7: The Devil Made Me Do It
Episode notes
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://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
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