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Satanic panic

The Satanic panic is a moral panic consisting of over 12,000 unsubstantiated cases of Satanic ritual abuse (SRA), sometimes known as ritual abuse, starting in North America in the 1980s, spreading throughout many parts of the world by the late 1990s, and persisting today. The panic originated in 1980 with the publication of Michelle Remembers, a book…

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Satanic panic

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related to As a moral panic · 18
Satanic panic → After, American, Best Book, Christian, Europe, Free Press Association, In, Jeffery Victor, McCarthyism, Mencken Award, Other, Satanism, Sociologists, SRA, Stanley Cohen, The, United States, Victor
related to Children's allegations · 9
Satanic panic → Analysis, Child Protective Services, Compared, During, McMartin Preschool, Specific, SRA, The, Wee Care Nursery School
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Satanic panic → moral panic consisting of over 12

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