A plaque officially designating the ... "The commemoration of the exorcist steps have been a grassroots effort with many DC residents and organizations," said Huff. He added they now have "the ...

The ancient ritual of exorcism had to be performed at least 20 to 30 times before the job was done, The Washington Post reported in 1949, citing “Catholic sources.” A priest spent two months ...

With a new Exorcist film out this week ... Like the book, it tells the story of Regan, a young girl in Washington DC who is possessed by a demon and saved by Catholic priests.

In one of the last scenes of the 1973 horror film, Father Karras rolls down the stairs. The place became a landmark of the US capital in 2015. The film's director, William Friedkin died this ...

Where my parents drew the line, for reasons I am still excavating, was “The Exorcist,” but I think I was already drawing that line myself. The pre-internet grapevine had brought forth reports ...

Did you know that “The Exorcist,” one of the most famous horror movies of all time, was based on a real DC-area exorcism? The 1949 exorcism allegedly took place in PG, Maryland, and inspired ...