NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to author Peter Swanson about his new mystery novel, Kill Your Darlings, which explores the reasons behind a poet's act of murder against her own husband.

The Exorcist steps are the reason to visit Georgetown if you’re a scary movie fan. It’s the best use of existing DC on film. Better than anything on the Mall.

The 1972 Georgetown men’s rowing team was featured doing a workout on the Exorcist steps. The protestors at Healy Hall were made up largely of students and faculty. 'Exorcist Steps' commemorated ...

And of course, the famous Exorcist steps are now a regular tourist destination for anybody coming to the city. William Peter Blatty went to Georgetown as an undergrad and was deeply attached to ...

The Exorcist clearly lives on in Georgetown in so many little things: the Car Barn where I work, the famous steps next to it, the house, theology professor and former Jesuit Alan Mitchell who was ...

When people ask me my favorite movie of all time or what I believe is the greatest movie ever, I usually go with the easy albeit truthful answer of “The Godfather” I and II, with the ca… ...

The “Exorcist Steps” (where two characters meet their demise in separate scenes) between M Street and Prospect Street at 36th in Georgetown are among the most famous outdoor staircases in ...

William Friedkin said he always wanted to include Washington's most recognizable monuments in his 1973 movie "The Exorcist." Friedkin actually filmed scenes of stars Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair ...

William Friedkin’s 75 steps: A Georgetown monument to cinematic horror. By immortalizing a scary stairway on-screen, the “Exorcist” director created one of Washington’s most beloved landmarks ...

On a 2018 walking tour of locations associated with “The Exorcist,” director William Friedkin visited the steps that were featured in a memorable scene. Friedkin died Aug. 7 at age 87. (Carlos ...