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The Satanic panic is a moral panic consisting of over 12,000 unsubstantiated cases of Satanic ritual abuse (SRA, sometimes known as ritual abuse, ritualistic abuse, organized abuse, or sadistic ritual abuse) starting in the United States in the 1980s, spreading throughout many parts of the world by the late 1990s, and persisting today.
Some of the accusations were described as "bizarre", [7] overlapping with accusations that mirrored the emerging satanic ritual abuse panic. [ 6 ] [ 23 ] It was alleged that, in addition to having been sexually abused, they saw witches fly, traveled in a hot-air balloon , and were taken through underground tunnels. [ 6 ]
In July 2013, Self pleaded guilty to sexually abusing three young boys and was sentenced to five years and 10 months in prison. [ 13 ] Prior to the start of the Kern County child abuse cases, several local social workers had attended a training seminar that emphasized satanic ritual abuse as a major element of child sexual abuse, and had used ...
The book detailed a satanic cult that allegedly operated in Victoria, British Columbia. [12] [13] A protracted child custody case contested in family court in Hamilton, Ontario, from 1985 to 1987, centred on allegations of satanic ritual abuse; it was later documented in a book written by a Globe and Mail reporter who was assigned to cover the ...
The daycare owners were convicted of sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl in 1992 as part of a disturbing trend of wild accusations.
"Hysteria!," which premieres Oct. 18, takes place in the fictional town of Happy Hallow and has Michigan ties courtesy of its creative team.
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills is a 1996 American documentary film directed, produced and edited by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky about the trials of the West Memphis Three, three teenage youths accused of the May 1993 murders and sexual mutilation of three prepubescent boys as a part of an alleged satanic ritual in West Memphis, Arkansas.
The publication of Michelle Remembers, a 1980 memoir co-written by a Canadian therapist and a patient who ‘recovered’ memories of torture by Satanists, sparked international mass hysteria ...