The Deliverance is a new horror film directed by Lee Daniels. It’s based on accounts of demonic possession reported in the Indianopolis Star January 25, 2014 in an article by journalist Marisa Kwiakowski. The article begins:
A woman and three children who claimed to be possessed by demons. A 9-year-old boy walking backward up a wall in the presence of a family case manager and hospital nurse.
Gary police Capt. Charles Austin said it was the strangest story he had ever heard.
Austin, a 36-year veteran of the Gary Police Department, said he initially thought Indianapolis resident Latoya Ammons and her family concocted an elaborate tale as a way to make money. But after several visits to their home and interviews with witnesses, Austin said simply, “I am a believer.”
Read the entire story:
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2014/01/25/the-disposession-of-latoya-ammons/4892553/.