Sword And ScaleSeason 2Sword and Scale Episode 47
In the early 80's a madness was brewing. The rise of heavy metal music combined with the infiltration of demonic imagery into American homes in the form of VHS and Betamax videotapes of horror films such as The Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby and The Omen, had many of the public on edge. Combine that with several books and TV shows suggesting that Devil Worshipers make up a vast underground network that can exist in any middle-class neighborhood and you have a recipe for disaster. Fear turns to terror. Terror turns to mass hysteria. This mass hysteria phenomena became known as Satanic Panic.
In the early 80's a madness was brewing. The rise of heavy metal music combined with the infiltration of demonic imagery into American homes in the form of VHS and Betamax videotapes of horror films such as The Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby and The Omen, had many of the public on edge. Combine that with several books and TV shows suggesting that Devil Worshipers make up a vast underground network that can exist in any middle-class neighborhood and you have a recipe for disaster. Fear turns to terror. Terror turns to mass hysteria. This mass hysteria phenomena became known as Satanic Panic.
Books
- The Abuse of Innocence: The McMartin Preschool Trial by Paul & Shirley Eberle
- Satan's Silence: Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt by Debbie Nathan & Michael Snedeker
Sources
- In the Name of Satan
- Geraldo Rivera - Exposing Satan's Underground FULL
- "The aCid KING" - Ricky Kasso: 80's teen killer
- Oprah Clip with Leader of Satanist Church
- The Law Enforcement Guide to Satanic Cults
- Conspiracy Theory (Ex FBI Head Ted Gunderson Satanic McMartin Preschool Tunnels)
- The Truth in the Testimonies
- McMartin Preschool Anatomy of a Panic
- CBS Evening News October 1989 Part 2
- McMartin arraignment story
- 30 Years Later, Key Figures Reflect On McMartin Child Abuse Case
- George Freeman Call with Attorney
- 20/20: The Devil Worshippers Part 1
- The Encyclopedia of Kidnappings
- McIntyre v. Williams
- McIntyre v. State
- Earnest v. State
- Great information about the cultural changes taking place in the 1980’s
- False Memory Syndrome Foundation
- A Brief History Of "Satanic Panic" In The 1980s
- Satanic Ritual Abuse
- Pastor and Evangelist Bob Larson
- The Prodigal Witch IX: Lauren Stratford
- Who is Eric Prior?
- Wiccan-Turned-Bible Teacher Eric Pryor Dies
- Heavy metal music
- Mike Warnke
- George Freeman on the stand
- Day-care sex-abuse hysteria