A second helping from Satan: A closer look at Michelle Remembers
The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall
CBC
4.6 • 751 Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Canadian director Sean Horlor’s film, Satan Wants You (2023), is a deep dive into the book "Michelle Remembers.” In this bonus episode, he talks to Sarah about the process of making that film and what it was like growing up in Victoria at its so-called satanic heyday.
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| 0:28.2 | This is a CBC podcast. |
| 0:40.3 | Welcome to the bonus episode. I'm Sarah Marshall, this is the devil you know, and this week we're going to the |
| 0:44.6 | witch capital of Canada with Sean Horler. |
| 0:48.1 | Sean is a filmmaker and writer based in Vancouver, BC, and he directed and produced, |
| 0:53.2 | along with Steve Adams, the |
| 0:54.5 | 2023 documentary, Satan Wants You. |
| 0:57.5 | In this episode, we talk about what it was like for Sean to grow up in the shadow of |
| 1:01.9 | the satanic panic in the form of its originating narrative, the story of Michelle remembers, |
| 1:08.2 | and living in a city that learns to see itself anew through a bestseller |
| 1:12.2 | about witches and satanic sacrifice in its midst. I also love talking to Sean about some of the |
| 1:19.5 | stories he uncovered while working on his documentary, Satan Wants You, and the things that get |
| 1:25.5 | left on the cutting room floor when we go looking for the real stories behind history. |
| 1:38.3 | Thank you so much for getting on with us and sharing your scary memories. |
| 1:46.0 | It's, oh, so good to see you again, Sarah. |
| 1:48.0 | It's really, yeah, and it's such a delight. |
| 1:50.0 | So tell me, what are we doing here today? |
| 1:52.7 | Well, we're using your perspective to get into, I think, some of the questions that I think |
| 2:00.3 | the listener would have about, like, |
| 2:02.1 | okay, like, say you're just like a bystander, like a kid when all this is going on. |
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