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The terrifying, real-life story behind the movie, 'The Exorcist'
Christian Post ^ | 11/21/2020 | Billy Hallowell

Posted on 11/21/2020 7:37:06 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: jimtorr

“I saw that movie when it was in it’s first release. It freaked me out”

Ditto. I saw it with friends from work and then had to go home to an empty house. Hubby worked midnights on the AF Base.

I didn’t sleep at night for a week. I had heard similar stories over the years from missionaries we knew — things that had happened when they were in foreign countries.


21 posted on 11/21/2020 8:48:27 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("FRAUD VITIATES EVERYTHING." Landmark case - SCOTUS/ U.S. v. Throckmorton)
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To: SeekAndFind
I grew up in Mt. Rainier. The house was vacant for many years and fell into disrepair. In 1969 the local fire department burned it down for practice. I remember only the vacant lot until a playground was put up there about 20 years ago.


22 posted on 11/21/2020 8:51:43 AM PST by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: PGR88

Amen. According to a book I read by two researchers, drugs and the ouija board were implicated in most of the possession cases they studied. Sadly, Harry Potter has exponentially increased interest in the occult. It’s interesting that Rowling is now under attack by the Father of Lies.
I do worry about the antifa people—I can’t help but believe that many are influenced by demons. And they will be with us for a long time.


23 posted on 11/21/2020 8:53:19 AM PST by applpie
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To: PGR88

Amen. According to a book I read by two researchers, drugs and the ouija board were implicated in most of the possession cases they studied. Sadly, Harry Potter has exponentially increased interest in the occult. It’s interesting that Rowling is now under attack by the Father of Lies.
I do worry about the antifa people—I can’t help but believe that many are influenced by demons. And they will be with us for a long time.


24 posted on 11/21/2020 8:53:27 AM PST by applpie
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To: SeekAndFind

Amen. According to a book I read by two researchers, drugs and the ouija board were implicated in most of the possession cases they studied. Sadly, Harry Potter has exponentially increased interest in the occult. It’s interesting that Rowling is now under attack by the Father of Lies.
I do worry about the antifa people—I can’t help but believe that many are influenced by demons. And they will be with us for a long time.


25 posted on 11/21/2020 8:56:58 AM PST by applpie
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....and then you repeat yourself three times? Hmmm.....

Seriously, though, I’ve been told things by people I know very well who have been missionaries here and abroad.

My own mother among them. Her experiences include Chinese border guards being unable to see things in plain sight.


26 posted on 11/21/2020 9:12:38 AM PST by jimtorr
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To: PGR88

The vast majority — not 100%, but the vast majority — of possession cases are directly tied to the possessed person, or someone close to them, being involved in the occult.


27 posted on 11/21/2020 9:20:26 AM PST by Campion (What part of "shall not be infringed" don't they understand?)
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To: SeekAndFind
DGA Quarterly Magazine | Fall 2008 | Shot to Remember - The Exorcist



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28 posted on 11/21/2020 9:28:05 AM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! Click ETL...)
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To: PLMerite
My 2nd favorite Victorian House...... | Munsters house, The munsters, The  munster


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29 posted on 11/21/2020 9:44:37 AM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! Click ETL...)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Omen and Amityville Horror are the one that got to me.


30 posted on 11/21/2020 9:45:56 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (I have a burning hatred of anyone who would vote for a demented, pedophile, crook and a commie whore)
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The Munster’s house 1313 Mockingbird Lane. I remember as a kid seeing this on the tour of the Universal Studios backlot. I thought it was one of the coolest parts of the tour. I’m sure it’s just a facade with only the front and nothing in the back. Note also the TV antenna on the roof.


31 posted on 11/21/2020 10:04:37 AM PST by fidelis (Zonie and USAF Cold Warrior)
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The Munster’s house 1313 Mockingbird Lane. I remember as a kid seeing this on the tour of the Universal Studios backlot. I thought it was one of the coolest parts of the tour. I’m sure it’s just a facade with only the front and nothing in the back.

With that thought in mind, here is a must-see episode of Amos & Andy!

Amos ‘n’ Andy S2E3 Kingfish Sells a Lot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxCKG7Tp_C8&t=2s

32 posted on 11/21/2020 10:13:39 AM PST by ETL (REAL Russia collusion! DEMOCRAT-Russia collusion!! Click ETL...)
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To: SeekAndFind

I recall two movies that really had me on the edge of my seat: Exorcist and the first Jurassic Park.


33 posted on 11/21/2020 10:19:33 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: SeekAndFind
Robbie’s Aunt Tillie is named as a family member from St. Louis who was close to the teenager; she was said to have been interested in the occult.[vi] Aunt Tillie reportedly introduced Robbie to the Ouija board before her death, based on some accounts. And, according to a St. Louis University retelling of the story, chaos erupted after he tried to use the board to reach Tillie in the afterlife.[vii]

Never a good idea.

34 posted on 11/21/2020 10:27:26 AM PST by Lee N. Field ("He will swallow up death forever" Isaiah 25)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Hospital that the Exorcism took place at was Alexian Brothers Hospital in South St. Louis. The old Hospital was torn down and replaced however, the stone wall facing South Broadway is still there.


35 posted on 11/21/2020 10:44:06 AM PST by MCF (If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo)
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To: basalt

“The book was even better.” Absolutely. I finished it one night in bed, around 10 PM, with the lights still on, and the radio playing a song by Alice Cooper (”School is out Forever” I think). I wouldn’t get up to extinguish the lights; any time thereafter I heard the Alice Cooper song, the hairs on my arms would rise.

Side note: If you enjoyed the book, and haven’t read the sequel “Legion,” you’re in for a real treat. A terrifying one, but still...It was the basis for the movie “Exorcist III.”


36 posted on 11/21/2020 11:04:38 AM PST by DPMD
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the book explained alot of what u see in the movie much better...one instance, the reason the girl turns her head completely around...is that was how “satanic assassins” killed their victims...hence how the film director Burke Dennings was killed. The book and the film really put the zap on my brain back in 1974...i wouldnt watch anything having to do with possession...lol. But, as time went by, didnt bother me anymore...i bet ive seen the movie at least 50 times since...


37 posted on 11/21/2020 12:41:03 PM PST by basalt
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To: ETL

with high definition t.v...you can see every wire holding Regan up...heh


38 posted on 11/21/2020 12:42:47 PM PST by basalt
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To: ETL

"Your mama sews socks that smell!"

39 posted on 11/21/2020 12:42:50 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

I knew only a little of this story, thanks for posting.

I think I was 20 when the movie came out. I went with friends and had to leave- it was too much for me. I did read the book - very intense.


40 posted on 11/21/2020 1:05:15 PM PST by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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