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The Missoula Mauler and the Satanic Panic: How Rumor Can Spread Hysteria

Two words: Satanic Panic. You might remember it well as it gained momentum like a tidal wave in the 1980’s and early 1990’s, its ramifications persisting even to this day.

Considered a moral panic, not unlike the Salem Witch Craft trials of 1692, allegations of satanic ritual abuse began to surface that caused mass hysteria in the United States and around the world. The best part is, it still doesn’t make any…