Michael Tracey

In terms of the satanic panic parallel, that's not one that I would have necessarily been most inclined to bring up until recently, just because there's now this new layer of the mythology that's been added with the production of these

In terms of the satanic panic parallel, that's not one that I would have necessarily been most inclined to bring up until recently, just because there's now this new layer of the mythology that's been added with the production of these

Epstein quote files where people are reading snippets of emails to signify some kind of coded messaging around cannibalism or around grotesque child sacrifice.

Epstein quote files where people are reading snippets of emails to signify some kind of coded messaging around cannibalism or around grotesque child sacrifice.

That really wasn't a hallmark of the Epstein story so much before this enormous tranche of emails were released.

That really wasn't a hallmark of the Epstein story so much before this enormous tranche of emails were released.

And it relates to the satanic panic.

And it relates to the satanic panic.

frenzy insofar as claims around such things as truly grotesque child sacrifice, mutilation of infants, bathing toddlers in blood, all the most nightmarish scenarios you could possibly dream up were alleged in the 1980s.

frenzy insofar as claims around such things as truly grotesque child sacrifice, mutilation of infants, bathing toddlers in blood, all the most nightmarish scenarios you could possibly dream up were alleged in the 1980s.

And

And

taken deadly seriously by the authorities, resulting in, as you alluded to, a good number of people actually being thrown in prison for many years.

taken deadly seriously by the authorities, resulting in, as you alluded to, a good number of people actually being thrown in prison for many years.

And it was found to be just a gigantic hoax.

And it was found to be just a gigantic hoax.

But maybe a more apt parallel that also would have been apt even before this latest record production is that the satanic panic frenzy of the 1980s was ultimately...

But maybe a more apt parallel that also would have been apt even before this latest record production is that the satanic panic frenzy of the 1980s was ultimately...

concluded to have originated really with one woman who was just straightforwardly mentally ill, delusional, needed to essentially be institutionalized, and yet she would make claims about child sex abuse that the authorities countenanced or gave credence to.

concluded to have originated really with one woman who was just straightforwardly mentally ill, delusional, needed to essentially be institutionalized, and yet she would make claims about child sex abuse that the authorities countenanced or gave credence to.