Nothing New Under the Dumb
“Belief in Satan is a very old conspiracy theory,” folklorist Bill Ellis says. There is no “new Satanic Panic”: The panic was old when religion was young.
Anything Can Stop What Isn’t Coming
I assumed #Qanon kooks believe things the way I do: laced with anxiety and doubt, because I’m normal. Turns out even the WAY they believe makes no sense.
The Cows Come Home
If ranchers want to know who’s really behind “cattle mutilations,” fine. The real culprits are quite obvious: It’s not Satanists. It’s the ranchers.
Scary Stories To Tell In the Dark Ages
Everyone knows the story about the Hookman–but why? This redoubtable but stupid urban legend sticks around because, like devil myths, it has an agenda.
Laws of Diminishing, Returns
Every Satanist I know is a criminal. But why wouldn’t they be? Nobody can be naive enough to think there’s anybody who isn’t?
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