Spiegel Stuff: The Face of Jack the Ripper; the Exorcist’s Chilling Reality; When Web Sleuthing Goes Wrong

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Celebrate your Halloweekend appropriately with haunting tales of human darkness and behind-the-scenes stories of horror classics, like The Exorcist and Silence of the Lambs

Battling the Devil

When he made his 1973 classic, The Exorcist, William Friedkin had never seen an exorcism, and for decades he wondered how close his film had come to reality. On one trip to Rome, the director was allowed to film as Father Amorth—a 91-year-old Vatican legend—fought to expel Satan from an Italian woman. It began a chilling investigation into the phenomenon of possession.

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The Face of Jack the Ripper

For more than a century after Jack the Ripper became one of history's most feared and famous murderers, his identity remained a mystery. Then last year, on a tour of Scotland Yard, a best-selling American crime novelist met a leading British authority on the Ripper. Patricia Cornwell reveals how she and other investigators used state-of-the-art forensic science, including DNA tests, to make a case about the serial killer's identity.

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"Dr. Lecter, My Name Is Clarice Starling"

Thirty years ago, a lionhearted FBI trainee went to a cannibalistic killer for advice. Together, they changed pop culture. Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins talk about the legacy of The Silence of the Lambs.

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Echoes in the Dark

After the shocking murder of four Idaho college kids last fall, a media frenzy exploded into their quiet town, boosting the image of upstart news reporters—but bringing along a new breed of web sleuth, conspiracy-minded, vindictive, and often dead wrong.

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The Making of Ghostbusters

From a potential lead who died of a drug overdose to a marshmallow-man suit that went up in flames, Ghostbusters looked like anything but a slam dunk when Columbia Pictures made it. Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how Dan Aykroyd's big idea led to an all-time comedy classic

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Saturday, October 28, 2023

The Face of Jack the Ripper; the Exorcist’s Chilling Reality; When Web Sleuthing Goes Wrong

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