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Paul Bateson (born August 24, 1940) is an American convicted murderer and former radiographer. He appeared as a radiologic technologist in a scene from the 1973 horror film The Exorcist, which was inspired when the film's director, William Friedkin, watched him perform a cerebral angiography the previous year.
Jan 14, 2022 · Paul Bateson was a radiology technician who acted in the horror film The Exorcist in 1973. He later confessed to killing a gay man in New York and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, but also claimed to be a serial killer.
- Hannah Mckennett
Apr 19, 2018 · Paul Bateson was a neuropsychiatric technician who appeared as an extra in the horror classic The Exorcist. He later confessed to murdering a gay man and bragged about other killings, but was only convicted of one crime.
- Orrin Grey
Oct 25, 2018 · For decades Paul Bateson's name has been attached to a spree of gruesome murders in the '70s. This is our search for what's true and what's legend about the man who appeared in...
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Oct 27, 2021 · Paul Bateson was a radiology technician who appeared in The Exorcist as an extra in 1973. He was convicted of killing a journalist in 1977 and was suspected of being a serial killer of gay men, but the evidence was inconclusive.
- Courtney Hardwick
Charged with the slaying, Paul Bateson, a 38-year-old X-ray technician, confessed to meeting Verrill in a Greenwich Village gay bar. After having sex at Verrill's flat, Bateson crushed his victim's skull with a metal skillet, afterward stabbing Verrill in the heart.
Oct 4, 2023 · Paul Bateson, who played himself in William Friedkin's The Exorcist, was convicted of a murder just four years after the film's release. 'The Exorcist'...
