University of Missouri, St. Louis IRL @ UMSL Current (2000s) Student Newspapers 10-26-2009 Current, October 26, 2009 University of Missouri-St. Louis Follow this and additional works at: https://irl.umsl.edu/current2000s Recommended Citation University of Missouri-St. Louis, "Current, October 26, 2009" (2009). Current (2000s). 237. https://irl.umsl.edu/current2000s/237 This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Newspapers at IRL @ UMSL. It has been accepted for inclusion in Current (2000s) by an authorized administrator of IRL @ UMSL. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 2 ~(~mnt OCTOBER 26, 2009 NEWS ~ 1Chc [:UlTtnt VOLUME 43, ISSUE 1293 Cover illustration by Kill Freeman, Michelle Kaufs-up-blood & Zachary Braaaaaios Kraft ~ CANNIBAL CURRAN but he would always stop EVIL EDHORIAL News Editor short of providing any sort of Editor-in-Chief... ............................................. The Undead Jessica Keil detail that could help to iden­ Managing Editor......................................... Matthew II EI Monstro" Hill The neighborhood of Bel­ tif}T the little boy who was al­ News Editor.............................................................. CannibaI Curran Nor that sits across the street legedly possessed. Features Editor................................................... Spooky Sequita Bean from the University of Mis'­ However, Halloran al­ BusinessfTech Editor..................... ................................. Demon Doyel souri-St. Louis campus has lowed author Thomas B. Al­ Assistant BusinessfTech Editor...................... Richard Millhouse Phipps a secret sitting at 8435 Roa­ len to utilize his account of Sports Editor....... ........................................................ Cedric Killiams noke Drive. the exorcism (so long as he Assistant Sports Editor.... .. .................... Anthony "The Animal" Padgett The three-bedroom brick kept the boy's identity anon­ A&E Editor................................................... Cate "Du Freak" Marquis colonial house that stands ymous) in his book Possessed: Opinions Editor...... .. ..... .... ..................... Andrew "Clubbin' Baby" Seal is 1he True ofan Exorcism. Copy Editors.The Late Stacy Beckenholdt, The Estate of Rebecca Nuckolls there the house that Wil­ Story Proofreader............. .. ................................ Chera Meyer 'n' Brimstone Ham Peter Blatty's novel "The According to Allen, the Exorcist" (later made into a StaffWriters. .......................... .. .. Aaron Hellfire, John" Brooks &" Dunn, family of the boy first became AHHHHH!-MAD ALJURVYED / THE CURRENT film) was based upon. concerned when they heard Matthew B. Haunted, Sarah "House on Haunted" Hill, 8435 Roanoke is where the events in the novel and movie uThe Jinxed Jen O'Hara, Bridget "Ghost" Ryder, Joe Stabber, Spider Webber It was in this house where "odd n oises" at their home Exorcist" occurred. "Some people came on Halloweento take DASTARDLY DESIGN the beginning stages of the in Washington D.C., where pictures of the house, n a neighbor said. Design Editor ............................. .. .................................. Demon Doyel exorcism allegedly took place, they lived before moving to Assistant Design Editor............................................. Chris Stewed-her to have been continued at the St. Louis. "findings" in Strange Maga­ the exorcism before being Photo Editor................. ,........................................ Saeamin' Sofi Seck Alexian Brothers Hospi tal The boy is said to have zine, and while he never transferred down town, Assistant Photo Editor.......... ............. ~ ....... ".Michelle Kaufs-up-blood and St. Francis Xavier Col­ first been possessed on J anu­ specifically notes the child's Sophomore Edwin Vance Page Designer ......................... .lachary Braaaaains Kraft, Kill Freeman lege Church on the Saint ary 15,1949, and fr~d of the name, he lets the reader know Butier, liberal studies, said Staff Photographers. .............. AH HH HH! -madAljuryyed, Jennifer Mean, Chera Meyer 'n' Brimstone Louis University campus in demon on April 19th of the how he came to find it: using that the only thing he really Web Editor................................................... Zachary Braaaaains Kraft downtown St. Louis, Mis­ sam.e year. a trail of census reports, mu­ knew about the exorcism is souri. Although the possessed nicipal directories librar­ that it was performed by Illustrators .......................... Paul "The Wolfman II Maguire, Gory Perkins and BONE CRUSHING BUSINESS The boy and his family boy's identity still remains ies. Catholic priests., and the boy Business Manager........................... .. ................ Decapitated Dan Pryor were living at the house in unknown , numerous efforts The Riverfront Times foL­ was rumored to have lived in Advertising Director. ....................................... .. ............... Banshee Lee Bel-Nor before [he exorcism have been made to reveal it. lowed Opsasnick's trail and Bel-Nor. Distribution Manager ..... .. ............................................ .scare Beeman had begun, making the house In an article for the River­ came to the conclusion that Because of the proxim­ Training Director.. ..................................................... Chris Stewed-her me last-standing remnant of front Times, Allen said that a the possessed boy was Ronald ity to UM-St. Louis campus, Adviser ... .. ................................................. Charlotte "Sunshine" Petty the story as the church recto­ television show offered him a Hunkeler, nephew to Edwin numerous studen ts select ry and Alexian Brothers Hos­ reward if he would release the Hunkeler and his wife who Bel-Nor as their place of resi­ ~.thecurrentonline.com pital are no longer standing. name of the boy. owned the house in Bel-Nor. derlCe despite the old house The first nvo weeks of the «Soon after the book came Ronald Hunkeler is said. to on Roanoke Dr. MCMA exorcism is said to have taken out, a television show offered reside somewhere along the Ryan Penfield, junior, U • -B place at Roanoke Dr., where me $15,000 if I'd identify the East Coast. He is 74-years­ business management, said ~ Jesuit priests Father William kid," Allen said. "I passed on old now, and is rumored to that he is not concerned with The Current is the student newspaper at the University of Missouri-St. Bowdern, Famer Raymond it." have selected the name of the rumors regarding the Louis, printing weekly through the fall and spring semesters on Mon­ Bishop, Father Willi.am Van Allen also said that while "'Michael" for his fust son house because he does not days. Advertising rates are available upon request; terms, conditions, Roo and Father Walter Hal­ he was conducting research after the "archangel who res­ believe the boy resided there, and restrictions apply. The Current, financed in part by student activi­ loran attempted to free the for his book, he sent the boy cued him from Satan's clutch­ although he knows he was ties fees, is not an official publication of UM-St. Louis. The University young boy from the de­ two letters and never received es." Hunkeler returned to treated in St. Louis. is not responsible for the content of The Current and/or its policies. All mon. There are few details a response. Alexian Brothers in St. Louis I\.1ichael David Bittner, materials contained in each printed and online issue are property of regarding specifics of the Allen said that since he in August of 1951, but has student at UM-Columbia The Current and may not be reprinted, reused, or reproduced without process as all of the priests re­ "never heard back from him, not been back since. and former resident of St. the prior, expressed and written consent of The Current. fused to talk about it, saying [he has] to respect his pri­ U1vl-St. Louis students ap­ Louis, expressed a different The Current accepts letters to the editor. Ali letters should be brief, and that it would be a violation of vacy." pear to have mixed opinions opinion. Bittner said that he those not exceeding 250 words will be given preference. The CUrrent the boy's privacy. No credible media has regarding the home of the does not believe the exorcism edits letters for clarity and length, not for dialect, correctness, intent or Father Halloran, who died ever repofted the actual name possessed boy being so close ever actually happened in St. grammar. All letters must be signe.d and must 'include a daytime phone in March of 2005, was the of the boy, but in 1998 Mark to campus. LO)1is, much less in Bel-Nor number and, where applicable, student number. The Editor-in-Chief only witness of the exorcism Opsasnick researched the Jonas A. Kersulis, fresh­ near the univ~rsity campus. reserves the right to respond to and to deny any letters. ,- who would provide any sort story and came to the conclu­ men, electrical engineering, ''I'm not an expert, but CONTACT US of insight to what actually sion that the allegedly pos­ said that since his arrival on I really don't think it hap­ happened. sessed boy originally lived in campus he has not heard the pened," Bittner said. "I just Address 388 MSC, 1 University Blvd Halloran is said to have Cottage City, Md., and came rumors that the possessed think it has been exaggerated Saint Louis,MO 63121-4400 kept a detailed journal of the to St. Louis for "rreatment." boy was residing in Bel-Nor over the years." Newsroom 314-516-5174 happenings or the exorcism, Opsasnick published his for the beginning stages