Secrets + Scandals 003: McMartin Family Preschool!

Beyond the Secret

Ace Fanning

Society & Culture

5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Secrets + Scandals 003: McMartin Family Preschool

At the height of Satanic Panic in the 80s, a sexual abuse complaint at a family-run preschool leads to over 300 accounts of abuse and trials that went on for 7 years. But before you react with horror, let Ace and Katelyn’s summary of the scandal serve as a reminder to steer clear of assumptions before exploring every side of a story.

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0:00.0	Hey, friendly reminder, this podcast is not for kids, or people who have a stick up their ass.
0:05.6	I did not kill my daughter, John Wayne.
0:11.2	I did not have sexual relations with that woman.
0:15.2	I didn't sleep in the bed with the child, even if I did, it's okay.
0:19.0	Like, when I got home yesterday, it was like a ghost town. She wasn't here.
0:24.0	I have no idea like to wear the lens.
0:27.0	This is secrets and scandals from beyond the secret.
0:33.0	It's the summer of 1983.
0:40.0	Every breath you take by the police has just spent eight consecutive weeks as the number one song on Billboard's top 100 chart.
0:50.0	The average cost of a new home is $82,000. The Mario Brothers game first debuts as a Nintendo Gonnaise as a Nintendo Arcade game.
0:55.0	Glowworms and Kagan
1:00.0	Glowworms and cabbage patch kids rain as the most sought-after toy of that year.
1:08.0	And in Manhattan Beach, California, a case that would go on to become the longest and most expensive
1:14.8	criminal trial on American history, is just beginning. This is the case of
1:20.9	the McMartan Family Preschool.
1:26.4	In everything that I watched and read about this case,
1:31.2	they refer to the McMMarton preschool as this like exclusive
1:39.7	prestigious preschool but if I'm honest with you, I feel like it reminds me of that
1:47.9	Granny's daycare by the roller rink.
1:51.9	Nana's daycare. Nana's daycare.
1:53.0	Nana's daycare?
1:54.0	It's like the 24 hour daycare?
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