This month, we’re vtigatg the story of Pl Baton, a radlogy technician, one-time actor, nvicted murr, and spected serial killer of gay men. In 1973, Baton worked at New York Universy Medil Center as a nrologil radlogil technician. In his one and only film role, Baton appears The Exorcist as an extra the hospal scene where Regan is beg examed for medil issu that might be g her strange behavur. Only a few years later, Baton would be servg a prison sentence for murr.
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- ‘THE EXORCIST’ CREATOR REACTS TO GAY KISS BACKLASH: ‘F*CK YOU…I’M GLAD IT RUED THE SHOW FOR YOU’
- "THE EXORCIST" SHOWNNER SLAMS VIEWERS OFFEND BY GAY KISS"YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE GOOD THGS YOUR LIFE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY BRANDON VOSSDECEMBER 3, 2017/8:02 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}FOXBY BRANDON VOSSDECEMBER 3, 2017 / 8:02 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"THE EXORCIST\" SHOWNNER SLAMS VIEWERS OFFEND BY GAY KISS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-12-03T13:02:03.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-12-03T13:02:03.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BE GONE, HOMOPHOBIC VILS!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EXORCIST SHOWNNER JEREMY SLATER HAS SOME STRONG WORDS FOR VIEWERS WHO WERE UPSET BY A KISS BETWEEN TWO MALE CHARACTERS, PETER MORROW (CHRISTOPHER COS) AND EXMUNITED PRIT MARC KEANE (BEN DANIELS).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A RECENT SEASON 2 EPISO, KEANE AND FATHER TOMAS (SENSE8'S ALFONSO HERRERA) HAD TRAVELED TO A REMOTE ISLAND TO—WHAT ELSE?—VTIGATE PARANORMAL ACTIVI AND EXORCISE A MON. IT'S THERE THAT KEANE SHARED A KISS WH PETER, A IENDLY LOL. THE FOX HORROR DRAMA, A SEQUEL TO THE 1973 FILM BASED ON THE NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME, HAD STRONGLY HTED AT KEANE'S SEXUALY SEASON ONE.THE EXORCIST/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOME FANS DIDN'T APPRECIATE THE SCENE, SHARG THEIR DISTASTE ONLE, WHICH SLATER ADDRSED AN TERVIEW WH SCI-FI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DON’T THK THERE WAS THAT MUCH OF A BACKLASH. I SAW A UPLE OF HOMOPHOB ON TWTER AND MY RPONSE IS, 'GOOD, FUCK YOU. I’M GLAD YOU DIDN’T LIKE , I’M GLAD ED THE SHOW FOR YOU. YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE GOOD THGS YOUR LIFE.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IF A HOMOPHOBE N’T WATCH THE SHOW ANYMORE BEE ONE OF THE CHARACTERS IS GAY, THEN I’M GLAD SOMETHG GOOD HAS E OUT OF ," SLATER NTUED. "THIS IS 2017 AND WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE THROWG TEMPER TANTMS ONLE BEE THEY DON’T WANT TO SEE GAY CHARACTERS. I THK ’S THE LAST GASP OF A CERTA BREED OF DOSR THAT’S ON THE WAY OUT, AND LET THEM KICK AND SCREAM AS THEY GO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SORT OF LIKE A MON BEG EXORCISED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EXORCIST AIRS FRIDAYS ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- ‘THE EXORCIST’ FEATUR GAY KISS WH AN EX-PRIT. SHOWNNER TELLS CRICS: ‘F**K YOU’
- ‘EXORCIST’ SHOWNNER BLASTS FANS WHO PLAED ABOUT GAY KISS
- THE EXORCIST SHOWNNER SLAMS CRICS OF GAY KISS SEASON 2 EPISO: 'I'M GLAD ED THE SHOW FOR YOU'
‘THE EXORCIST’ CREATOR REACTS TO GAY KISS BACKLASH: ‘F*CK YOU…I’M GLAD IT RUED THE SHOW FOR YOU’
* the exorsist gay *
Meanwhile hate crim, cludg murrs of gay, trans and non-bary people are on the rise.
This month, we’re vtigatg the story of Pl Baton, a radlogy technician, one-time actor, nvicted murr, and spected serial killer of gay men. He was openly gay and known to be a regular at leather bars New York which is where he met his only nfirmed victim, Variety journalist, Addison Verrill. He wrote about Verrill’s murr and how murrs of gay men the Village were ually seen as the nsequence of sexual enunters gone wrong so they were rarely taken serly by police or vered by the media.
” He went on to scribe his night wh Verrill—the two men met at a popular gay bar on Christopher Street, did dgs together and then went back to Verrill’s apartment. Around the same time, there was another ongog vtigatn to the murrs of six unintified men who had been lked to NYC’s gay scene.
