Witch Hunt Podcast

How rock music became a target of the Satanic Panic and why we still have warning labels on music to this day. Episode Music Bad Feelings, by Jassana Time - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/royalty-free-music-rock-edition/382218525   Whisper, by Lucas King - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638   Silent Park Inside Your Soul, by Alex Mason & the Minor Emotion - http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/Soul_Breaker/02_alex_mason___the_minor_emotion_-_silent_park_inside_your_soul   Acoustic, by Mark Clark - https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/royalty-free-background-music/492360456

How the enormously popular role-playing board game "Dungeons and Dragons" became a target during the satanic panic. Featuring Nathan Lloyd, host of the Historical Blindness podcast. The Epic, by Boom Audio https://audiojungle.net/item/the-epic/20940531   Heartfelt, by Royalty Free Music Club https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/royalty-free-music-club/547510897   Piano Music, by Royalty Free Music Club https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/royalty-free-music-club/547510897   Ripley, by Lucas King https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638   Hope, by Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/Soul_Breaker/01_alex_mason___the_minor_emotion_-_hope

We look at memory - real, repressed, and invented and its impact on the Satanic Panic.  Featuring expert Elizabeth Loftus. Episode Music: The Way the World Ends, by Lucas King  https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638   Amelie, by Royalty Free Music Lab https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cinema-tv-and-spot-vol-2/id632397129   Peaceful Piano, by Royalty Free Music Club https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/royalty-free-music-club/id547510897   Hope, by Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/Soul_Breaker/01_alex_mason___the_minor_emotion_-_hope   Melancholy, by Lucas King https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638   End, by Royalty Free Music Lab https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/royalty-free-music-for-cinema/id566281456?l=en

We reveal how medical experts got it wrong.  Warning: adult content. Episode Music: Melancholy, by Lucas King https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638   Levantara`n el vuelo (Piano Solo) by Circus Marcus http://freemusicarchive.org/music/CIRCUSMARCUS/~/Levantarn_el_vuelo_Piano_Solo   Ice Where Your Parents’ Love Should Be by Kyle Preston http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kyle_Preston/Geo/Ice_Where_Your_Parents_Love_Should_Be   The Way the World Ends, by Lucas King  https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638   You Promise, by Alex Mason and the Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/Soul_Breaker/08_alex_mason___the_minor_emotion_-_you_promise

Retired police detective Duane Gonyon sheds light on how the Satanic Panic got out of control. Episode Music:   Whisper, by Lucas King https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638   Seeker, by Kai Engel http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/The_Run/Kai_Engel_-_The_Run_-_01_Seeker   Sunset Piano, by Royalty Free Music Club https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/royalty-free-music-club/id547510897   Hope, by Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/Soul_Breaker/01_alex_mason___the_minor_emotion_-_hope     Three Kites Circling by Axletree http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Axletree/Cormorant_EP/Three_kites_circling Show Notes https://www.brainybyrdmedia.com/season-2-episode-5-show-notes

The story behind the most famous case of satanic ritual child abuse that never happened. Featuring RetroReport Producer Barbara Drury. Episode Music:  You Promise, by Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/Soul_Breaker/08_alex_mason___the_minor_emotion_-_you_promise   Hope, by Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/Soul_Breaker/01_alex_mason___the_minor_emotion_-_hope   The Way the World Ends, by Lucas King https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638   Three Kites Circling by Axletree http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Axletree/Cormorant_EP/Three_kites_circling     Whisper, by Lucas King https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638   End, by Royalty Free Music Lab https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/royalty-free-music-for-cinema/id566281456?l=en Show Notes: https://www.brainybyrdmedia.com/season-2-episode-4  

We unpack, "Michelle Remembers," the harrowing, horrible hoax that started the "satanic panic" of the 1980s/90s. Episode Music:  Seeker by Kai Engel:  http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/The_Run/Kai_Engel_-_The_Run_-_01_Seeker Amelie by Royalty Free Music Lab https://itunes.apple.com/tm/album/cinema-tv-and-spot-vol.2/id632397129 Melancholy by Lucas King https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638 Sunset Piano by Royalty Free Music Club https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/royalty-free-music-club/id547510897

Episode two explains Satan's big social comeback in the 1980s. Featuring experts Professor Megan Goodwin and Mary DeYoung. Episode Music Levantara`n el vuelo (Piano Solo) by Circus Marcus http://freemusicarchive.org/music/CIRCUSMARCUS/~/Levantarn_el_vuelo_Piano_Solo Ice Where Your Parents’ Love Should Be by Kyle Preston http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kyle_Preston/Geo/Ice_Where_Your_Parents_Love_Should_Be

The premiere episode of season two explores how what we believe and how we react to allegations of child abuse fueled a moral panic that destroyed thousands of lives. Featuring an interview with The Intercept's Jordan Smith.

Why is Salem the witch hunt people remember? Episode One: The Biggest Little Witch Hunt in History examines the European roots of the Salem witch trials. Featuring renowned author Frances Hill, author of "A Delusion of Satan."

What was it about the villagers of Salem that made them the people most likely to unleash a witchcraft Hysteria? We spoke with Dr. Mary Beth Norton, the country's top historian, for the answer.

It's January, 1692, and the disturbing and bizarre behaviors of two little girls in Salem Village trigger the first witchcraft accusations and arrests. Featuring historian and author Marilynne K. Roach.

The legal system in 1692 Massachusetts was anything but impartial. Learn about how the law worked against the accused during the infamous Salem witch trial crisis.

Meet Thomas O'Brien Vallor, a practicing witch from Salem, Massachusetts. Learn about the beliefs of modern witches. Happy Halloween!

Who were the main accusers in the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692 and what was really wrong with them?

Who were they? The innocent men and women hanged as witches in Salem, 1692. Let's take a look at the usual and the not-so-usual suspects.

Who were the men behind the hangings of 19 innocent people in Salem, 1692? What was the town like on "Execution Day"? Featuring author and capital punishment expert, Richard Clark.

This episode unpacks what brought the Salem witchcraft hysteria to its end and what Salem looked like when it was all over. Featuring professor and author Emerson Baker.

Interviews with direct descendants of the men and women involved in the Salem witchcraft crisis of 1692. Featuring the descendants of Margaret Scott, Giles Corey, Rebecca Nurse, and Cotton Mather.

It's not over. They're still hunting down and killing people accused of witchcraft all over the world. Learn how you can help make it stop.