Ben Kissel
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Last Podcast On The Left · Episode 669: Anton LaVey Part IV - Old Wizards Die Hard · 19 Jun 2026
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Yeah, nor did he care what happened to anyone else as a result of the satanic panic.
Zena, however, she did care.
So she offered to help as the church's spokesperson temporarily until Anton found someone permanent.
This temporary spokesperson role, however, would last far longer than Zena wanted because Anton LaVey could be a very, very lazy man.
Not micromanaging, just fucking managing.
He's 54 years old.
He doesn't have any sort of like.
But he does not look good for 54.
He looks very bad for 54, but he doesn't have a terminal illness.
He's just done.
He's done with life.
So, as the Church of Satan's official spokesperson, Zena appeared on every show from Phil Donahue to Sally Jessie Raphael, debating Christians while spreading the word about Satanism in an effort to put out some of the fires of the Satanic panic.
Ironically, Zena's TV appearances caused membership numbers in the Church of Satan to skyrocket throughout the 80s, which never would have been possible if all those Christians hadn't made up all those stories about Satanic ritual abuse.
Whatever you say, Satan.
Well, yeah, because you're famous for your suits.
Well, as it turned out, Xena was actually one of the people who helped put the satanic panic to bed.
She worked with law enforcement agencies to set the record straight because before Xena opened the books,
so to speak law enforcement knew next to nothing about actual satanism for the cops they'd watch the devil's reign and think it was real which is like scientists basing theories of time travel solely on back to the future but thanks in part to zena the fbi issued a report in 1992 refuting all the criminal conspiracy theories concerning satanic ritual abuse
But by 1992, Zina had already resigned from the Church of Satan and had renounced her dickhead father two years earlier.
Because while Anton LaVey still wasn't what you'd call a good guy during the 60s and 70s, he became an absolute piece of shit in the 80s and 90s.
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