Satanic Panic!
A wave of mass hysteria gripped America in the 1980s and early 1990s: a moral panic over allegations of Satanism and child abuse. As the panic spread across the country, hundreds (possibly thousands) of innocent people were accused of belonging to Satanic cults and being child molesters. Many people were jailed for years, victims of a modern-day Witch Hunt...
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- DirectorMick JacksonStarsJames WoodsMercedes RuehlLolita DavidovichLawyers and the media argue the alleged child abuse at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California.The McMartin Preschool trial was the longest and most expensive criminal trial in American history when it ended in 1990 with no convictions and all charges dropped.
[link]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMartin_preschool_trial[/link] - DirectorsDon HardyDana NachmanStarsJack CummingsJackie CummingsAllen GraftonThe story of several families who have their lives destroyed when their hometown is whipped into a frenzy by allegations of child molestation.
- DirectorNik NerburnStarsPaul IngramNik NerburnJohn Bratun'PAUL: The Secret Story of Olympia's Satanic Sheriff' is an essay documentary about Paul Ingram, the former sheriff of Olympia, Washington. Paul was sent to jail in 1988 for sexually assaulting his daughters in satanic rituals. He is the only person in the modern era to be accused of and confess to being a part of a satanic ritual abuse cult. The film explores the complexities of the criminal case through primary police documents, recordings of Paul's interrogations and speculative dramatizations, finally probing at the unsettling symmetry between Paul's unstable memory and our own civic forgetfulness. Through archival newscasts and a 16mm historical walking tour, the film is ultimately concerned with the occult nature of memory and the very real monsters within ourselves.Watch it here: [link]http://vimeo.com/48557671[/link]
- DirectorOfra BikelStarsWill LymanJudy AbbottChris BeanBizarre accusations of abuse surround the prominent Little Rascals Daycare Center in Edenton, North Carolina. The 3-part report "Innocence Lost" chronicles how a disagreement between two friends snowballed into a sexual abuse hysteria.Documentary program about the Little Rascals Day Care case in Edenton, North Carolina. Trailer: [link]http://vimeo.com/75809747[/link]
- DirectorOfra BikelStarsAlan AmbroseBrenda AmbroseLisa BakerBizarre accusations of abuse surround a prominent daycare in Edenton, North Carolina. Frontline's 3-part investigation "Innocence Lost" chronicles how a disagreement between two friends snowballed into a sexual abuse hysteria.You can watch the entire Frontline series about this case on the links on this page: [link]http://www.littlerascalsdaycarecase.org/Innocence/Main.htm[/link]
- DirectorOfra BikelStarsDylan BakerGrace BeanJoe CheshireBizarre accusations of abuse surround a prominent daycare in Edenton, North Carolina. Frontline's 3-part investigation "Innocence Lost" chronicles how a disagreement between two friends snowballed into a sexual abuse hysteria.
- StarsGeraldo RiveraSpikeJoeGeraldo investigates allegations of a widespread Satanic underground in the United States. He talks to investigators and looks at occult crimes and ritual murders that have been committed in the United States. He also speaks to to self-identified Satanists who deny that Satanism is a dangerous religion.A classic of shameless tabloid-TV exploitation journalism. Available online here: [link]http://youtu.be/EcWbuBPNtPw[/link]
- DirectorNarinder MinhasStarsRobert LarsonMartin BashirCathleen GouldAnimal sacrifice, child sexual abuse, cannibalism and murder: crimes committed, claim some, in the name of Satan. According to one estimate, satanic ritual abuse is rife in every town in Britain, but is this myth or reality?Online here: [link]http://youtu.be/k4hy6BIWHpo[/link]
- StarsHugh DownsTom JarrielGary Lauwers"The Devil Worshippers" investigates Satanism and focuses on allegations that there are satanic cults committing crimes and murders in the United States.Online here: [link]http://youtu.be/j703bNaV1YQ[/link]
- DirectorsJoe BerlingerBruce SinofskyStarsTony BrooksDiana DavisTerry WoodA horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.
- DirectorsJoe BerlingerBruce SinofskyStarsDamien Wayne EcholsMelissa ByersNorris DeajonThe case of the West Memphis Three, its questionable circumstances and the parties involved are followed up years later.
- DirectorsJoe BerlingerBruce SinofskyStarsGary GitchellTodd MooreDana MooreA further followup of the case of the West Memphis Three and the decades long fight to exonerate them that finally gained traction with new DNA evidence.
- DirectorAmy BergStarsJason BaldwinDamien Wayne EcholsJessie MisskelleyAn examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsColin FirthReese WitherspoonAlessandro NivolaThe savage murders of three young children sparks a controversial trial of three teenagers accused of killing the kids as part of a Satanic ritual.
- DirectorAndrew JareckiStarsArnold FriedmanJesse FriedmanDavid FriedmanDocumentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.
