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It was written by a Christian standup comedian and, although later exposed as fraudulent, it was very popular amongst the Christian community, laying the groundwork for the idea of Satanic cults in the US and the idea of repressed memories.
You can trace that back to a book from 1972 by a guy named Mike Warnke. He was a Christian sandup comedian. He also was totally full of it.
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It was written by a Christian standup comedian and, although later exposed as fraudulent, it was very popular amongst the Christian community, laying the groundwork for the idea of Satanic cults in the US and the idea of repressed memories.
You can trace that back to a book from 1972 by a guy named Mike Warnke. He was a Christian sandup comedian. He also was totally full of it.
He wrote a book called The Satan Cellar where he talked about his life as a former satanic cult priest, I believe and drug dealer.
And he was eventually exposed far too late by the Christian magazine Cornerstone as almost entirely fraudulent and made up in just a liar.
But his book just sold like wildfire through the Christian fundamentalist community and basically really established the groundwork for the idea that there were satanic cults operating in the United States, right?