > 0:44:24'I'm actually going online. I'm just, kind of, researching'
0:44:25 > 0:44:28witchcraft in England and some of the things
0:44:28 > 0:44:29that we need to be extra aware of tonight.
0:44:31 > 0:44:32- There you go.- Thank you.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36Emma is on her way,
0:44:36 > 0:44:40still hoping she'll have her demons cast out in a noisy exorcism.
0:44:42 > 0:44:43Joe's keeping an open mind,
0:44:43 > 0:44:47although Shannon's just sceptical about the whole thing.
0:44:48 > 0:44:52"God's exorcists versus the devil's evil spirits."
0:44:52 > 0:44:54It's funny how I was looking at the exact same line.
0:44:54 > 0:44:55It's so extreme!
0:44:55 > 0:44:58He's trying to make the world a better place, I guess.
0:44:58 > 0:45:03One person who believes in Rev Larson's work is Beth Wragg.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06She's 36 and was a Church of England chaplain
0:45:06 > 0:45:10leading a busy active life, with her 13-year-old daughter.
0:45:11 > 0:45:13My life changed from really enjoying my life
0:45:13 > 0:45:18to absolutely going to doing nothing.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20No energy - nothing. Absolutely nothing,
0:45:20 > 0:45:23to like symptoms of ME type of thing, you know?
0:45:23 > 0:45:26Things got so bad that Beth lost her job,
0:45:26 > 0:45:28would sleep through much of the day
0:45:28 > 0:45:32and had to rely on her mum to pick up her daughter from school.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35Beth thinks she's under spiritual attack.
0:45:35 > 0:45:38I think it was a spiritual thing that was stopping me,
0:45:38 > 0:45:41but the majority of people actually don't understand about it
0:45:41 > 0:45:45so they either say that doesn't happen any more -
0:45:45 > 0:45:48you know, "In Jesus' time it did happen, but now it doesn't."
0:45:50 > 0:45:52Or they just think you're, you know, a bit crazy.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56Beth's come all the way from Exeter,
0:45:56 > 0:45:59accompanied by another Christian friend, hoping for help.
0:46:00 > 0:46:04The event is taking place at the Amazing Grace Church
0:46:04 > 0:46:07in Mile End, East London...
0:46:10 > 0:46:13..run by one of Reverend Larson's proteges, Pastor Vincent.
0:46:16 > 0:46:20'The normal Sunday service only attracts about 20 people,
0:46:20 > 0:46:24but this one-off event has drawn folk from far and wide.'
0:46:24 > 0:46:27Where's Savannah? Savannah's not here yet. We can't go yet.
0:46:27 > 0:46:28Every minute counts.
0:46:28 > 0:46:32- Where have you come from? - Latvia.- From Latvia?
0:46:32 > 0:46:34- All the way, for this?- Yes.
0:46:36 > 0:46:39What are you expecting from today?
0:46:39 > 0:46:43Freedom, I guess. Maybe some areas of my life, and some peace.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46Well, I hope that the power of the Lord is there.
0:46:46 > 0:46:50Emma and Beth genuinely believe they're under spiritual attack
0:46:50 > 0:46:53and neither of them have found the help they feel
0:46:53 > 0:46:56they need from their local churches.
0:46:56 > 0:47:00Both are desperate for healing. Is this their chance?
0:47:00 > 0:47:03- 'It's my absolute pleasure...' - Excuse me.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06'..and honour to introduce Bob Larson.'
0:47:10 > 0:47:13THEY CLAP RHYTHMICALLY
0:47:13 > 0:47:16- How are you feeling about today?- Nervous.
0:47:16 > 0:47:18- Scared?- A bit scared.
0:47:18 > 0:47:20I don't want them coming up to me!
0:47:20 > 0:47:23Have you got demons that need to be exorcised?
0:47:23 > 0:47:24Probably.
0:47:34 > 0:47:35This is my friend, Joe.
0:47:35 > 0:47:40I also met Joe at Stratford Station a couple of days ago.
0:47:42 > 0:47:45I'm just giving that to you. OK, sweetheart?
0:47:45 > 0:47:48I want you to know you're very special.
0:47:48 > 0:47:53And I want you to have this book for yourself and your child, OK?
0:47:55 > 0:47:56All right.
0:47:56 > 0:47:58Let's break the curses.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00Here we go.
0:48:00 > 0:48:02- You ready?- Yeah!
0:48:02 > 0:48:04Repeat after me...
0:48:06 > 0:48:08It's that time.
0:48:08 > 0:48:13Reverend Larson starts to stir up the crowd and provoke the demons.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16I point those curses now...
0:48:16 > 0:48:18..by the blood of Christ...
0:48:20 > 0:48:23Now, there you go,
0:48:23 > 0:48:25acting like proper British people.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31- Argh!- Except for him.
0:48:31 > 0:48:34Argh!
