The Satanic Panic Part I: That Time When We Played Dungeons and Dragons too Hard

The Reluctant Historian

Welcome back to The Reluctant Historian. Here we are with our first TWO PART episode! In this episode, Liz and Dakota take a look at the cultural and historical movements that helped to drive the strange, and dangerous, 80s phenomenon: The Satanic Ritual Abuse Trials. This episode looks at what was going on in the culture at the time that made people just so darned afraid of stranger danger, Ouija boards, satanic cults, and dungeons and dragons. Dakota also gets to practice being a small town lawyer, and shares his thoughts about Pokémon and the dangers that lurk there.
Also, Liz mentions that there were a number of people accused of Satanic Ritual Abuse and an article by Vox, which you can read in it's entirety here:
https://www.vox.com/2016/10/30/13413864/satanic-panic-ritual-abuse-history-explained
Episode Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_ritual_abuse

https://www.vox.com/2016/10/30/13413864/satanic-panic-ritual-abuse-history-explained

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_memory_syndrome

https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/187-uncover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plEImKEIRm8

https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/satanic-panic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Remembers

https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-is-qanon.html

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