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"Exorcist House"
In 1971, William Peter Blatty published The Exorcist, a chilling novel that continues to frighten readers today. The story is inspired by events that tok place in a neighborhood just a few miles from campus. As a college student at Georgetown University in 1949, Blatty heard tales of a teenage boy allegedly possessed by the devil, who was later revealed to live at 3210 Bunker Hill Road in the Mt. Rainier neighborhood. Although Blatty's novel centers around a teenage girl, many of the girl's symptoms mimic those of the Mt. Rainier boy: violent screaming and cursing, speaking in Latin or Aramaic, and moving furniture around the room.
After numerous exorcisms were performed in the Mt. Rainier home, a priest accompanied the boy to St. Louis for treatment, and his symptoms eventually ceased. The Mt. Rainier street was rumored to be cursed for years to follow, with misfortune seemingly finding every family on the street. The house was eventually razed. but many visitors still feel a tingling in their spines when they walk past the devil's former address. |