Satan's Silence: Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern

Satan's Silence: Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt

Communities throughout the United States were convulsed in the 1980s and early 1990s by accusations, often without a shred of serious evidence, that respectable men and women in their midstâ€”many of them trusted preschool teachersâ€”secretly gathered in far reaching conspiracies to rape and terrorize children. In this powerful book, Debbie Nathan and Mike Snedeker examine the forces fueling this blind panic.

Satan's Silence: Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt