Dennis Wheatley(1897-1977)

Wheatley's writing career began in 1933 and lasted until his death in 1977. He wrote swashbuckling historicals, novels of international intrigue, supernatural horror, and sexual sadism. His nonfiction included autobiographies and the occult.

Half the people in our asylums may be suffering from a physical lesion of the brain but the others are unaccountably insane. The real reason is demoniac possession brought about by looking upon terrible things that they were never meant to see.