As the mass media continues obsessing about Shillary and The Drumpf, we investigate some intriguing and disturbing stories unfolding elsewhere in the world. Scott Sentinel looks at the influence that small, isolated communities can have over their members, as highlighted by a Pakistani boy who recently cut off his own arm with a grass cutter, believing that he'd committed blasphemy. Phil Gardener profiles striking cases of apparent possession by spirits, including a recent my