On the final installment of our Satanic Panic series, Shane takes us through the details of the infamous 1993 murder trial in West Memphis, Arkansas and its connection to the Satanist scare of the era.
Trigger warnings for physical violence, murder, mutilation and demonology.
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Sources:
https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2016/11/30/satanic-panic-americas-war-on-heavy-metal-in-the-1980s/
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0015587X.1993.9715852?journalCode=rfol20
https://diaboliquemagazine.com/west-memphis-moral-hysteria-and-satanic-panic-paradise-lost-1996/
https://www.britannica.com/event/West-Memphis-Three
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/damien-echols-west-memphis-three-403125/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqGI6HybNho (Choronzon Video)
Outro:
Semi-Funk by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4333-semi-funk
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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