Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Exorcist. As written by William Peter Blatty, both in his original novel and his Academy Award-winning screenplay, The Exorcist (1973) did not happen.

An immersive 3D audio docuseries telling the true stories of an exorcist and the people he has helped began its second season last month after topping podcast charts. “The Exorcist Files,” hosted by ...

Heralded as one of the scariest movies of all-time, 1973’s The Exorcist remains one of the most prestigious horror movies in the genre. With its gripping portrayal of Catholic priests exorcizing an ...

Here are the real events that inspired — and were inspired by — William Friedkin's horror masterpiece. Blatty first heard about the case of “Roland Doe” when he was a student at Georgetown University.

But what makes them even more terrifying and appealing to horror fans is when they are based on true events. Films such as ...