The Satanic Skeptic

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Banned Baphomet

The Satanic Panic Suggested Reading List

Newly added to our downloads page is an annotated reading list concerning the years of The Satanic Panic by Autumn Sword, The Satanic Skeptic. Many of us lived through this harrowing time of urban legends which lead to Christian evangelists having captured time on many talk shows, with their sensationalist and nonsensical claims that there existed a conspiracy of “satanists” out to get your pets, your kids, and to dominate the world while making sloppy graffiti in various public spaces as well as desecrating graveyards in a willy nilly manner. Rampant false claims of ritual child abuse and sacrifice spread […]

The Devil in the Details

Hear JD Sword, the Satanic Skeptic, this Saturday at NYC SkeptiCamp

JD Sword, the Satanic Skeptic—of The Devil in the Details, will be discussing his latest Skeptical Inquirer article, “D.C. the Demon Cat of the Capitol,” this Saturday at NYC SkeptiCamp. You can register below, attendance is FREE! The conference starts at 9am, the link to the webinar version is on the site. Sword’s presentation will be 10:10 AM EST. https://www.skepticampnyc.org/Register.aspx

The Devil in the Details

The Devil in the Details: Episode 22 The Hampstead Hoax

On this latest episode, the Satanic Skeptic examines a hoaxed (aren’t they all?) case of Satanic Ritual Abuse that went viral after video interviews of police and several children, along with a list of 175 alleged cultists, went online. The hoaxers fled the country, but the story didn’t stop there… Click here to listen.