7: The Devil Made Me Do It
On November 24, 1981, in Brookfield, Connecticut, Arne Cheyenne Johnson was convicted of first-degree manslaughter for the killing of his landlord, Alan Bono. is the first known court case in the United States in which the defense sought to prove innocence based upon the claim of demonic possession and denial of personal responsibility for the crime. https://youtu.be/7dgYNhb6BT4 https://allthatsinteresting.com/arne-cheyenne-johnson https://archives.law.virginia.edu/dengrove/writeup/arne-cheyenne-johnson https://www.nytimes.com/1981/03/23/nyregion/defendant-in-a-murder-puts-the-devil-on-trial.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV8rhIXvUMQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Arne_Cheyenne_Johnson https://youtu.be/7YA4FWL3pw8?t=4779 https://youtu.be/iyFgGwPpfCM?t=100 Find Brain Soup on social media! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSic2OLux743RBipU-aIX3w https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100084119220452 https://www.instagram.com/brainsouppodcast/?hl=en https://twitter.com/BrainSoupBT