August 31, 2022

Really Stranger Things: The U.S. Satanic Panic of the 1980s

55 minutes

EPISODE 66 | Really Stranger Things: The U.S. Satanic Panic of the 1980s

For episode 66 (that's two-thirds of the Beast), we look at the large-scale freakout about "Satanism" that swept across America in the 80s. Music was a frequent target, but so was Dungeons & Dragons, Proctor & Gamble and even McDonald's. Plus a pitstop in Northern Ireland in the early days of the Troubles, when it seems British Intelligence fostered their own scare stories.

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SECTIONS

03:19 - Sympathy for the Devil - Books and movies, murderers, Satan Seller, Chick Publications and musicians

12:32 - Tainted Love - Lawrence Pazder helps Michelle remember, Satanic Ritual Abuse, the McMartin Preschool Trial, rating entertianment

24:39 - D&D & B.A.D.D.

32:11 - Running in the Shadows - The Golden Arches were evil, Jim Peters hates P&G, Amway takes a shot

40:14 - Straight to Hell - Geraldo Rivera, backmasking, Satan's Underground

48:11 - When Irish Eyes Are Satan - Psych-ops, Brian McDermott, Paddy Wilson and the Kincora Boys’ Home

Music by Fanette Ronjat

More Info

A Brief History Of "Satanic Panic" In The 1980s on Gizmodo

How 'Satanic Panic' Came to Roil the Nation During the 1980s

How the 'Satanic Panic' shaped 1980s Oregon

How Dungeons & Dragons became a part of the 1980s Satanic Panic

The great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons panic on BBC News Magazine

Witness of Fire in The Washington Post

Satan rumour once took bite out of burger empire

When 1980s Satanic Panic Targeted Procter & Gamble

In Spite Of Old, False Satanist Accusations, P&G Put A Moon Back Into Its New Logo

How a suicide pact was almost the end of Judas Priest

Church of Satan F.A.Q. Conspiracies

Sympathy for the Devil: The Truth about Satanism in America (NSFW)

When Geraldo Rivera took on Satanism (and a very confused Ozzy Osbourne)

Satanic abuse, false memories, weird beliefs and moral panics - Anatomy of a 24-year investigation by Rosaling Theresa Waterhouse

satanic ritual abuse (SRA) on Skeptic's Dictionary

Cults That Never Were: The Satanic Ritual Abuse Scare (SRAS)

A Brief History of Satanic Panic on Mental Floss

Satanic panic: how British agents stoked supernatural fears in Troubles in The Guardian

Lifting lid on 'lie machine' in The Glasgow Herald archive

Spooks and spooks: black magic and bogeymen in Northern Ireland, 1973-74 by Richard Jenkins

Child abuse inquiry turns to Kincora home and claims of MI5 blackmail

Kincora Boys Home: BBC Spotlight to broadcast new abuse allegations

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