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Satanic ritual abuse, recovered memories, Satanic conspiracy theories, and religious paranoia. Looking to debunk SRA, or dispell rumors of a vast satanic conspiracy?

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Satanic, occult, ritualistic crime
A special report for the FBI, written by agent Kenneth Lanning, in response to rumors of "Satanic" crimes.

The Myth of Satanic Ritual Abuse
Atheist site discusses the FBI's official report on SRA (Satanic Ritual Abuse), the debunking of the book Michelle remembers, false memories, and questionable therapeutic techniques. Also contains links to more than a dozen relevant articles, books, and television shows.

 

The best Satanic panic literature
Sloppy scholarship, Satanic panic, and hilarious misconceptions. A rogue's gallery of the worst offenders in satanic rumor mongering and all around religious bigotry.

The FBI investigator's guide to ritual Abuse
Another of Agent Lanning's infamous reports.

Selling Satan: The Tragic History of Mike Warnke
First, there was the stunning expose of Satanism: college student turned Satanic High priest converted to Christianity and wrote a tell all book about his days of sex, drugs, and human sacrifice. Next came another expose: it was all a lie.

Imaginary Crimes
The dark side of "repressed memory recovery." Details several miscarriages of justice.

Satanic Panic
A few dozen articles on the subject, from many sources.

Memory and Reality
The False Memory Syndrome Foundation delves into false memory syndrome, and explains why we don't always remember what we think we do.

Michelle remembers?
An honest title: Michelle makes it all up! Site debunks many of "Michelle's" claims. Includes pictures and geographical evidence, and testimony from Michelle's family..

Remembering Dangerously
A critique of bad therapy.

Charles Manson, Son of Sam and the Process Church
Debunks the popular Satanic conspiracy theory that revolves around the Son of Sam killings and the Process Church of the Final Judgment.

This is happening in your town
Essay recounts the Satanic Panic of the eighties- Michelle remembers, the McMartin daycare trials, and the great Satanic conspiracy that never was.

Witch Hunt information page
A large collection of links to Panic-era convictions. Some cases are resolved, some are not.

 


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