The Satanist Priest | Urbain Grandier 

I think the only one who signed a deal with the devil was the cardinal.

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned .

Defently set up and the Nuns needed someone to blame for there sexual desires they weren't suppose to feel!

There is a wild movie about this story called “The Devils” by Ken Russell. Definitely recommend

Aldous Huxley's The Devils of Loudun is a great examination of these events.

The church that put him to death was AND IS EVIL

Poor guy though. They completely set him up.

Another very interesting story of someone I had never previously heard about

Excellent video!

While I believe in supernatural things, I think the pacts were faked by the church...why would satan need written documentation to hold him to the pact?? Great video once again!💜💜

Check out the movie the devils, directed by Nicholas Roeg with Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave based on these events. Classic. Really spotlights the hypocrisy and subjugation committed the church and royalty.

Just discovered this Channel today, glad I did. New Suscriber here who's about to binge watch . and yup he was set up big time. :)

Read "The Devils of Loudun" by Aldous Huxley (one of the greatest 20th century's intellectuals) or watch the film "The Devils", based on Huxley's work - directed by Ken Russell with Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave - a true masterpiece from the time when there were still people who knew how to make films for intelligent adults, and not only flesh and bones cartoons for overgrown prepubescent old people.

I do enjoy all these videos. It's hard to judge what really went on without having been present back then to get a sense of the individual personalities. However, I feel that regardless of what any person does wrong, to actively participate in the torture of another is a sick sin in itself.

No ,Satan wasn't involved in this story only evil people , a nun who was embarrassed for coming on to him & in fear of being roasted on the stake for breaking her vow of celibasy, flipped all the blame onto him. Very interesting story, I happy am I found your channel & subscribed. I have been binging on your Viking & your Japanese Samari videos today. I was so fortunate to spend 3 years in Japan & 12 yrs in Iceland where my family hails from & grandparents still live. I love both countries & history so your older video s were a treat for me today. Well done 👍

You're ABSOLUTELY right about the Church being ALL POWERFUL then, and unfortunately it STILL IS, yes, ABSOLUTELY 1000percent that poor man was set up. May he REST IN PEACE 💙🖤

Absolutely fascinating! I had never heard of this case/person. I always love your videos and posts. The cases are so interesting and intriguing! 👍💗👍💗

Great work bro !!

The is an amazing movie calls The Devils (from the 70's I think) that tale this story. Very controvertial at its time. Really good even for today. Great vídeo.

Wow. When this priest was a child, Elizabeth Bathory was unaliving hundreds of young girls in Cachtice Castle, together with her servants. When he was 24, she died in 1614. Im guessing the Devil was active in this area a lot. To the South, it was the opposite. William Shakespeare was in his last days, acting in plays until his death in 1619. He acted out his plays in the grand opening of the Globe Theatre, in 1599, year when The Blood Countess was doing her thing in her castle 🏰 Incredible. Shakespeare outlived Bathory by around 5 years. Then in the future, in 1632, the Satanic priest and his nuns were active.

I believe he was set up. Jealously and greed can be powerful and terrible. That torture sounds horrible. Poor guy. Maybe there are monsters out there, but considering how awful humans can be, who should be scared of who? ✌️ Great video. Just subscribed after a referral from Brief Case.

OMGOSH ! How did I miss this ? Sorry the comments so late...another one of my fav. Witch stories. Ty...going thru looking for ones I missed cause STUPID U - TUBE DOESN'T GIVE NOTIFICATION like they should...but I'll find you...lol. have a great day EVERYONE.

This is the first video of yours that I've watched. I love the subject matter, so I've subscribed to your channel. In this case, I vote set up. The church was very corrupt back then, and framing someone in this manner wouldn't have been a big deal at all to Cardinal Richelieu. Looking forward to watching more of your videos. 👍

Great video! I wish we had some more info on this guy! Great obscure reference yet once again! Great job Ollie!

Well doesn't sound to truthful or authentic to me,, especially wen the so called letter from the devil(s),, said he'd live 20yrs on the earth,, n then b bound In hell.. He was executed immediately according to historical facts... Them he was tortured with that God awful foot n leg device n still didn't confess, even tho he knew if he did the torture would stop n he would just swiftly be executed?? Doesn't add up 2 me..

