The story called The Exorcist of the demonic possession of a young girl was an extremely popular novel by William Peter Blatty. It was made into an even more popular film-the first of the modern cycle of horror blockbusters. A good part of the appeal of the book and the film was the claim that it was "based on" a real case. The writer and film's producer acknowledged that certain changes had been made in order to make the story more dramatic and exciting.
The changes were extensive indeed, and in fact, they entirely altered the nature of the original account, and The Exorcist book and film must be considered entirely works of fiction with no claim at all to a factual basis.
In the book and film the "possessed" subject was a girl, whereas in the real case it was a boy. Beyond that the available facts on the original case are scanty. Very few accurate records were kept, and not everything about the case has been made public. Some of those who were involved in events have since died, while others just don't want to talk about it anymore.
Here is what we do know. The case begin early in 1948; the "possessed" subject was a fourteen-year-old boy called Douglas Deen who lived with his family in a suburb of Washington, D.C.
The first manifestation he family noticed were strange nosies coming from the boy's room. The family suspected mice and called in the exterminator. No mice were found, and the noises continued.
Gradually the disturbances became more violent. Furniture was moved back and forth; a heavy bowl fell off the top of the refrigerator for no apparent reason. A pictured seemed to jump off the wall. The disturbances centered the boy's room where his bed shock and trembled, sometimes all night long.
The Deens at first tried to ignore the disturbances, but as they continiued and got worse, they became worried and begin to discuss the situation with their neighbors. Neighbors tried to laugh off the story, but after they spent a night in the Deen house, they stopped laughing and became convinced that something very strange was going on.
The family called in the minister of the church, The reverend Winston. The minister admitted that he was highly skeptical but willing to investigate closely. He spent the entire night on February 18, 1949, with Douglas Deen. Later the Reverend Winston described what happened that night to a meeting of the Society of Parasychology in Washington D.C.
Later they tried to call a Roman Catholic Priest to perform an anicent ritue on the room, He did it well over thirty times at night, And noticed the boy would scream and shout in a voice that was not his. Finally in may 1949 the boy did not react violently when he performed the ritue, and the exorcism that was performed had driven the demons out.
So basically it was a minor case, Nothing too crazy sep the novel writer and film makers butchered it up to make it more frightening.
Well, You learn something new everyday!
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How did he get demented or what ever....?