Thirty years ago, a Satanic Panic possessed America's courts, cops, and prosecutors, all because of a rampant urban myth that secretive Satanic cults were on the rise. Writer Debbie Nathan's 1995 book Satan's Silence dared advocate for the devil with a skeptical look at the crisis as it unfolded. We discuss what it was like to witness a new hysteria unfold, and the echoes that we still feel decades later.

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SHOW LINKS

• Satan's Silence
• Fangoria's Satanic Panic
• The McMartin Trial
• FBI Report on "Ritual Abuse"
• Recovered Memories: A Dubious Practice
• The History of Satanic Panic
• The "Believe the Children" Hysteria
• The American Myth of Satanic Cults
• Babysitters Exonerated After 25 Years
• Ritual Abuse Defendants Freed

 

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