http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23230/lawrence-harris http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23230/lawrence-harris#comments Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:02:21 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23230 Lawrence Harris, 26, who had an interest in witchcraft, told police his two stepdaughters had died when a spell he cast to protect their teenage brother reversed itself, killing them. His attorneys attempted to prove he was legally insane.

But after two weeks of testimony, jurors took only a couple of hours Thursday to find Harris guilty of two counts of first-degree murder.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23230/lawrence-harris/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23196/larry-harris http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23196/larry-harris#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:06:36 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23196 Police testified they took black and white candles from Harris' home last January, along with bells, a necklace, and several books on Witchcraft.

The knife Police found in a master bedroom closet tested positive for Alysha Suing's blood and Larry Harris' fingerprints.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23196/larry-harris/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23197/lawrence-douglas-harris-witchcraft http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23197/lawrence-douglas-harris-witchcraft#comments Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:06:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23197 Officer Williams said Harris became more upset -- hunching over, dry heaving -- when firefighters brought the girls' bodies out of the house.

Officer Charlotte Gorter testified that when she asked Harris what he thought could have started the fire, he told her it might have been a consequence of a spell.

Harris said he practiced witchcraft, Gorter said, explaining that a spell might have reversed.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23197/lawrence-douglas-harris-witchcraft/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23195/lawrence-douglas-harris http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23195/lawrence-douglas-harris#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:55:30 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23195 After more than a year of preparation and several delays, a jury will hear from attorneys and witnesses today as the double-murder trial of Lawrence Douglas Harris Sr. begins.

Harris, 26, is accused of killing his young stepdaughters during some kind of ritual. He has pleaded not guilty, and his lawyers will try to prove that he was legally insane when the crimes were committed.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23195/lawrence-douglas-harris/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23198/lawrence-douglas-harris-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23198/lawrence-douglas-harris-2#comments Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:16:50 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23198 In the basement, officers find candles, Larry's ritual knife, stained with DNA from one of the girls, a symbol of Baphomet, representing Satan and believed to have occult power, bells and an amulet with an inverted pentagram -- all items used in rituals described in "The Satanic Bible."

Larry tells police he has a spell notebook in his and Marla's bedroom closet. The notebook contains drawings from the book "Pagan Ways," references found in the occult fiction book "Necronomicom" and page numbers corresponding to "The Satanic Bible," including one specific spell.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23198/lawrence-douglas-harris-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22124/kendra-alysha-suing http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22124/kendra-alysha-suing#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:46:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22124 Prosecutors say 26-year-old Lawrence Douglas Harris Sr., who faces two counts of first-degree murder for allegedly killing his 8- and 10-year-old stepdaughters in January, was practicing satanism and carefully planned the killings as a part of a spell or ritual from "The Satanic Bible."

Shortly after the girls' deaths, police said Harris told them they had died during a spell that "had gone bad."]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22124/kendra-alysha-suing/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20333/ritual-killing-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20333/ritual-killing-2#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:43:34 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20333/ritual-killing-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20333/ritual-killing-2/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20308/lawrence-douglas-harris-sr http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20308/lawrence-douglas-harris-sr#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:39:22 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20308/lawrence-douglas-harris-sr http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20308/lawrence-douglas-harris-sr/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20307/witchcraft-12 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20307/witchcraft-12#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:14:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20307/witchcraft-12 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20307/witchcraft-12/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20306/ritual-killing http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20306/ritual-killing#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:10:47 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20306/ritual-killing http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20306/ritual-killing/feed 0