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🗓️ 18 October 2022
⏱️ 64 minutes
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While Melissa is on maternity leave Ali is having guest hosts from our Patreon do their own episodes!
In 1971, the writer William Peter Blatty published The Exorcist, a novel based on a true story of a child's demonic possession. This story would go on to terrify millions of people when it was adapted into the seminal 1973 film of the same name. But just what was the true story? How did it differ from the novel and film? And how was the “true” story that had been told for decades later found out to be incorrect?
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0:00.0 | Whether you're driving to work, cycling to a friend's place, |
0:03.0 | or on the way to your next holiday, |
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0:11.8 | To start listening, download the Amazon Music app, |
0:14.6 | or visit amazon.co.uk-on-the-go-true-crime. |
0:18.4 | That's amazon.co.uk-on-the-go-true-crime. |
0:22.3 | And listen to your favourite podcasts on the go. |
0:26.1 | And here he goes, original. |
0:48.1 | Hello and welcome to Web Crawlers, |
0:50.9 | the podcast where you do a deep dive into some of our favourite mysteries. |
0:54.9 | Each week we will introduce our topic, |
0:57.5 | layout our research and findings, |
0:59.5 | reveal some conspiracy theories, |
1:01.6 | and conclude with our own hypothesis. |
1:05.0 | I'm Ali Siegel, and I'm so excited. |
1:09.0 | Today we have the most special of special of guests, |
1:13.6 | the man with the smoothest voice in podcasting. |
1:18.8 | Dan Tanna, and also Rosie, |
1:23.6 | who is wearing a snuggie. |
1:28.6 | It's actually a comfy. |
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