Adornments by Lynn

Holly in Front of the Rectory

The actual incident that inspired the book was that involving a 14-year-old boy. We were told his real name, but I won’t repeat it here because he’s still alive and I respect his privacy. He’s been through enough! 

First the tour went to the North St. Louis County suburb of Bel-Nor and showed us a two-story brick home on a nice middle class street near St. Louis University. This was the house of the boy’s aunt and the first place he stayed after coming to St. Louis for the Exorcism.

On Halloween evening, the house was lit up and had lighted jack-o-lanterns on the front porch. If one didn’t know any better, it would seem like any other house. I tried to get photos of it, but none of them turned out. (Sorry.)

From there, we went to the campus of St. Louis University, where the priests who performed the exorcism lived and helped perform the exorcism.

This is one of our tour leaders, Holly, standing on the steps of the rectory.

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