7 News Features: Devil of a Time

WSVN -- The possession obsession was first created by Hollywood, complete with children levitating, head spinning and horror.   

But one man claims this isn't just the stuff of movies. It's real.  

Bob Larson: "How many of you have seen me on Youtube?"

And he's making a name for himself. Criss-crossing the country, delivering doses of demonic drama.  

Bob Larson: "Listen to me Satan."
 
Bob Larson: "I'm an exorcist. When people come to me requesting an exorcism, I work them through the issues in their life that have allowed demons to take control."

Reverend Bob Larson recently held a seminar for about three dozen people at a Fort Lauderdale hotel.

Bob Larson: "I'm a bit of a spiritual rottweiler, I'm a bit of a bulldog."

Larson attracted worldwide attention after fighting demons with the help of his teenage daughter and her two friends. They've been on Anderson Cooper's daytime show, ABC's Nightline even a British tabloid dubbing them, "The sexy exorcists ridding America of its demons."

Bob Larson: "As a father, am I happy to hear that kind of a description? No. But these are three beautiful young women, who happen to have a call from God, why should that be so strange?

Larson does not shy away from the spotlight, but with it has come harsh criticism.

Lifetime Television canceled the premiere of a reality show based on him and the girls called "The Real Exorcist," after this old video surfaced.

It shows Larson performing what critics label a "gay exorcism."

Larson: "I lose him."

Man: "I loosen him.

Larson: "From the curse."

Man: "From the curse."

Larson: "Of homosexuality, of homosexuality."

Man: "Of homosexuality."
 
Larson is firing back.

Bob Larson: "I did not cast out the demon of homosexuality. I cast out a demon of anger that was there from the abuse of his father."

Bob Larson: "These are $20 each. We are going to let you have two for one tonight."

Then there's the money side of things. You can buy Larson's books and take a demon test online for a price.

In Fort Lauderdale, he asked for donations for his Arizona based Spiritual Freedom Church while making no bones, about asking for help.

Bob Larson: "Get behind this ministry financially, and I make no apologies for that."

Angela swears by Larson's work.

Angela Englich: "There was something inside of me, that was uncontrollable."

We watched as she went through a one-on-one session with Larson.  

Bob Larson: "You have to go to the pit of hell, say pit!. Say pit!."

Angela: "Noooooo, nooooooo."

Bob Larson: "Say pit!"

Angela: "Nooooooo!"
 
But was the ordeal...real?

Angela Englich: "I can understand people being skeptical, but I can just tell you this...I didn't know that was there."

Reverend Larson insists more people reach out to him than you might think.

Bob Larson: "Doctors, lawyers, psychiatrists, psychologists, professional people - entertainers, politicians, people that you wouldn't expect."
 
Bob Larson: "I torment you Satan."

Larson says he's done 15,000 exorcisms and yes, he is counting because as they say, the devil is in the details.