{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Henry","title":"The Exorcist Was Based On A Lie — And The Church Got Played","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1554,"description":"In 1949, a thirteen-year-old boy was exorcised by the Catholic Church. The case became the most famous possession story in American history and inspired The Exorcist — one of the highest-grossing horror films ever made.\nFor 75 years, the story has been told the same way: a boy possessed, priests battling for his soul, a miracle ending.\nBut a 29-page diary, a forgotten interview, and decades of silence tell a very different story.\nThis is the real story of Ronald Hunkeler — the boy behind \"Roland Doe\" — and how a grieving, isolated teenager's struggle became a myth the Church, a novelist, and Hollywood all had reasons to believe.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/px9ToAMycFrN12wOyE0D8a4FG5SCg1c_a8-Et1DsJ4M/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jOTk4/OWQ2YjI0MGJlZDJh/MzM4NjRmMTMxOWZi/YTFiYS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}