The Backstory: Demons to moon landings – the story that inspired The Exorcist
Elvis Duran and the Morning Show ON DEMAND
Elvis Duran Podcast Network and iHeartPodcasts
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🗓️ 25 October 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
The Exorcist was a best-selling book and an iconic movie over 50 years ago. But the true story that inspired it is even more chilling…and still unexplained. And the story of the child who at the center of the exorcism is even more amazing.
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| 0:00.0 | No lie. This is kind of a dark spine chiller of a story from decades ago. It's one of the most |
| 0:06.9 | infamous exorcisms in modern history. It was the inspiration for one of Hollywood's most |
| 0:12.1 | iconic horror movies, The Exorcist. the in mystery. I'm Patty Steele, the terrifying exorcism of a 14-year-old boy who |
| 0:26.3 | went on to become a NASA engineer that's next on the backstory. |
| 0:30.5 | On Thanksgiving Day, 1999, a five-year-old boy floated alone in the ocean. |
| 0:39.0 | He had lost his mother trying to reach Florida from Cuba. |
| 0:43.0 | He looked like a little angel. |
| 0:45.0 | I mean he looks so fresh. |
| 0:46.0 | And his name, Elian Gonzalez, |
| 0:48.0 | will make headlines everywhere. |
| 0:51.0 | Elian Gonzales. |
| 0:52.0 | Elian Gonzales. |
| 0:55.0 | At the heart of the story is a young boy and the question of who he belongs with. |
| 1:01.0 | His father in Cuba. |
| 1:03.4 | Mr. Gonzales wanted to go home, |
| 1:05.4 | and he wanted to take your son with him. |
| 1:07.0 | Or his relatives in Miami. |
| 1:09.2 | Imagine that your mother died trying to get you to freedom. |
| 1:13.9 | At the heart of it all is still this painful family separation. |
| 1:17.8 | Something that as a Cuban, I know all too well. |
| 1:21.8 | Listen to Chesapeake's story as part of the Michael Tura |
| 1:26.8 | podcast network available on the I-Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
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