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The title was highlighted when Kristen sought a co‑authored work by Debbie Nathan and a defense attorney that catalogues 1980s ritual‑abuse cases, noting how social hysteria shaped those investigations. She found that the 1995 book helped her recognize that many of her own memories were likely false, framing the era as a modern witch hunt. The episode presented the book as a valuable resource for understanding the phenomenon and reassessing past claims.
Episode: S6 "Satanic Panic" E6: ‘I remember telling them no...
Kristen searched for a book cowritten by Debbie Nathan and a defense attorney that catalogued 1980s ritualabuse cases; the 1995 publication helped her realize many of her memories were likely false.
She was looking for a book that Debbie wrote along with a defense attorney. It's called Satan's Silence, Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt. On the first page, she has a list of cases that happened in the 80s that need to be reexamined because of social hysteria around satanic ritual abuse. The book came out in 1995, more than a decade before it landed in Kristen's hands.