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Bel-Nor is a northwestern suburban city of St. Louis in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,499 as of the 2010 census. [ 4 ] In April 2015, the residents of Bel-Nor voted to become a city.
The hospital claimed that the novel and movie The Exorcist were partly inspired by a 12-week exorcism that took place at this location in 1949, but the wings of that part of the hospital were torn down in 1976. In 2004, the hospital was acquired by Argilla HealthCare, which became Envision Hospital Corporation after a merger.
The building, originally named "Athol," was constructed in 1880 as a residence for Charles J. Baker and designed by Baltimore architect T. Buckler Ghequier. [ 1 ] It was purchased in 1900 by Dr Alfred Gundry as a private sanitarium for the "care of nervous disorders of women that required treatment and rest away from home."
The boy’s mother, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, desperately sought opportunities for a change of scenery. Upon seeing the word ‘LOUIS’ appear in the scratches on the boy’s rib cage, the family resolved to travel to St. Louis. The family stayed at a relative’s home in the inner-belt suburb of Bel-Nor.
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The future of the Asylum was greatly enhanced five years later when in 1896, the estate of Baltimore merchant, businessman, banker, steamship line owner, and philanthropist, Enoch Pratt, (1808-1896) bequeathed a substantial amount of his remaining fortune, approx. $2 million (~$63.5 million in 2021), (after founding, constructing, and endowing ...
Exorcising a Mute by Gustave Doré, 1865. In Christianity, exorcism is the practice of casting out or getting rid of demons.In Christian practice, the person performing the exorcism, known as an exorcist, is a member of a Christian Church, or an individual thought to be graced with special powers or skills.