CLASSIC: Church Burning, Metal, and Scandinavian ‘Satanists’

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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🗓️ 1 January 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In the 1990s international media was captivated by a bizarre epidemic of church arsons in Norway, often attributing these crimes to so-called Satanic groups and individuals in Norway's black metal scene. This was wrapped up in the larger phenomenon of "Satanic Panic", a widespread fear that shadowy, devil-worshipping cabals secretly control human civilization. So is there any truth to the story? Tune in as the guys explore the true story of the infamous Scandinavian church burnings.

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0:00.0	and we're returning.
0:02.4	We sure hope you like the episodes investigating religious-related subjects
0:07.3	and conspiracies in the world of spirituality,
0:11.5	because guess what?
0:13.0	There's another one.
0:14.2	And do you like Death Metal?
0:16.0	All of it.
0:18.5	Yeah.
0:18.6	The Beatles.
0:19.6	You like, what are those
0:21.2	oh he lung is a is a band
0:23.3	that I really like they're kind of paganist
0:25.1	oh my gosh I remember you sent me one of those
0:27.3	and right before recording an episode maybe it was this episode
0:30.1	no no it was I think this one
0:32.6	this one might be the one with just you two on it
0:34.6	oh maybe I think so I don't recall
0:36.5	it's been a long time but I do remember remember, I probably mentioned on this, there's a documentary
0:40.8	called Before the Light Takes Us that addresses a lot of the things we talk about in this
0:45.9	episode pertaining to Norway's black metal scene, a spate of church burnings that captivated
0:51.9	the media in the 1990s.
0:53.5	I distinctly remember a spin the media in the 1990s. I distinctly remember a spin magazine
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