In 1983, police in Manhattan Beach, California, sent an alarming letter to parents whose children attended McMartin Preschool. A mother of a two-year-old at the school had told the authorities that her son had been sexually abused, and the police…[Continue Reading...]
The 'Satanic panic' was a moral panic in 1980s and '90s America that led to a number of unsubstantiated charges of Satanic ritual abuse. Over 12,000 cases were reported, some resulting in high-profile court proceedings such as the McMartin preschool…[Continue Reading...]
Peacock’s new horror thriller starring Bruce Campbell and Julia Bowen, Hysteria!, takes place in Happy Hollow, a small Michigan town shocked by the disappearance of the star high school quarterback and the seemingly Satanic symbols surrounding the crime. The series, created…[Continue Reading...]
Bennett Braun, a Chicago psychiatrist whose diagnoses of repressed memories involving horrific abuse by devil worshipers helped to fuel what became known as the “satanic panic” of the 1980s and ’90s, died on March 20 in Lauderhill, Fla., north of…[Continue Reading...]
Pacesetter Productions, the company established by Station Eleven and Black Mirror exec producer Jessica Rhoades, has teamed up with Campside Media, the company behind the Chameleon podcast franchise, to launch a new audio series. The two companies are launching Kelly…[Continue Reading...]
In the 1990s, “Satanic Panic” swept North America and other parts of the world, a false belief that Devil worshipers were engaging in ritual abuse of children on a mass scale – drinking their blood, forcing them into prostitution and…[Continue Reading...]
Stranger Things touched on the Satanic Panic that took hold in the 1980s. It was about more than D&D – here’s the real history. When Satanic Panic comes up in gaming circles, it’s usually a joke about the overreaction to D&D in…[Continue Reading...]
This documentary is for the thriller lovers, history buffs, long-time Victoria residents, and curious viewers — a true deep dive into the horrific and terrifying ‘Satanic Panic’ that swept the world in the 1980s and 90s. Starting Friday, August 11th,…[Continue Reading...]
On this date in 1985, The Provo Daily Herald was in the midst of a 12-part … uh, exposé? … titled "Satan Worship in Zion." Context: It was the satanic panic, a 1980s hysteria that swept the nation with reports…[Continue Reading...]
Dressed in a red devil-horned top hat and latex costume, the performance drew upon popular occult and gothic aesthetics. And it attracted a huge amount of criticism for the supposed promotion of satanic imagery. Conspiracy theorists alleged that the performance…[Continue Reading...]
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