0:20

Well , hello , my little creepies

0:23

. Oh

0:26

, yes , it's that

0:28

time again . We

0:31

talk about UFOs and

0:33

Bigfoot , paranormal

0:35

true crime and

0:38

conspiracy stories and

0:41

all things creepy

0:43

. Yes , this

0:45

is the Creepy Show . You

0:47

can find us online at

0:50

creepyshow and

0:54

I'm your host , the

0:57

Master of Creep

0:59

.

1:06

Tonight's story , roland

1:08

Doe . Now

1:19

the name Roland Doe is a fictitious name

1:21

given to a boy who was born in 1935

1:23

. He

1:26

was believed to be possessed by Satan . Roland's

1:31

family was living in Cottage City , maryland . Roland

1:38

was an only child who depended on adults for friends . He

1:43

didn't usually play with other children but he did spend a lot of time with his Aunt

1:45

Harriet . Roland's Aunt Harriet was a lot of fun because

1:48

she was into spirits . She

1:51

would spend time with Roland playing

1:53

on the Ouija board . Harriet

1:56

would tell Roland spooky stories

1:58

and conduct paranormal experiments

2:01

paranormal

2:08

experiments . But one day Aunt Harriet passed away and this had a dramatic

2:11

effect on Roland's entire family . Strange paranormal events

2:13

started happening at Roland's

2:16

house . It seemed

2:18

that Roland had some kind of connection

2:20

with his dead aunt . When

2:23

Roland would walk into a room , something

2:25

unexplainable would happen , such

2:28

as furniture moving on its own

2:30

, books would fly

2:32

off the shelves and drawers

2:35

would pop open . At

2:37

first they confronted Roland because

2:39

they believed that he was rigging

2:41

things to move , that

2:47

he was rigging things to move like a practical joke

2:49

of some kind . But Roland goes into a very deep

2:52

depression . After all , his favorite aunt

2:54

was dead and

2:56

Roland had no one to play with

2:58

. His mom and dad

3:00

just didn't share in Roland's

3:03

paranormal interest , so

3:07

he felt all alone and completely isolated . Not only

3:09

did his mom and dad not relate

3:12

to Roland , but they started

3:14

showing signs of animosity

3:16

because of Roland's interest

3:18

in the spirit world . They believed

3:20

that Roland was trying to scare

3:23

them into believing that evil

3:25

spirits were lurking about Roland's

3:28

. Mom and dad would sit down and

3:30

interrogate Roland on several occasions

3:33

. They would often go

3:35

into Roland's room and do a complete

3:37

search for anything suspicious

3:39

, like wires or

3:42

strings or something they could

3:44

make books fly off of shelves or

3:46

furniture move on their own . Nothing

3:49

was found , nothing that would explain

3:52

all of the weird stuff that was going

3:54

on . Roland's mom and dad

3:56

got rid of all of the paranormal stuff

3:58

, such as books and Roland's

4:00

Ouija board . Roland's

4:03

mental health starts to deteriorate

4:06

under all of the pressure . With

4:08

no evidence of wrongdoing on

4:11

Roland's part , his mom and dad

4:13

had no choice but to believe

4:15

that something evil

4:17

was living with them and

4:20

it had a deep connection with Roland

4:22

. They turned to

4:25

their religion and invited their

4:27

pastor , luther Miles

4:29

Schultz , a Lutheran

4:32

priest , to come over to the

4:34

house . Luther recommended

4:36

that Roland should come home with

4:38

him and this would give the family

4:41

a day of rest while the

4:43

priest got a chance to observe Roland

4:45

overnight . It

4:48

was a night of spirit unrest

4:50

. During the night Luther

4:53

witnessed furniture moving and

4:55

things flying off the shelf and

4:57

smashing against the wall . Luther

5:01

also noticed that some of

5:03

the rooms in his house got freezing

5:05

cold . In a matter of a few seconds

5:07

there were knocking sounds

5:10

like someone was using

5:12

hammers between the walls . Luther

5:15

had several Jesus crosses

5:18

above all of the bedroom doors

5:20

and as soon as Roland

5:22

entered the house all

5:24

of the crosses fell to the floor . There

5:28

was simply no way that Roland

5:30

could have rigged all of this . Luther

5:32

took Roland back home early

5:35

in the next morning and the family noticed

5:37

that Luther looked like he had

5:39

aged 10 years in one night

5:41

. Aged 10

5:44

years in one night . Luther

5:48

said that this is beyond his ability to help or even understand . Luther recommended

