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The 519 Podcast presents "The Exorcism of Walter Zepeda"

In May 2003, Walter Zepeda was put through a seven-day exorcism that ended in his death. This happened in London, Ontario.

The exorcism was carried out by his father, Diego Zepeda-Cordera, as well as his mother, Ana Mejia-Lopez, and family friend, Alex Osegueda. All were members of the now-shuttered Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ. They tied Walter down in the basement of their family’s basement apartment, praying to rid him of his demons over the one-week period.

And according to them, it worked. But, at what expense?

A mother and father lost their child, and the three were tried in a court of law for murder.

On this episode of ‘The 519 Podcast,’ we present "The Exorcism of Walter Zepeda."

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