Book · 1980 · Religion
Michelle Remembers
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Michelle Remembers that's the book you need to read if you want to understand how politics work.
What they say about it
- Content and plot elements“the devil turns up”4
- Authors and publication details“written by Canadian psychiatrist Lawrence”3
The best things said about it
This book Michelle Remembers helped launch the Satanic Panic a religious moral panic that ruined hundreds of lives.
Michelle remembers the discredited 1980s book written by Canadian psychiatrist Lawrence P.
In Michelle Remembers the devil turns up as a character in the last portion of the book and he speaks in dog girl.
Sarah Marshall Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · Nov 2025 As with Larry and Michelle as they're writing Michelle Remembers they're not just two Catholics who are cheating on their spouses with each other. They're actually stopping Satan from taking over the earth.
Sarah Marshall Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · Nov 2025 Her memoir, Michelle Remembers, detailed a childhood of horrific occult sex abuse.
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Why people recommend it
Michelle Remembers by Michelle Smith and Lawrence Pazder is a controversial 1980 book that chronicles alleged satanic ritual abuse recovered through psychiatric therapy and helped spark the widespread satanic panic. Ben Bowlin and Sarah Marshall discussed the origins and publication of the title during an episode of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, using the book to mark the chronological beginning of the panic and noting the apocalyptic premise that Satan was preparing to take over the earth. Marshall highlighted the bizarre narrative elements of the book, including the devil appearing as a character who speaks in strange ways, and detailed the unconventional relationship and shared beliefs between the patient and her psychiatrist co-author. Robert Evans joined Marshall on Behind the Bastards to further discuss the cultural footprint of the work, joking about dramatic podcast performances of the text and comparing its grandiose political conspiracy tone to memoirs by figures like Henry Kissinger. The hosts collectively utilized the title as a historical artifact to explain how fringe recovered-memory narratives bled into mainstream cultural paranoia.
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Sarah Marshall people hold these rituals and he's there, you know, and in Michelle remembers the devil turns up as a chara… 5
“people hold these rituals and he's there, you know, and in Michelle remembers the devil turns up as a character in the last uh portion of the book and he speaks in dog girl.”
“Remembers is a book about this uh real woman. Her name was Michelle. This was in Victoria, BC in the 1970s.”
“As with Larry and Michelle as they're writing Michelle remembers they're not just two Catholics who are cheating on their spouses with each other. They're actually stopping Satan from taking over the earth.”
“I mean, think the goal, and this comes up in Michelle remembers, is that like Satan is going to take over the earth like pretty soon.”
“It features such iconic performances as our dear friend Jamie Loftess performing the book Michelle Remembers.”
Robert Evans and I was like no it's Michelle remembers that's the book you need to read if you want to understand how po… 3
“and I was like no it's Michelle remembers that's the book you need to read if you want to understand how politics work”
“this book Michelle remembers helped launch the satanic Panic a religious moral Panic that ruined hundreds of lives”
“So, in 1980, a psychologist named named Lawrence Pasder published a book about his wife and former patient, Michelle Smith, which you know, if your wife is a former patient as a therapist, you might not be a great therapist. So, her memoir, Michelle Remembers, detailed a childhood of horrific occult sex abuse.”
Ben Bowlin Um, but I would I would put it between the publication of Michelle Remembrance in 1980. 2
“Um, but I would I would put it between the publication of Michelle Remembrance in 1980.”
“Padster, who is the the guy who wrote the book with Michelle Smith. Uh the one we're talking about, Michelle remembers.”
Will Storr Michelle remembers the discredited 1980s book written by Canadian psychiatrist Lawrence P 2
“Michelle remembers the discredited 1980s book written by Canadian psychiatrist Lawrence P”
“it began with this book Michelle remembers the discredited 1980s book written by Canadian psychiatrist Lawrence Pone that began it all”