I love these videos💯Thankyou for another amazing one👍

I think he was just a womanizing priest, like any other person at that time there were a lot of people who could’ve done a lot of perverted things, especially those in the church well to this day and well people of power. The problem was that nun was so obsessed with him that yeah, she literally made these BS accusations against him, but also some say that most of it was kind of due to the fact that they were enemies of Urbain that literally saw him as an obstacle in order to have the walls removed

Thank you so much Ollie, awesome job as always! Loved it!

Corruption in one form or another has been a part of the history of religion since the beginning of it's conception, , so Cardinals & Pope's have have abused their powers throughout time, so the vengeance of this Cardinal is no exception, & yes more of the same please

Since when does Satan or any demon need a written document for ones soul? He was definitely set up by the nuns. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. They tell the cardinal who happens to not like Urbain...perfect excuse to get rid of him. I am new to the channel. Have subscribed and turned on notifications. Great vid!

such high quality videos for such a small channel. keep up the good work I love your videos they’re so informative and interesting!

Hell's yeah! The satanism continues.

Set up, from the start.its obvious... from what's heard in the video seems pretty much a set up especially because of the influence he may had put out there with his book

I have had experience with the paranormal, as have many people, so I do believe that we can interact with spirits in different ways. But I think this guy was framed and untruths were told about him. This reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer is referred to as "Kavorka". They subjected him to horrific torture. Poor dude never stood a chance.

Total set up. I imagine that convent happened to be the recipient of something(s) of value soon after.

Of course he didn't make a deal with the devil. The devil is a fictitious character. What bollox

New to your channel. Very interesting subject to cover. Have subbed, liked 👍 and hit the notification bell. Thank you for a great channel 😁👍

Nuns did it.

Very interesting video! I’d watch more about Satanist, medieval times, old religion etc.

Yeah that "pact" sounds like something out of bad fan fiction. And writing the thing backwards in Latin? Thats just lame...least they could have done was do it in some weird made up evil looking runic script or something like that. Dude totally got set up by the Cardinal...who was probably jealous Urbain was getting way more play than he was.

Spooky as ever!

"the Devils of Loudun" by Aldous Huxley, for those who'd like to dig a little deeper. this is entertaining in a salacious way, but the story is a bit more nuanced than this.

awesome video!! make more please! great info, very entertaining!

Thank you.

This proves never ever piss off or get on the wrong side of a smart, power mad cardinal.

I like all your work. Thanks.

I think he was setup. Hugs from Sweden

Like I said below another video of yours, sorcery/satanism as an easy way to get rid of undesirables. As for the nuns, if they were manipulated or couldn't resist their "earthly urges" and in fear of punishment blamed demons respectively Urbain, who knows? Blaming an entity, which may or may not exist, for your weakness of character is convenient after all.

There is nothing supernatural in our world, let alone any devils in Loudun. Grandier was a priest & womanizer who got set up by the Catholic church & Richelieu, both of which wanted to put an end to the independence of Loudun. Read Aldous Huxley's 'The Devils of Loudun' if you want a historical account of the event leading to Grandier's execution, with plenty of accuracy and no bias. And/or watch Ken Russell's movie adaptation from 1971.

This was a setup. The pact was almost comical. That nun was engaged in spurned woman vindictiveness.

As an atheist, I don't believe in supernatural things, so I think that everything was a set up. Also, the punishment given to Grandier makes me think that he really pissed of the church/cardinal, maybe doing things that would be seen like paganism/satanist (not doing sex with the nuns, though). In fact, there is a song about this: Grandier's Funeral Pyre by Elvenking. In the song, Grandier is depicted like an hero to "the rich, the poor and the sick", so I think he was a really good priest to the people, but not good in the church's point of view.

Of course we think he had a covenant with the devil. They had to write it down so neither satan nor the priest forgot their agreement. When painted it would be written in invisible writing but satan had forgotten his pen so they wrote in ink.

I truly believe that Grandier was an innocent man. His only mistake was writing a document that went against Cardinal Richelieu and the church's codes on celibacy within the priesthood. He believed that a priest should be allowed to marry. He also stood against Cardinal Richelieu and his plan of demolishing the fortified walls of loudon which protected the population. When Grandier was burnt the walls were demolished. As for his dealings with the ursuline nuns I find it strange that a Priest accused of bewitching them would be there to undertake the rite of exorcism.on his supposed victims. Hence I believe it was the medieval and the early 17th century's way of getting rid of troublesome Priests in continental Europe and especially France. ie accusations of heresy,witchcraft,sorcery and pacts with the devil result in burning at the stake.

