The housing market is an utterly brutal place - especially when you have your heart set on something very specific.
Danielle Witt and her partner, Ben Rockey-Harris, were struggling to deal with the intense competition when they began looking for their dream home.
Describing fights breaking out at open house weekends, and properties selling almost as soon as the sign was put up outside, the couple were starting to fear their own home would never become a reality.
But then they stumbled across a house that ticked every single one of their boxes and at a knock-down price they could afford.
The home, in Maryland, US, was a stunning three-bedroom property and after a background check on what building work had already been done, Danielle and Ben decided to put in an offer.
Not only that but the home had been reduced by $50,000 to $377,000 because the previous buyers had bailed out of the deal.
The couple couldn't believe their luck when their offer was accepted. But then Danielle decided to Google the history of the home and was left utterly horrified by what she found.
It was the inspiration - and true story - behind the chilling horror film The Exorcist after a Catholic priest was called to perform an exorcism on a teenage boy.
The event inspired the 1971 novel and then the 1973 movie The Exorcist.
An article in The Washington Post reported the exorcism that took place in 1949, with the headline: 'Priest frees Mt. Rainier boy reported held in devil's grip', with the article stating that after 20 to 30 performances of the exorcism the devil was "finally cast out of the boy".
It said ministers witnessed furniture sliding across the floor and the teen yelling and cursing in Latin phrases.
Danielle told NPR: "Honestly, the first thing I thought was, 'oh God, this is going to tank our resale value'.
"And then the next thought I had was, maybe I better rewatch that, start learning more about what it is that we just bought. And also, I had no idea that that was even based on a real story."
However, nothing would put Daneille and Ben off from buying their dream home and the couple went ahead with the sale.
Danielle admits she has some knowledge of the occult and is a firm believer that demons haunt people not buildings, so has not been put off by her new pad being the scene of an exorcism.
But there are some things she won't leave to chance and turned down a pal's offer to have an Ouija board night at the home.
Danielle said: "The last time someone did that, they made a movie about my house."