5:50

that the family contact a

5:53

Catholic priest . So

5:56

the family contacted the

5:58

Catholic Church and

6:00

after meeting with the family , it was

6:02

decided that an exorcism

6:04

was needed to be performed . So

6:18

in 1949 , roland was checked into

6:20

Georgetown University Hospital under an assumed name which was Roland

6:22

Doe . A

6:28

Roman Catholic priest by the name of Edward Hughes was assigned to help perform the exorcism . Hughes

6:30

served as an assistant pastor from

6:32

June 16 , 1948

6:35

to June 18 , 1960

6:38

at St James Church at

6:41

Mount Rainier , maryland . Now

6:49

the exorcist itself was dramatic . Roland was strapped down because he seemed dangerous

6:51

to the attendant physicians as well

6:53

as the priest who was conducting

6:55

the exorcism . During

6:58

the procedure , roland pulled one hand out of his restraints . Roland

7:00

pulled one hand out of his restraints

7:02

. He reached under the bed

7:04

and broke off a mattress spring

7:07

. He used the spring

7:09

to slash the arm of Edward

7:11

Hughes . Because

7:17

of this injury , the exorcism ritual had to be halted . Roland's family

7:19

was advised to try again at a

7:21

later date . They

7:27

were directed to William S Bodern , an associate of College Church

7:29

. He and a colleague visited Roland

7:32

where he was strapped to the bed

7:34

. They witnessed Roland's

7:36

bed shaking violently and

7:39

objects flying from shelves

7:41

. Roland was speaking

7:43

in a very low , guttural

7:45

voice and seemed to fear anything

7:48

sacred . Bodern was

7:50

granted permission from the archbishop

7:52

to perform another exorcism . This

7:55

time the exorcism took place at the

7:57

Alexian Brothers Hospital in

7:59

St Louis , missouri . Two

8:02

other priests assisted Bodern

8:04

in the exorcism . They were Walter

8:06

Halloran and William

8:09

Van Roo . Now

8:11

Halloran stated that during the

8:13

exorcism , words

8:15

such as evil and hell

8:17

, along with other various marks

8:19

, appeared on Roland's body

8:21

. Also , his mattress

8:24

began to shake and somehow

8:26

, during all of this , roland

8:29

managed to break Halloran's

8:31

nose . After

8:33

the exorcism , roland

8:35

Doe ended up having a normal life

8:38

, married with kids . In

8:40

fact , roland is alive and well

8:42

and has never spoken publicly

8:44

about this case . Do

8:47

you remember the movie the

8:49

Exorcist ? Well

8:52

, this is the Roland Doe case

8:54

. This true case

8:56

inspired William Peter Blatty

8:59

to write a novel in 1971

9:02

called the Exorcist

9:04

. It was turned into

9:06

a movie in 1973 . One

9:10

of the main differences is in

9:12

the movie they turned Roland

9:14

Doe into a girl played by

9:16

Linda Blair . Many

9:18

of the special effects in the movie are

9:21

a reenactment of actual events

9:23

. We hope you have

9:25

enjoyed tonight's show . We'll

9:27

see you next time .

9:31

As the casket closes on another

9:33

creepy episode , we

9:36

bid you farewell to

9:38

the shadows that danced upon your

9:40

fears . Oh

9:44

, and thank you for joining us on this

9:46

creepy journey into the

9:48

unknown , where the darkness

9:50

whispers secrets and

9:53

the silence echoes within

9:55

your soul . Find

9:58

us online for some extra

10:00

creepy content at

10:03

creepyshow and

10:06

if you happen to make it through

10:09

the night , don't forget

10:11

to share this podcast

10:14

With

10:18

someone you want to

10:20

terrorize . Good

10:23

night , my little creepies . Sleep with

10:26

one eye open , for the night is long

10:28

and full of horror .