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In our "Tragedy On Set" series episode 75 we explore the terrifying stories that unfolded behind the scenes of The Exorcist—fires that destroyed sets, actors injured during filming, and the shocking true crime connection that would later cast a long shadow over the production. Was it all just a string of dark coincidences? Or was something far more sinister at play?

Sources: 

Cursed Films: The Exorcist, Season 1, Epi 1 by Jay Cheel 

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/was-the-exorcist-set-really-cursed-and-haunted#:~:text=The%20Exorcist%20Cast%20Endured%20Deaths,were%20caused%20by%20a%20haunting.&text=Even%20before%20The%20Exorcist%20began,impossible%2C%20but%20it%20exists.%22&text=He%20continued%2C%20%22We%20were%20plagued,haunting%20of%20The%20Exorcist…

https://www.college.ucla.edu/2023/10/19/humanities-english-exorcism-henry-ansgar-kelly-2023

https://people.com/is-the-exorcist-based-on-a-true-story-8638849#:~:text=The%20Exorcist%2C%20by%20William%20Peter,possessed%20by%20an%20evil%20spirit.

https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/was-the-exorcist-set-really-cursed-and-haunted#:~:text=Even%20before%20The%20Exorcist%20began,something%20more%20sinister%20was%20afoot.

https://www.lindablairworldheart.org/

https://catholicstand.com/from-the-exorcist-to-nefarious/

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