DragonKing Dark: The Satanic Panic

Host Karl Stern has been building up to this episode for several weeks now, and it is finally time for the full out Satanic Panic of the 1980s show.

The decade of the 1980s was full of “the Devil’s gonna get you” moments, some are comical in retrospect, while others were utterly terrifying. From the supposed evil of Proctor and Gamble and their supposed devilish logo, to our favorite rock stars backward masking their songs, to Geraldo Rivera scaring parents everywhere — the devil was out in full force in society.

It would all be funny looking back had it not had very real consequences. Then there is the horrific tale of the West Memphis Three — a catastrophic failure of the criminal justice system predicated on Satanic Panic.

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