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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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William Peter Blatty (CAS 50) was most well-known for writing The Exorcist, which was set largely in the Georgetown neighborhood.

Blatty Remembered for Contributions to Horror Genre, Georgetown

By Emily Tu January 20, 2017

As he sat in a theology class at Georgetown taught by Fr. Eugene Gallagher, S.J., a young student learned of an exorcism that occurred in the Washington area. Inspired by the incident, William Peter...

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