Justice for Joyce Yost | Satanic Panic | Bonus Episode 1
Cold
KSL Podcasts
4.8 • 40.8K Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2021
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Stories of satanic cults, human sacrifice and horrifying child abuse: the satanic panic that gripped the United States during the 1980s and early '90s came very close to knocking the cold case investigation into Joyce Yost's disappearance completely off the rails. This bonus episode of Cold season 2 examines the reports of satanic ritual abuse that were prevalent at the time. Mike King, a police officer who gained experience investigating cults with his bust of the polygamist "Zion Society" group in 1991, recounts the raid. King also discusses his work probing satanic ritual abuse reports for the Utah Attorney General's Office (you can read his 1995 report here).
Joyce Yost had never met the man who followed her home on an April night in 1985, who kidnapped and raped her. He threatened to kill her, but she went to police anyway. Then, she vanished. Joyce has never been found. Now, investigative journalist Dave Cawley delves into the decades-old case to uncover the details of a murder-for-hire plot to silence Joyce. Cold reveals flaws in the system that left Joyce unprotected, examines pitfalls of the death penalty and asks if there’s such a thing as justice for Joyce Yost.
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Survivors of rape, sexual abuse and sexual assault and their allies in the United States can connect with free resources at https://www.rainn.org/.
Additional case materials including photos, videos and a who's who list at https://thecoldpodcast.com/season-2/.
Episode credits:
- Research, writing and hosting: Dave Cawley
- Audio production: Nina Earnest
- Audio mixing: Trent Sell
- Additional voices: Richie Steadman (as Doug Lovell)
- Cold main score composition: Michael Bahnmiller
- Cold main score mixing: Dan Blanck
- KSL executive producers: Sheryl Worsley, Keira Farrimond
- Workhouse Media executive producers: Paul Anderson, Nick Panella, Andrew Greenwood
- Amazon Music team: Morgan Jones, Eliza Mills, Vanessa Rebbert, Shea Simpson
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast includes discussion of rape and sexual assault, abuse, murder, and other criminal behavior. |
| 0:07.3 | Listener discretion is advised. |
| 0:09.5 | This particular episode also focuses on the topic of child sex abuse. |
| 0:14.1 | I have personal experience in this area, having been sexually assaulted as a child. |
| 0:19.7 | I know how difficult it can be for victims to cope with |
| 0:22.8 | the aftermath of child sex abuse, especially when they're met with skepticism or doubt. |
| 0:28.6 | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says in the U.S., one in four girls and one in 13 boys |
| 0:34.6 | will experience sexual abuse at some point in childhood. |
| 0:44.9 | The vast majority of child sex abuse cases are perpetrated by a person known to the victim or victim's family. |
| 0:50.7 | You can find information on how to protect your kids or respond to suspected abuse through the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network at r-a-n-n-n-org or 1-800-656-5-6-H-O-P-E. |
| 1:06.1 | South Ogden police were on a literal witch hunt. It was the summer of 1990. An informant was telling |
| 1:12.5 | detectives a satanic coven had killed Joyce Yost. Sergeant Terry Carpenter had heard a version |
| 1:18.3 | of this story once already, a couple of years earlier, from an anonymous caller who had asked |
| 1:22.6 | to go by the false name, George. And her body was burned. |
| 1:29.3 | Her body was burned. |
| 1:35.1 | George had refused to reveal the source of her information about Joyce Yost's death. |
| 1:41.2 | If this sounds familiar, it's because I shared much of this already in Cold Season 2 episode 5. |
| 1:46.7 | But there are parts I didn't tell you, like how that informant in 1990 told police who George really was. |
| 1:48.8 | The informant said George was actually a psychologist named Peggy who worked with victims |
| 1:53.4 | of satanic ritual abuse. |
| 1:55.8 | I think that both of us believe that folks that engage in that sort of activity ought not to be running loose. |
| 2:02.3 | Yes. |
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