A family at their wits end brought their son, given the pseudonym “Robbie Mannheim,” to Jesuit priests from St. Louis University for an exorcism in 1949. The story has been fodder for urban legend ...
Dubbed the "St. Louis Exorcist Case", the events in the life of 13 year-old Douglas Deen eventually led to the making of the horror movie classic, The Exorcist. William Peer Blatty's best-selling ...