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Ronald Edwin Hunkeler, the boy who inspired "The Exorcist": the story behind the myth

Clarín · north america

En 1949, un adolescente de 13 años comenzó a sufrir una serie de episodios que su familia y varios sacerdotes atribuyeron a una posesión demoníaca.El caso fue documentado durante meses y llegó a la prensa hasta caer en manos de William Peter Blatty, quien años después lo convirtió en El Exorcista.

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