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TIL Anneliese Michel is the allegedly possessed woman whom Emily Rose is based on. Her parents and two priests forced her through 67 exorcism rites resulting in her rupturing knees, dehydration and starvation. The parents and priests were therefore convicted of manslaughter.

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