The Rev. John Padberg, S.J., director of the Institute of Jesuit Sources, speaks during a panel discussion at Saint Louis University on Tuesday in St. Louis about the monthlong 1949 demon-purging ...
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 of ...
On Oct. 30, Destination America will broadcast "Exorcism: Live!" from the famed Bel-Nor home where the true story behind "The Exorcist" took place in 1949. Here's a look at the house, which has been ...
In this 1972 file photo, the Rev. Walter H. Halloran who was the last surviving Jesuit who participated in a 1949 exorcism that inspired the book and movie "The Exorcist.'' Jesuit scholars on Tuesday, ...
In 1949, Bowdern was the pastor of College Church. Because he was there, Bowdern would, reluctantly, become the man to lead a team of Jesuits in the famous St. Louis exorcism. Bowdern died five years ...
ST. LOUIS — Saint Louis University junior Zach Grummer-Strawn has never seen “The Exorcist,” the 1973 horror film considered one of the finest examples of ...