Satanic panic is making a comeback, fueled by QAnon ... - NBC News
WEBSep 15, 2022 · Satanic panic is making a comeback, fueled by QAnon believers and GOP influencers. Baseless accusations are branding people as satanist pedophiles at the speed of the internet — just ask a GOP...
It’s Time to Revisit the Satanic Panic - The New York Times
WEBMar 31, 2021 · As the United States shifted with the anxieties of the 1980s, baseless conspiracy theories about satanic cults committing mass abuse spread around the country.
The new “Satanic Panic”? Responding ethically to online anxiety …
WEBSep 2, 2024 · Over the last eight years, the spectre of Satan has haunted many online conspiracy theories — how can media consumers and producers respond to allegations of Satanism without perpetuating the ...
America's Satanic Panic Returns — This Time Through QAnon - NPR
WEBMay 18, 2021 · In the 1980s, false accusations of satanic ritual abuse spread across the U.S. Now, QAnon has revived those fears, borrowing from the playbook of the Satanic Panic from decades prior.
Satanic Panic’s long history — and why it never really ended
WEBMar 31, 2021 · One of the most famous, prolonged mass media scares in history, Satanic Panic was characterized at its peak by fearful media depictions of godless teenagers and the deviant music and media they...
Texas continues to exonerate people who were wrongly convicted ... - NPR
WEBApr 18, 2023 · Texas courts are still exonerating people who were falsely convicted and imprisoned amid the "moral satanic panic" of the 1980s and '90s. Their persecution was based on lies and conspiracy...
Satanic Panic | CBC News
WEBMar 15, 2020 · In the latest season of the CBC investigative podcast Uncover, host Lisa Bryn Rundle delves into the mass hysteria about satanic ritual abuse, which swept across North America in the 1980s,...
The Satanic Panic in America | Vox
WEBMay 25, 2021 · The “Satanic Panic” of the ’80s is fascinating for many reasons, but it’s not an isolated phenomenon. This strange obsession with Satanism and child sex abuse is a recurring anxiety in American...
Long Before QAnon Conspiracies, The U.S. Was Swept By 'Satanic Panic' - NPR
WEBMay 18, 2021 · NPR's Ari Shapiro reports on what factors contributed to the original "satanic panic" and what it can teach us about the conspiracy theories that attract followers today.
Canadian origins of the satanic panic explored in documentary Satan …
WEBAug 11, 2023 · 7:57. Why did rumours of satanic cults spread so widely across North America in the '80s and '90s? Lisa Bryn Rundle, host of Uncover Season 6, explores the phenomenon and traces its surprising...