Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2020-10-27
Books mentioned on Part One: The Satanic Panic: America's First QAnon
Robert is joined by Jake Hanrahan to discuss Satanic Panic. FOOTNOTES: https://www.
Robert Evans discussed Satan's silence by Debbie Nathan and others, The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey, The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty, The Satan Seller by Mike Warnke and others, and Michelle Remembers by Michelle Smith and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Satan's silence
Satan's Silence by Debbie Nathan and Michael R.
Discussed“And yeah, the authors of Satan's silence, which is, have you read that book? It's Satan's silence. Yeah. Yeah. It's really good. the defining work of the satanic panic era.”
Where to get it
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The Satanic Bible
The Satanic Bible by Anton Szandor LaVey is a foundational text of modern Satanism published in 1969.
Discussed“Anton Levey publishes the Satanic Bible in 1969, which became the central text for the Church of Satan, which probably had its heyday in the 1970s. Now, the reality is that the Satanic Bible was both largely plagiarized and more or less just a self-help book with an edgy wrapping to it.”
Where to get it
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The Exorcist
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty is a famous horror novel centered on the terrifying theme of demonic possession.
Discussed“So in 1973 you have the bestselling novel The Exorcist adapted into a film. We all know about The Exorcist. Big part of it is demonic possession.”
Where to get it
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The Satan Seller
Discussed“Now the most prominent of these guys was Mike Warkey who published his book Satanellar in 1972. Uh, Satan Seller recounted a a childhood and young adulthood that Warkey claimed had been spent like as a a hardcore devil worshipper.”
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Michelle Remembers
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.
Discussed“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.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Several books were written by women claiming to be ex- nuns who had escaped from convents where they witnessed orgies, torture, witchcraft, and the slaughter of infants. One account was so popular that in the years before the Civil War, its sales were surpassed only by Uncle Tom's Cabin.”