The UnXplained

Powerful demons dead set on possessing

the souls of the living,

evil energies

drawn to the carnage of history's

bloodiest battlefields,

and deals with the Devil,

whose price is eternal damnation.

Throughout history, people have believed in demonic forces

hell-bent on tempting the vulnerable,

influencing events, and even possessing the human soul.

And many think that the prince of demons,

Satan himself,

has created an army of evildoers

responsible for waging an unholy spiritual war

against all of humanity.

Could there really be supernatural entities

whose mission is to bring hell to Earth?

Well, that is what we'll try and find out.

The Bible is recognized

as the most popular book in history.

It has not only shaped the spiritual identity

of billions of people,

but it also revealed an evil being of incomprehensible power.

He introduced sin to the Garden of Eden

and even offered Jesus Christ all the kingdoms of the world

in exchange for casting God aside.

He was once the mightiest angel in the kingdom of Heaven,

but now he's better known as Satan.

In the Christian tradition,

the beginning of time, there's a civil war in Heaven.

Lucifer, also known as Satan, is the greatest

and most powerful of the angels,

and he decides that he would be better

at ruling the universe than God.

So he launches a civil war,

and a third of the angels join him in this rebellion.

And they're eventually defeated by the loyal angels,

led by the archangel Michael, and cast down into Hell,

where they become demons.

Satan is the head of Hell.

He rules over other fallen angels like himself.

He's the worst nightmare you could possibly have,

and he's bound to endlessly try and tempt us

so that we sell our souls or we lose our souls to him

and eventually join him and his legions in Hell.

The Devil spends eternity proving God was wrong.

And he does so by trying to seduce

that which God loves, human beings.

He spends his eternity trying

to rip those souls away from God.

He will seduce,

lie, cheat,

steal, abuse,

do anything he can in order to get human beings

to choose his plan and not God's.

Many believe this unholy war

being waged by the Devil

may not simply cost humanity our lives,

but our very souls.

But does Satan's demonic army really exist?

While those that belong

to other religious traditions may disagree,

many Christians guided by scripture believe

it has been foretold.

We have been warned that a dark force is coming towards us.

There is a forbidden book, the Book of Enoch,

that was not included in the Bible,

that tells us that God

imprisoned Satan and his fellow demons, but they will be back.

And the Book of Revelation warns us

that Satan will return, and he will recruit an army

that will be more numerous than the grains of sand.

And it will come from the four corners of the Earth.

There's a paradox in demonology,

which is that demons are supposed to be these very nasty,

defiant, chaotic entities.

And yet, so often, they are described as being

highly organized, akin to an army with specialized units,

where each demon has a boss and a mission.

And that may be because in the Christian tradition,

demons are fallen angels

who have been cast out of Heaven and sent into Hell, they are

a force of evil in the universe

that are preparing for a final battle.

The reality of Satan's army remains

a matter of prophecy and belief,

but throughout history, many have wondered

has Satan, along with his minions,

already entered the battlefield?

A lot of people believe that Satan and Satan's army

are waging spiritual warfare.

Both against God and Heaven, but also against people.

He could, wage war against you.

He could cause you harm, usually, in times of turmoil.

People have these experiences

with what have been described as demons.

People see winged figures. They see

all kinds of mysterious, unexplained creatures.

There's been lots of surveys that have been done on this.

You tend to find that, around one in ten

of the population, whether they are religious

or not religious, say they've experienced malevolent

entities, and that's what I would describe as demons.

What are the cause of these things? No one really knows.

While skeptics dismiss all kinds

of alleged demonic encounters,

perhaps seeing is believing.

Such is the case for those whose mission

is to face the Devil head-on,

like an exorcist with about 20 years of experience,

Father Carlos Martins.

We're in a war, and in that war, there's invisible beings

that are mightily powerful, and they're coming for us.

Remarkably, in recent years,

Catholic priests around the world

have seen a staggering rise in the demand

for demonic exorcisms.

In Italy alone... the home of the Vatican...

reports claim there have been 500,000

exorcism requests per year.

This surge is also happening in the United States and elsewhere,

but there's simply not enough trained priests

to investigate all these alleged possessions.

And it begs a chilling question.

Is humanity being targeted by the forces of evil

like never before?

We presume that what people think

are demonic manifestations are rooted in natural causes.

We begin with that presumption.

We employ medical professionals that assist us

in helping diagnose your condition,

which, more often than not,

is a medical condition.

But not always.

So how do you isolate what is demonic?

Through signs. Signs that

the-the natural sciences cannot account for.

Superhuman strength.

Knowledge of hidden things.

To know and speak with facility

languages that the individual has never been taught.

Extreme aversion to holy things.

Visceral reaction to holy water,

to blessed objects, and so forth.

Every priest trained in the rites of exorcism...

the series of prayers and practices

meant to cast out a demon from its host...

must determine if the alleged possession is genuine.

And over the course of decades,

Father Martins believes he has faced

creatures from Hell.

I was called to-to one case.

This woman, was

a quite pleasant woman when she was not

in a state of possession, but when the demons were active,

She was easily, to this day, the most violent case

that I've ever encountered.

When I do a session, I want the victim seated in a chair.

I want a holder on each arm. That prevents me

from getting hit in the face or anyone else.

One of the holders there was a huge man, 300-pound man,

With lots of muscle.

And as we were getting things set up, she just

threw him across the room.

So, he went through the air at least 15 feet.

And then, she went and pointed at a light switch on the wall,

and one of the screws unscrewed itself,

came through the air into her hand,

and she drove it into her left arm.

We never saw that screw again.

So, we're facing evil now. The battle is on.

In the course of that session,

she hit me in the face so hard it-it sent me flying,

and what I didn't realize was that my skull was so damaged

I needed two surgeries to repair the damage to my skull.

It is a battle.

The battle is happening every day

and has been happening every day

since mankind was created.

While many faithful believe that demonic possessions

are the result of inviting sin into your life,

others have wondered, could someone, without fault,

unknowingly walk into the sanctity of their own home

and find that the Devil

is already there?

In this ordinary American town, something very strange

is about to happen in the small house at 3860 Carolina Street.

Because, for the new residents,

it becomes abundantly clear

this house is already occupied

by demons.

Latoya Ammons moved with her children

into a modest, rented house

in Gary, Indiana,

and very quickly after that,

extraordinary things started to happen.

There was a huge swarm of flies, but this was winter.

You don't get flies in winter.

There was vile smells or pools of oozy slime.

The Ammons children found themselves being