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The Satanic Panic may have faded, but its legacy lives on – reshaped into modern conspiracies, political crusades, and weaponized fear.

How do false memories take hold—and what happens when they drive real-world consequences? Two experts unpack the role of memory in the rise and fall of the Satanic Panic.

We unpack the rise and fall of two central figures in the Satanic Panic—Mike Warnke and Lauren Stratford.