The Boy Who Inspired The Exorcist: What Really Happened

Описание: The shocking true story of a 13-year-old boy's demonic possession in 1949 that terrified priests and inspired the most frightening film ever made.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Part One: The Boy They Called Roland Doe
00:02:55.822 = Show Open
00:04:58.617 = Part Two: The Boy Who Played With Darkness
00:20:24.106 = ***Part Three: Forty-Eight Witnesses to the Impossible
00:43:59.220 = ***Part Four: The NASA Engineer Who Fled Every Halloween
01:06:26.404 = ***Part Five: The Silence of the Exorcists
01:23:54.985 = Show Close

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Originally aired: November 07, 2025

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