The Exorcist

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To my brothers and sisters, Maurice, Edward and Alyce, and in loving memory of my parents.

'Now when [Jesus] stepped ashore, there met him a certain man who for a long time was possessed by a devil.... Many times it had laid hold of him and he was bound with chains.... but he would break the bonds asunder.... And Jesus asked him, saying, "What is thy name?" And he said Legion....'

    --Luke 8: 27-30

James Torello: Jackson was hung up on that meat hook. He was so heavy he bent it. He was on that thing three days before he croaked.

    Frank Buccieri (giggling): Jackie, you shoulda seen the guy. Like an elephant, he was, and when Jimmy hit him with that electric prod...

    Torello (excitedly): He was floppin' around on that hook, Jackie.

    We tossed water on him to give the prod a better charge, and he's screamin'....

    --Excerpt from FBI wiretap of Cosa Nostra telephone conversation relating to murder of William Jackson ...

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