SYSK Selects: The 'Satanic Panic' of the 1980s

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 19 October 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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In the late 1980s, the United States experienced a "Satanic Panic," leading parents to fear for the safety of their children. But were there any real examples of Satanic ritual abuse? Find out this and more in this classic episode.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.0	Hello everyone.
0:32.0	It is Saturday and that means it's time for a Saturday stuff you should know select episode.
0:36.8	As you know, Josh and I curate these each week.
0:39.1	We take turns going back through the archives and picking out some of our favorite episodes.
0:43.6	And boy oh boy, that I love this one from January 5th, 2016.
0:47.9	The Say Tanick Panic of the 1980s.
0:50.5	We lived through it.
0:51.5	We talked about it.
0:52.5	Pretty amazing stuff.
0:54.0	Check it out right now.
0:55.5	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of I Heart Radio's House Stuff Works.
1:06.3	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
1:07.3	I'm Josh Clark.
1:08.3	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant.
1:10.3	And this is Stuff You Should Know.
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