Scared Vigilante parents dug under a preschool, searching for secret tunnels. The police swapped tips on identifying pagan symbols. A major fast food chain, and a company that sells toothpaste and soap had to deny, repeatedly, that they were acting as an agent of Satan. kids shows and games, specifically Dungeons & Dragons weren't even safe from the media fueled Satanic panic that swept North America in the 80's and 90's. Come gather 'Round the cauldron and I'll tell you the story of a modern day witch hunt.
Sources:
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2021/05/07/dungeons-and-dragons-satanic-panic/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j3tzxxijvo
https://www.vox.com/culture/22358153/satanic-panic-ritual-abuse-history-conspiracy-theories-explained
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/us/satanic-panic.html
https://www.people.vcu.edu/~dbromley/undergraduate/spiritualCommunity/SatanicCults.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plEImKEIRm8
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/18/997559036/americas-satanic-panic-returns-this-time-through-qanon
https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/136592NCJRS.pdf
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