The Exorcist Dorm (Haunted Fordham University)

After a scene in The Exorcist was filmed in Hughes Hall, a former dorm at Fordham University, urban legends began to spring up about the building being haunted. Rumors of "cultish" graffiti, tales of a young boy's ghost, stories of a mysterious black dog, and more weird urban legends circulated about the building. This episode seeks to tease out why some of these legends may have grown up around the building, which began as the old prep school, was turned into a dorm as a "stopgap" measure that lasted for decades, and has since been completely gutted and turned back into an academic building. Plus, a look at some of the weird connections that The Exorcist had to Fordham. Highlights include: • The Fordham University professor who was an influence on The Exorcist • What it was like to be one of the last people to live in Hughes Hall (spoiler: it was bad) • The ghost of a prep school student • Satanic Panic-type urban legends Got a Fordham haunting to report? Send it to [email protected]. For the shownotes and sources, visit buriedsecretspodcast.com.