Shibble nerds over Dungeons & Dragons as we discuss the franchise’s most prosperous days: the Satanic Panic!
But beware, as we are dissecting D&D through the lens of 80s mass hysteria we will also be talking about triggering topics such as child abuse, teenage suicide and crazed conservative right-wingers!
Shibble breaks down the history of Satanic Panic through the stories which inspired books like Remembering Satan, The Dungeon Master and even Michelle Remembers, while I attempt to crap all over regressive hypnosis yet again, by tying the alien abduction craze back to satanic ritual abuse hysteria.
Shibble also shakes his head in disappointment as I try to make the case that D&D truly is magic, and may be used for divination! Hey, maybe we trigger some conspiracy nuts along the way!
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Intro sampled from “Something strange lurks in the shadows” by Francisco Sánchez (@fanchisanchez)
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FURTHER READING:
Lawrence Wright (1994). Remembering Satan: A Case of Recovered Memory and the Shattering of a American Family. Alfred A. Knopf
William Dear (1984). Dungeon Master: The Disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Lawrence Pazder MD; Michelle Smith (1981). Michelle Remembers. Pocket Books
Vuk/Darwin, host of Tracing Owls Podcast. All-around trickster weirdo discussing biology, forteana, the paranormal and their intricate cultural nuances!