Real Truth Behind The Exorcist Movie

90's

I remember talking to my older sister on the phone about the experience. She lived in St. Louis, and I soon started finding newspaper clippings from her in the newsy letters she sent me. The clippings were from the St. Louis local papers, and they claimed that the fictional account was based on a true event that happened in St. Louis. I saw the movie, “The Exorcist,” at Ft. Hood, Texas, in one of the nice on-post movie theaters they had there the year of the movie’s release. We were encouraged to go see it by those that had already done so, but they gave fair warning that it had scared the wits out of them. I am talking about big, brave, tough, military men. Some of them had admitted having trouble getting a good night’s sleep after seeing it. This is how it... Read More