"Oh yeah, that's the house ... Louis University]." But the fact remains that the real-life story behind author William Peter Blatty's best-selling novel The Exorcist had its origins in St ...

Editors note: This story was originally published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on April 17, 1988. The incident that inspired the movie for the book ... the real thing. ''The three-month exorcism ...

In a follow-up book, Blatty said ... the ancient ritual of exorcism. The 13-year-old boy's parents moved from Maryland to a relative's house in Bel-Nor, in north St. Louis County.

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A family at their wits end brought their son, given the pseudonym “Robbie Mannheim,” to Jesuit priests from St. Louis University ... tales about the very real exorcism that inspired it.

who led the exorcism ritual after consulting with the archbishop of St. Louis but remained publicly silent about his experiences - though he did tell Allen it was "the real thing." Bowdern died in ...

The 13-year old boy's parents moved from Maryland to a relative's house in Bel Nor ... in the back story of the St. Louis Exorcism and in the famous book and movie. Here's what experts have ...

who led the exorcism ritual after consulting with the archbishop of St. Louis but remained publicly silent about his experiences — though he did tell Allen it was "the real thing." Bowdern died ...

ST. LOUIS – A bizarre chapter in St. Louis history came to a close on this date 76 years ago, when a teenage boy believed to be possessed of demonic forces was reportedly freed, following weeks ...

It started with a scratching sound under the floorboards in a young boy’s home. Then, it ended up on movie screens all over the world. The real-life case of Ronald Hunkeler, a Maryland boy who ...