"THE EXORCIST" SHOWNNER SLAMS VIEWERS OFFEND BY GAY KISS"YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE GOOD THGS YOUR LIFE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}TVBY BRANDON VOSSDECEMBER 3, 2017/8:02 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}FOXBY BRANDON VOSSDECEMBER 3, 2017 / 8:02 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"THE EXORCIST\" SHOWNNER SLAMS VIEWERS OFFEND BY GAY KISS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-12-03T13:02:03.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-12-03T13:02:03.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"BRANDON VOSS","ARTICLESECTN":"TV"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BE GONE, HOMOPHOBIC VILS!{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EXORCIST SHOWNNER JEREMY SLATER HAS SOME STRONG WORDS FOR VIEWERS WHO WERE UPSET BY A KISS BETWEEN TWO MALE CHARACTERS, PETER MORROW (CHRISTOPHER COS) AND EXMUNITED PRIT MARC KEANE (BEN DANIELS).{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN A RECENT SEASON 2 EPISO, KEANE AND FATHER TOMAS (SENSE8'S ALFONSO HERRERA) HAD TRAVELED TO A REMOTE ISLAND TO—WHAT ELSE?—VTIGATE PARANORMAL ACTIVI AND EXORCISE A MON. IT'S THERE THAT KEANE SHARED A KISS WH PETER, A IENDLY LOL. THE FOX HORROR DRAMA, A SEQUEL TO THE 1973 FILM BASED ON THE NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME, HAD STRONGLY HTED AT KEANE'S SEXUALY SEASON ONE.THE EXORCIST/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOME FANS DIDN'T APPRECIATE THE SCENE, SHARG THEIR DISTASTE ONLE, WHICH SLATER ADDRSED AN TERVIEW WH SCI-FI {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DON’T THK THERE WAS THAT MUCH OF A BACKLASH. I SAW A UPLE OF HOMOPHOB ON TWTER AND MY RPONSE IS, 'GOOD, FUCK YOU. I’M GLAD YOU DIDN’T LIKE , I’M GLAD ED THE SHOW FOR YOU. YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE GOOD THGS YOUR LIFE.'"{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IF A HOMOPHOBE N’T WATCH THE SHOW ANYMORE BEE ONE OF THE CHARACTERS IS GAY, THEN I’M GLAD SOMETHG GOOD HAS E OUT OF ," SLATER NTUED. "THIS IS 2017 AND WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE THROWG TEMPER TANTMS ONLE BEE THEY DON’T WANT TO SEE GAY CHARACTERS. I THK ’S THE LAST GASP OF A CERTA BREED OF DOSR THAT’S ON THE WAY OUT, AND LET THEM KICK AND SCREAM AS THEY GO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SORT OF LIKE A MON BEG EXORCISED?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE EXORCIST AIRS FRIDAYS ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Gay psychotherapist Ken Howard, LCSW and his say on gay them 1973's film "The Exorcist", directed by William Friedk; novel by William Peter Blatty. * the exorsist gay *
” Baton, beg medilly traed—and gay—f their narrow ia of who the killer mt be. Friedk has sce said the nversatn spired him to make the movie Cisg, which is about a p who go unrver the NYC gay scene to try to tch a serial killer.
‘THE EXORCIST’ FEATUR GAY KISS WH AN EX-PRIT. SHOWNNER TELLS CRICS: ‘F**K YOU’
In the 1970s, Pl Baton was a gay man livg Borough Park, Brooklyn, mutg to Manhattan for work — and to explore the S&M and leather subcultur of Greenwich Village. He had been a reporter for Variety and was also a member of the gay muny. When his murr received hardly any attentn om the lol prs, Village Voice journalist Arthur Bell lled out the media’s plete apathy toward the liv of gay men.
When they zero on gay men, the sentiment often exprsed is, ‘They brought on themselv. “Each year, ” he ntued, “there are approximately four ‘sexually oriented’ murrs of gay men the Greenwich Village area.
‘EXORCIST’ SHOWNNER BLASTS FANS WHO PLAED ABOUT GAY KISS
This mystery man went on to tell Bell that he had met Verrill at Badlands, a gay bar on Christopher Street, where they partied until 3 a. After that, they stopped at a gay BDSM club lled Mhaft before headg to Verrill’s stud apartment. As turned out, there had been que a few murrs of gay men Greenwich Village the years leadg up to his arrt.
Police traced some of their revered clothg to a shop Greenwich Village that tered to gay men the leather subculture.
THE EXORCIST SHOWNNER SLAMS CRICS OF GAY KISS SEASON 2 EPISO: 'I'M GLAD ED THE SHOW FOR YOU'
Loosely based on Gerald Walker’s novel of the same name, ’s about a police officer who go eply unrver to solve a strg of murrs of gay men the Wt Village the 1970s. The film was reviled the gay muny for s nflatn of homosexualy and vlence.
Bell himself wrote that would surely be “the most opprsive, ugly bigoted look at homosexualy ever prented on screen.