0:48:34 > 0:48:39- Whatever you feel, let it come forward.- Argh!
0:48:39 > 0:48:41I torment you with the blood of Christ.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45Wargh! Argh!
0:48:45 > 0:48:48I need some help! Quick! Come on! Help me grab her! Grab her!
0:48:48 > 0:48:53Come on! Quickly, grab her! I don't want her hurting herself! Grab her!
0:48:53 > 0:48:55Somehow, this atmosphere
0:48:55 > 0:48:58'has released something visceral in Beth.
0:48:58 > 0:48:59OK, OK, OK.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01Argh!
0:49:01 > 0:49:03Now, you men be ready.
0:49:03 > 0:49:05Let me get to her.
0:49:05 > 0:49:06Argh!
0:49:06 > 0:49:09Right in the front. Right in the front.
0:49:09 > 0:49:11Now, considering what happened a moment ago,
0:49:11 > 0:49:14does she look like she has demons?
0:49:15 > 0:49:19No. What was it that you responded to back there?
0:49:19 > 0:49:22When I saw you, I thought in my head - I hate you.
0:49:22 > 0:49:26- I don't hate you, but I thought that.- Something hates me.- Yeah.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28Yeah, hate you, you know?
0:49:28 > 0:49:31- Do they hate the girls, too?- Yeah.
0:49:33 > 0:49:36Girls, where are you? Come right out here.
0:49:38 > 0:49:42Keep your head with your eyes open. You can't have her.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46Oh, yes! I can! Argh!
0:49:46 > 0:49:48I've had her for years!
0:49:48 > 0:49:51- How long?- From birth!
0:49:51 > 0:49:53From birth.
0:49:54 > 0:49:58- And how many generations beyond? Answer!- 17!
0:49:59 > 0:50:01Sorry.
0:50:07 > 0:50:11Brynne, Tess and Savannah believe they can cast out Beth's demon.
0:50:11 > 0:50:13Come on, Beth. Come on.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15- Future gener...- No!
0:50:15 > 0:50:18- Yes! Get up! Get your head up and look at me!- Get off me!
0:50:18 > 0:50:21No, I'm not going to go away. Open your eyes. Look at me.
0:50:22 > 0:50:26- You can't keep her. Do you have any other legal rights?- Yes!
0:50:26 > 0:50:30- Well, what is it? Get your eyes up! Don't lie to me!- Witchcraft!
0:50:30 > 0:50:31Witchcraft?
0:50:31 > 0:50:34Beth genuinely believes she's under demonic attack
0:50:34 > 0:50:39and the girls genuinely believe they can offer her spiritual healing.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41- Are you chief witchcraft?- Yes!
0:50:41 > 0:50:44- Lie not. If you are lying, you will feel this.- No!
0:50:44 > 0:50:49I command you to get up. Get to attention. Get up, spirit.
0:50:49 > 0:50:52I've earned myself!
0:50:52 > 0:50:55You have to go, spirit. Get up. We receive!
0:50:55 > 0:50:58- We receive! - The judgment.- The judgment!
0:50:58 > 0:51:00- Of Almighty God.- Of Almighty God!
0:51:02 > 0:51:07The exorcisms seemed to be a great moment of catharsis for Beth.
0:51:07 > 0:51:11To me, it was like watching an intense form of therapy.
0:51:11 > 0:51:14But what did Joe and Shannon make of it?
0:51:14 > 0:51:15It made me jump. Oh, shit!
0:51:15 > 0:51:18It sounded like someone was being murdered.
0:51:18 > 0:51:22- I still think she faked it. - You think she faked it?
0:51:22 > 0:51:24Yeah, good actor.
0:51:26 > 0:51:28I don't think Beth was faking it.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31I may not believe in biblical demons,
0:51:31 > 0:51:35but I think the girls believe they can really help fellow
0:51:35 > 0:51:38Christians in need of spiritual help.
0:51:38 > 0:51:43I wonder what other members of the congregation made of it all.
0:51:43 > 0:51:46Two seconds to a whole half an hour where she went crazy.
0:51:46 > 0:51:50It was eye opening and freaking out for me. I couldn't believe it.
0:51:50 > 0:51:52Hey, listen.
0:51:52 > 0:51:54Honestly, every day, I've been fighting that one
0:51:54 > 0:51:58and I've gone loads of places to try and get rid of that.
0:52:01 > 0:52:04Beth clearly got what she came for,
0:52:04 > 0:52:06but Emma still feels let down.
0:52:06 > 0:52:10I thought it was a bit weird, actually, with the girl screaming.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12Is that what you were expecting?
0:52:12 > 0:52:14Yeah, I was expecting it,
0:52:14 > 0:52:16but I was expecting me to do it, but I don't know.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18I didn't do any of that.
0:52:18 > 0:52:20No. You didn't feel like doing that at any point?