There is a great though disturbing movie about this case called The Devils from the early 70's by director Ken Russel. It may be spme what difficult to find however as it was often banned and censored.

He may have been a womanizer but the acts of a spurned nun brought him down. I believe it was all a set-up because he had some views that differed from church doctrine.

Afternoon Ollie!!

Yeee. I like mysterious history. Try maybe Aggripa von Nottesheim. It is very mysterious character from history👍

Nahhh, he was just a womanizer.. then the cardinal and nuns framed him. The number 3 was their hint to him. "Nun: taint ever had nun, and don't want nun!" - my Dad.

Sounds like politics to me. Was that document dated? If he had made a pact that mentioned his death, you would think it would say he will die x date. If not, I would lean toward it being faked.

A woman's jealousy - or a few women, whatever. It doesn't take much to set someone up. He could have been secretly gay ad all the supposed encounters could have been made up or he was pretending to be straight or...

The devil is used as an excuse for the awful, disgusting behavior committed by people.

Uuuuuuhhhhhh I already thought the church was a horrible tyrannical institution of terror... and this confirms 😪

That man was set up he was charismatic and to many women wanted him so a few figured I can't have u nobody will .... evil

If you get torture for sure you'll confuse to anything.

The history of the church and catholicism really is dark.

I do enjoy these videos very much so.

Beginning to realize daemons are quite handy for getting rid of people you don’t like.

He was a innocent man and he refused to admit to satanic worship

It sounds like this priest pissed some people off and they wanted him out the way really bad.

Some were disregarded royal family members in the convent.

All of your videos are straight fire

I’d like to hear more about this subject.

He must've been set up due to the book he wrote and maybe also because of the nun he refused to have sex with lol

I know spirits/demons exist and i belive in God and Jesus, this man was just too quick on his feet with women and made a book about it, and did not approve demolishing a wall.

You need to research more. The Church and the nuns were in France not England.

you mean to tell me he was tortured and didn't make a confession? shocker

Bring back witch hunting and midevil torture.

If had involved choir boys it would've been fine!

This is so stupid. So Satan and his gang are going to get together and beat God. Hahaha

Oi,naughty ladies we’ll have nun of that!! Sorry,i’ll let myself out.

Sorry if my answer came out standby officially or or rude sometimes they get really fired up I really enjoyed the story on the narration was great as always thank you for reading the story I've actually made me think forr

Starting a segment which suppose to be taken seriously with " What' s up guys " from.the get- go you sound like a bafoon

Their signatures all look like graffiti!

This is politics masquerading as religon.

Set up

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned....so they say

I think he was set up and the cardinal just wanted to tear down the walls. In the film “the devils” they show his execution while the walls are being torn down

Why are they not fearful for there immortal soul

It seems obvious that it's the "word" or written documentation that could seal ones fate! This video is not enough to condemn or exhalt the priest. As for the nuns, who could blame them for seeking pleasure, after being bound by a spell! Or could it be the loads of forbidden garlic consumed? Today, blackmailing/coercion, succeedes by establishing a "compromised" precedent for the accused with the required witnesses. If no witnesses stepped forward to orally testify, the written word would be required!

Really interesting episode. Seems like an awful lot of hoops to jump through to frame and for what? I'm voting for the supernatural on this one. Creepy af.

Ollie. Gday. Nice to be with you.

To answer your question: I believe the latter to be true. Also; I don’t think the nuns needed to be paid off, rather a simple hint that they could be tortured would have been enough to get most people that knew about the methods of church, to sign an actual pact with the devil himself just to escape such a inquisition style of fate. Berserk has a great depiction of the priests style of absolving sins.

Many women are obsessed with me.

I thought that Lucifer was Satan 😕

those nuns and that cardinal are some haters

I think it was a little bit of both. He crossed the wrong guy but was also playing the devil's game by womanizing.

Thanks for the upload. A very interesting case from France. Can you do a case of Margaret of Anjou . Thanks.

Absolute power corrupts absolutely. That is all I could think of while I watched this. Another great story.

Oh, hands down the poor guy was set up. Had already stepped on another toe or two, outraged female (how dare HE turn HER down), boom opening to eliminate a weaker opponent.

Of course it's all bollocks..