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TIL about Michael Taylor (demoniac), and English butcher born in 1944. He is known for the Ossett murder case in 1974 and his demonic possessions. There is very little info about him, does anyone know where he is now? His last arrest was in 2005. He would be in his 70s-80s today.

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