ITF Read: The Exorcist (1971 novel)
Pazuzu commands YOU to listen (to this discussion of William Peter Blatty\u2019s infamous book about demon possession). In episode 145, Luke & James discuss whether the source material lives up to the claim on the cover that it is, \u201cThe most terrifying novel ever written.\u201d
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Topics: real life exorcisms, a genre-defining tale, writing from a place of truth, the skeptic perspective, using \u201creal\u201d horrors, a serpentine penis, the power of coincidence, the fear of women\u2019s sexuality, and the real-life basis for Fr. Lankester Merrin.
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