The Exorcist: The True Story That Inspired the Classic Horror Film

The Exorcist: The True Story That Inspired the Classic Horror Film

The real story of the cult horror film

Exorcist is one of the most classic films in the horror genre, influencing the reformulation of horror cinema of its time. After great success among the public and critics, Exorcist became a benchmark film for countless directors and is still remembered by many today as a timeless and memorable film. But did you know that he was based on a real exorcism case? We will tell you the details!

Exorcist was based on the story of a young man named Ronald Dow (also known as Robbie Mannheim or Ronald Hunkeler). Ronald was only 13 years old and began to be terrorized after the death of his Aunt Harriet. She taught the teenager how to use Ouija board and after his death, strange things began to torment the boy.

Sounds of scratching, floor movement, unexplained events… All this forced the family to turn to experts that time and in February 1949, local Catholic priest named E. Albert Hughes received permission to exorcise the young man. Ronald was tied to a mattress during the exorcism, but the priest was unable to complete it. (by using It’s all interesting)

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Since they failed, the family went to Saint Louis and managed to contact another priest, Walter H. Halloran. IN March 1949, Another exorcism will be performed on Ronald, this time in the presence of several assistants. Scratches appeared on the boy’s body, the mattress moved on its own, screams, outbursts of aggression, objects flying around the room without explanation, and in a state of trance the boy’s voice took on a guttural tone… All this could be seen in The Exorcist, 1974.

The exorcism lasted more than one month, but the priests did not give up. On this day the last exorcism session took place. April 18, 1949 when the priests called Saint Michael the Archangel exorcise the demon from Ronald’s body. Declaring that Saint Michael would fight Satan for the little boy’s soul, Ronald came out of his trance a few minutes later and said: “he left”recounting a vision of St. Michael defeating Satan on the great battlefield.

It is reported that after all this the teenager no longer exhibited any abnormal or aggressive behavior and began to live a normal life after the end of the exorcism. What about you, did you know that this is a real story? Exorcist? Have you ever heard of this case of possession? Share with us in the comments!