On Friday, February 5, another installment in the Shock Doc series will launch on discovery+: The Exorcism of Roland Doe. The two-hour special reveals surprising new details of the real exorcism case of a 13-year-old boy, known as Roland Doe. The case inspired the iconic 1973 horror film The Exorcist, which was based on the 1971 novel of the same name by William Peter Blatty.
Let’s take a look at what the Shock Doc is about, including one of the paranormal experts appearing in it, a man many in the para community are very familiar with, Troy Taylor.
About The Exorcism of Roland Doe
Begins Streaming Friday, February 5 on discovery+
More than 70 years ago, Doe became the unwilling participant in the most famous story of the devil inhabiting a person’s soul. Catholic priests who perform exorcisms say what happened to the young boy is consistent with demonic possessions and that details of the story are true. The priests who battled the demon lurking inside the possessed boy witnessed bizarre and violent manifestations including levitation, vomiting, unnatural human strength and bloody markings on his body.
Now, a long-lost interview with a dying monk, who never spoke about his participation in the boy’s exorcisms, details his frightening experience of watching the boy levitate above his bed. Even more startling, another eyewitness exposes a possible cover-up in the case. This captivating documentary details how the devil himself brought forth hell upon an unsuspecting, innocent young boy.
About Troy Taylor
Troy Taylor is the author of more than 130 books on ghosts, hauntings, true crime, the unexplained, and the supernatural in America, including The Devil Came to St. Louis, the true story of Roland Doe and the 1949 Exorcism. He is also the founder of American Hauntings Ink, which offers books, ghost tours, events, and weekend excursions.
Troy was born in Illinois and raised in the Midwest and began his writing career in 1994. Over the years, he has created nearly a dozen different ghost tours and founded the Haunted America Conference, the first event of its kind in the United States. In addition to writing and appearing at public private events to speak about the unexplained, he has also appeared on numerous radio and television programs, in documentaries, and in one feature film.
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The Exorcism of Roland Doe begins streaming on Friday, February 5.
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Give yourself a point for any of the following that you’ve done:
- Read the book The Exorcist.
- Saw the movie.
- Took a jaunt to see the Exorcist Steps in D.C.
- Give yourself a bonus point if you’ve done all 3.
What’s your score?
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My score is 2, but I think I should get an extra point because I read the book when I was a kid!
2 but should be 4 . I’ve seen the movie more then once. Lol
Oh dang it! I should’ve thought about a way to add in bonus points for if you saw the movie more than once or read the book more than once. Although in your case I never would’ve thought the create bonus points for reading it as a kid! Holy cow! You deserve double bonus points for that!
LOL! Maybe I should’ve done it as “Give yourself a point for each time you’ve seen the movie.” I’ll do that going forward if I ever do scoring things like this again.