The Devil Came to St. Louis Dinner - A Troy Taylor Event

A case told through its gaps

Taylor’s announced presentation follows the case from its beginnings in Maryland toward St. Louis, with myth-checking and newer interviews among the planned subjects. The organizer describes the 1949 exorcism story as difficult to disentangle from rumor because details were kept secret, including the identity of the boy at its center. The talk’s subject is the case and the claims surrounding it; the event listing does not establish supernatural allegations as fact.

The organizer says Taylor has spent nearly three decades researching the story through old records, visits to surviving sites and interviews with witnesses. It says his first book on the case appeared in 2006, when the withheld information still made it difficult to distinguish the documented account from later versions. The organizer also says Taylor had promised to keep the family’s and boy’s identities private while the boy was alive, and notes that the man died in 2020. That history of confidentiality is part of the presentation’s context, not a promise that any particular identity will be disclosed.

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The museum is part of the evening

The pre-dinner browse takes place at the American Oddities Museum. In describing a separate museum program, the museum characterizes its broader collection as spanning Alton history, supernatural objects, sideshow relics, medical quackery, true crime, and funeral and religious artifacts. That provides a sense of the setting, though the dinner listing does not name specific displays for this visit.

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Dinner is included; other listings are separate

The $48 ticket includes a catered buffet listed as two meats, two vegetables, pasta, salad, bread and drinks. The menu names categories rather than specific dishes; anyone with dietary or allergy needs should check with the organizer before booking.

This November dinner is distinct from later listings: the organizer also advertises a March 13, 2027 dinner for $48 and a separate presentation-only listing for $24 labeled March 26, 2027. The captured page for the no-dinner event also contains a ticket line referring to March 27, so confirm that separate listing’s date when booking.

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