In the 1970s in the US and other parts of the world, a great fear was blossoming in the hearts of normal, every day people. The very real threat of the conspiracy of the satanic cults! Dun Dun DUN! Except... the fear about satanic cults is actually pretty old. Why was there a new fear? What was really going on during the satanic panic? You've got questions, or at least we assume you do... and we've got (some) answers.

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Links and References

1. https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/satanic-panic.htm#pt5
2. https://gizmodo.com/a-brief-history-of-satanic-panic-in-the-1980s-1679476373
3. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/642372/satanic-panic-history-1980s
4. https://www.cbc.ca/arts/satan-wants-you-filmmakers-q-a-sean-horlor-steve-j-adams-1.6822213
5. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/us/satanic-panic.html
6. https://www.npr.org/2021/05/18/997559036/americas-satanic-panic-returns-this-time-through-qanon
7. https://www.senate.mo.gov/LegislativeLibrary/Panic.html
8. https://www.vox.com/culture/22358153/satanic-panic-ritual-abuse-history-conspiracy-theories-explained
9. https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/mcmartin-preschool
10. Ehrman, A. (1976). THE ORIGINS OF THE RITUAL MURDER ACCUSATION AND BLOOD LIBEL. Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought, 15(4), 83–90. http://www.jstor.org/stable/23258406
11. WAGEMAKERS, B. (2010). INCEST, INFANTICIDE, AND CANNIBALISM: ANTI-CHRISTIAN IMPUTATIONS IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE. Greece & Rome, 57(2), 337–354. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40929483
12. https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/the-enduring-panic-about-cow-mutilations

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