Episode 28 // Roland Doe: The Haunted Boy Who Inspired The Exorcist

When The Exorcist movie was released in theaters, people claimed that it was one of the scariest films they had ever seen. However this movie may never have happened if it wasn't for Roland Doe, also known as the Haunted Boy. Listen to how this 14-year-old boy’s story and his saga of possession by the devil and how it inspired it all.

SOURCES:

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/features/dcmovies/exorcism1949.htm

• http://www.strangemag.com/exorcistpage1.html

• https://www.nytimes.com/1972/08/27/archives/

• http://www.strangemag.com/exorcistpage1.html

• https://diabolicalconfusions.wordpress.com/

• https://web.archive.org/web/20161108225118/

• http://www.slu.edu/universitas/exorcism-expose/exorcism-timeline

• https://treasuresofthechurch.com/about-relics

• http://www.strangemag.com/exorcistpage3.html

TRANSCRIPT:

SAU Episode 28 Haunted Boy

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