EPISODE 66 | Really Stranger Things - The U.S. Satanic Panic of the 1980s

For episode 66 (that's two-thirds of the Beast), we look at the large-scale freakout about "Satanism" that swept across America in the 80s. Music was a frequent target, but so was Dungeons & Dragons, Proctor & Gamble and even McDonald's. Plus a pitstop in Northern Ireland in the early days of the Troubles, when it seems British Intelligence fostered their own scare stories.

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SECTIONS

1. 03:19 - Sympathy for the Devil - Books and movies, murderers, Satan Seller, Chick Publications and musicians
2. 12:32 - Tainted Love - Lawrence Pazder helps Michelle remember, Satanic Ritual Abuse, the McMartin Preschool Trial, rating entertianment
3. 24:39 - D&D & B.A.D.D.
4. 32:11 - Running in the Shadows - The Golden Arches were evil, Jim Peters hates P&G, Amway takes a shot
5. 40:14 - Straight to Hell - Geraldo Rivera, backmasking, Satan's Underground
6. 48:11 - When Irish Eyes Are Satan - Psych-ops, Brian McDermott, Paddy Wilson and the Kincora Boys’ Home

• Music by Fanette Ronjat

More Info

• A Brief History Of "Satanic Panic" In The 1980s on Gizmodo
• How 'Satanic Panic' Came to Roil the Nation During the 1980s
• How the 'Satanic Panic' shaped 1980s Oregon
• How Dungeons & Dragons became a part of the 1980s Satanic Panic
• The great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons panic on BBC News Magazine
• Witness of Fire in The Washington Post
• Satan rumour once took bite out of burger empire
• When 1980s Satanic Panic Targeted Procter & Gamble
• In Spite Of Old, False Satanist Accusations, P&G Put A Moon Back Into Its New Logo
• How a suicide pact was almost the end of Judas Priest
• Church of Satan F.A.Q. Conspiracies
• Sympathy for the Devil: The Truth about Satanism in America (NSFW)
• When Geraldo Rivera took on Satanism (and a very confused Ozzy Osbourne)
• Satanic abuse, false memories, weird beliefs and moral panics - Anatomy of a 24-year investigation by Rosaling Theresa Waterhouse
• satanic ritual abuse (SRA) on Skeptic's Dictionary
• Cults That Never Were: The Satanic Ritual Abuse Scare (SRAS)
• A Brief History of Satanic Panic on Mental Floss
• Satanic panic: how British agents stoked supernatural fears in Troubles in The Guardian
• Lifting lid on 'lie machine' in The Glasgow Herald archive
• Spooks and spooks: black magic and bogeymen in Northern Ireland, 1973-74 by Richard Jenkins
• Child abuse inquiry turns to Kincora home and claims of MI5 blackmail
• Kincora Boys Home: BBC Spotlight to broadcast new abuse allegations

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