William Peter Blatty (CAS ’50) was most well-known for writing “The Exorcist,” which was set largely in the Georgetown neighborhood. As he sat in a theology class at Georgetown taught by Fr. Eugene ...

Author William Peter Blatty, who wrote the best-selling horror novel, "The Exorcist," has died at the age of 89. Blatty died Thursday, according to William Friedkin, who directed the film adaptation ...

July 1971 Blatty discussed the idea for his novel with Harold Keen. It was the nation's best selling book then. New FBI Director Kash Patel will also be named acting head of the ATF, official says ...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for The Exorcist. As written by William Peter Blatty, both in his original novel and his Academy Award-winning screenplay, The Exorcist (1973) did not happen.

LOS ANGELES -- William Friedkin, the filmmaker behind 1973's adaptation of novelist William Peter Blatty's horror novel "The Exorcist," has died at age 87. Stephen Galloway, dean of Dodge College of ...