Today we cover a crime so horrific, horrible and brutal, and committed by such a young offender, a boy only fourteen years old, that many believed it had to have been of supernatural means, and to this day it is cited as definitive proof of demonic possession.
Ladies and gentleman, we present the story of Thomas Sullivan Junior and the Satanic Panic.
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“You’re Going to Die, Too” by Chris Jeffries The Homeless Romantic, used with permission and many thanks. Listen to Chris on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3pK2x732HntZv7JmyR1H2o
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REFERENCES:
Los Angeles Times January 11, 1988 Satanist Teen Uses Scout Knife to Kill Mother, Self - Los Angeles Times
Geraldo Rivera 1988 Television Special DEVIL WORSHIP: EXPOSING SATAN’S UNDERGROUND. Watch on Geraldo’s website: Exposing Satan's Underground - Geraldo and on YouTube: DEVIL WORSHIP: Exposing Satan's Underground
BBC NEWS April 11, 2014: The great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons panic - BBC News
NJ.COM Feb. 15, 2017: A history of the Ku Klux Klan in N.J. - nj.com
Alma Bridwell White - Wikipedia
National Library of Medicine Epub Sep 3, 2020: Wrestling-related concussions and closed head injuries predominantly occur in high school age athletes - PubMed
National Library of Medicine: Traumatic brain injury: a potential cause of violent crime? - PMC
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