1980's Satanic Panic: The Devil Figures Out His Marketing Problem

Send us Fan Mail A Halloween trip back to the 1980s, when heavy metal, Dungeons & Dragons, and suburban America became entangled in a nationwide fear of satanic ritual abuse. Jason Dean sits in and helps explore how legitimate concerns about trauma and child safety became an elaborate conspiracy, why some people profited from the panic, and what happens when fear outruns evidence. *editor’s note: Jason confuses Tom Cruise with Tom Hanks. Likely because he had made a previous good point in the episode and he likes to pace himself.  Show Sponsor Don't Just Let Memories Live On FNAW Digitize them with The Digitize Center  Angry that you don't have the latest Free Nights and Weekends Podcast gear? Fix that here!  Support the show Free Nights and Weekends on Facebook Our Website Original music provided by a few of the gentlemen of Supernal Endgame