How, in the name of the Holy Virgin Mary, did Michelle Remembers—the book that started the Satanic Panic—come to be written? Who was Lawrence Pazder really? Did he encourage and exaggerate Michelle Smith’s recovered memories of ritual abuse? Did Smith tell him what he wanted to hear? Or was it a little of both? 
Canadian filmmakers Sean Horlor and Steve Adams have a new documentary out called “Satan Wants You,” and it fills in a lot of the blanks in our prior “Swan Song Series” reporting with incredible archival footage and brave interviews from friends and family members. 
Today it opens at Toronto’s Hot Docs Festival, which means the reviews embargo is lifted… and our review is: “Incredible work. Must see.”
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Show Notes
Satan Wants You
Conspirituality: UNLOCKED: Swan Song Series 4 | Michelle Remembers: Context & History
Conspirituality: UNLOCKED: Swan Song Series 5 | Michelle Remembers: Themes & Framing 
Conspirituality - UNLOCKED: Michelle Remembers: Literal Symbols
Conspirituality - UNLOCKED: The Courage to Heal Pt. 1 on Stitcher 
Conspirituality - UNLOCKED: The Courage to Heal Pt. 2 on Stitcher 
 The Smoke of Satan on the Silver Screen: The Catholic Horror Film, Vatican II, and the Revival of Demonology | Journal for the Academic Study of Religion
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