The following episode explores real events involving suicide, murder, and the hysteria of the 1980s Satanic Panic. Some listeners may find the details distressing. Please listen with care.

In the summer of 1988, 17-year-old Tate Rowland was found hanging from a tree outside Childress, Texas. What police first called a suicide soon spawned rumours of dark rituals and a hidden cult. Three years later, his sister Terrie Trosper was found dead under equally mysterious circumstances.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_of_Janson_Tate_Rowland_and_Terrie_Trosper

https://haunting-and-true-crime-in-texas.beehiiv.com/p/the-childress-texas-satanic-panic

https://spellcasterghosttours.com/the-rowland-trosper-case-childress-texas/

https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19920621&slug=1497027

Thanks so much for listening, and I'll catch up with you again on Thursday.

Sarah xx

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