0:52:20 > 0:52:22No, I didn't feel like doing that, no.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24Don't be concerned.
0:52:24 > 0:52:28We broke the curses, we told the devil to leave you alone.
0:52:30 > 0:52:35You follow God and things are going to fall into place.
0:52:36 > 0:52:40For Joe, there's still the small matter of the evil Ouija board,
0:52:40 > 0:52:42which he's had on him the whole time.
0:52:42 > 0:52:43So, you made that at school?
0:52:43 > 0:52:46Yeah.
0:52:46 > 0:52:48Whoa!
0:52:48 > 0:52:50He's also made his own Ouija board.
0:52:50 > 0:52:55I anoint this in the name of the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57- Get rid of it.- Get rid of it.
0:52:57 > 0:52:58Come on Joe!
0:53:01 > 0:53:04GIRLS CHEER
0:53:05 > 0:53:07JOE: I think its dead.
0:53:11 > 0:53:13Nice job, Joe.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22Beth believes her demon has been banished.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25Emma still doesn't think her curse has been lifted,
0:53:25 > 0:53:28but Joe's Ouija board was definitely smashed.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36With the dust gently settling on their trip,
0:53:36 > 0:53:40it was time for the girls to reflect on their London experience.
0:53:40 > 0:53:44The people of London, the people of England, are under such
0:53:44 > 0:53:48heavy attack by the enemy. He sees their full potential.
0:53:48 > 0:53:51And so, these young people are dealing with these deep,
0:53:51 > 0:53:55dark entities. They're delving into the occult.
0:53:55 > 0:53:58Take Joe and his girlfriend, just for an example. I think each of us
0:53:58 > 0:54:03were especially impacted by just their openness to renounce
0:54:03 > 0:54:06the Ouija board, to break it, to do everything that they did.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08They were so inspiring for us.
0:54:10 > 0:54:13Bob and the girls made me feel safe and comfortable around them,
0:54:13 > 0:54:16but I believe in evolution. I'm not religious, at all,
0:54:16 > 0:54:18and it's not going to change my mind.
0:54:18 > 0:54:21I'm quite sad to destroy the Ouija board
0:54:21 > 0:54:23because of its sentimental value, but I'm quite happy
0:54:23 > 0:54:25because I don't want to be messing with spirits.
0:54:25 > 0:54:29It's made me think a lot differently about stuff like that, not to get
0:54:29 > 0:54:34involved with it. Before, I thought it was a bit more fun and games.
0:54:34 > 0:54:36How do you measure the success of your trip?
0:54:37 > 0:54:39It's by the Joes...
0:54:39 > 0:54:41and the Beths.
0:54:41 > 0:54:45Beth's exorcism was truly incredible.
0:54:45 > 0:54:49She had been to so many different places trying to get help,
0:54:49 > 0:54:51and within an hour of the session that she came to,
0:54:51 > 0:54:55her problem was solved and that's the miraculous power of God.
0:54:55 > 0:55:00It was very bizarre when I started, sort of, manifesting.
0:55:00 > 0:55:04It was almost like me was at the back of me, if you know what
0:55:04 > 0:55:08I mean. I can't explain it. Then, the demon was out the front of me.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11I do believe I've been exorcised. Something came off me.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13I felt loads lighter.
0:55:13 > 0:55:16The next morning, I did feel like a different person.
0:55:16 > 0:55:20I've just got more energy, I don't sleep in the day,
0:55:20 > 0:55:23I wake up at six or seven o'clock in the morning now,
0:55:23 > 0:55:25and it's just lovely to just be able to
0:55:25 > 0:55:27be with my daughter properly.
0:55:27 > 0:55:30We can just get back to being normal again.
0:55:30 > 0:55:34Emma... She was so sweet. We loved getting to know Emma
0:55:34 > 0:55:37and, because of that curse officially being broken,
0:55:37 > 0:55:38she can move on in her life.
0:55:38 > 0:55:41We just kept encouraging her. If she decides to believe it and
0:55:41 > 0:55:45puts her faith in what she declared that day in that session with us,
0:55:45 > 0:55:47then that curse is broken.
0:55:47 > 0:55:50And so, to us, we succeeded. Emma was set free.
0:56:01 > 0:56:05Whether you think exorcism is taking advantage of the vulnerable,
0:56:05 > 0:56:09actually a form of therapy or even a genuine miracle,
0:56:09 > 0:56:13it seems to have at least a short-term effect on some people.
0:56:13 > 0:56:15And after spending six months with the girls,
0:56:15 > 0:56:17I don't think they're frauds.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20Whether what they do works long term or not,
0:56:20 > 0:56:23they genuinely believe they can help people.
0:56:23 > 0:56:26Although I don't believe in exorcism,
0:56:26 > 0:56:30I've been taken by the courage they have in their own convictions
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