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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