An Old Testament name from the Hebrew word for ”adversary,” Satan, a.k.a. the Prince of Darkness and Beelzebub, is regarded in the Judeo-Christian tradition as the embodiment of absolut… ...

Why Satanic Panic never really ended. The collective fears that consumed the US in the 1980s and ’90s are still alive and well — all the way through QAnon and beyond.

There have been over 12,000 unsubstantiated claims of satanic ritual abuse, and the book was even used by prosecutors in cases against accused satanists, according to journalist Shirley Downing.