THE DEVIL IN THE POOL: David Bowie's Exorcism And The 1980s Witch Killers

In the mid-1970s, David Bowie became convinced something was living in his swimming pool – and instead of a priest, he called a witch. A few years later and a few hundred miles north, a married couple set out to rid America of witches one body at a time.

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FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: David Bowie was no stranger to the occult – he even went so far as to have his swimming pool, which he believed to be possessed, exorcised not by a priest – but by a woman named Walli Elmlark who claimed to be a witch. (David Bowie’s White Witch) *** The gruesome true story of two people whose love caused their insanity to grow darker with each passing day, eventually sending them on a crusade to kill anything they deemed evil or immoral – but resulting in the murders of innocent people. (The San Francisco Witch Killers)

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00.00.000 = The Foreboding
00:01:08.103 = Show Open
00:02:31.005 = The 1980s Witch Killers
00:11:32.949 = David Bowie’s White Witch (Part 1) ***
00:26:01.424 = David Bowie’s White Witch (Part 2) ***
00:33:26.720 = Show Close
*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break




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SOURCES and RESOURCES:
“The San Francisco Witch Killers” by Alyse Wax from The13thFloor.tv: https://tinyurl.com/ycyurbey
“Murderous Minds: Vol 4: 1980’s Witch Killers”: https://amzn.to/3J68cel
BOOK: "David Bowie - UFOs - Witchcraft - Cocaine - and Paranoia”: https://amzn.to/45ZucBu
“David Bowie’s White Witch” by Sean Casteel from the Conspiracy Journal: https://tinyurl.com/y2ht47pt
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Originally aired: June 2021
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