Satanic panic
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The Satanic panic is a moral panic consisting of over 12,000 unsubstantiated cases of Satanic ritual abuse, sometimes known as ritual abuse, starting in North America in the 1980s, spreading throughou
Blood libel accusations against Jews are considered historical precursors of the modern moral panic.
In Early Modern Europe people accused of being witches were stated to be working for Satan and burned at the stake.
Rosie Waterhouse lecturing about Satanic Panics during the European Skeptics Congress 2015
McMartin preschool trial
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The McMartin preschool trial was a day care sexual abuse case in the 1980s, prosecuted by the Los Angeles District Attorney, Ira Reiner. Members of the McMartin family, who operated a preschool in Man
Satanic panic
…via the publicity campaign for Pazder's 1980 book Michelle Remembers, and it was sustained and popularized throughout the decade by coverage of the McMartin preschool trial. Testimonials, symptom lists, rumors, and techniques to investigate or uncover memories of SRA were disseminated through professional, popular, and…
Virginia McMartin during the McMartin preschool trial