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Satanic Panic

Satanic Panic

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Throughout the 1980s, Satanic cults were widely believed to be preying on children — torturing and terrorizing them as part of dark rituals. Across North America, there were hundreds of false allegations, scores of unjust criminal trials and countless lives torn apart. But never any real proof. By the early 90s, the panic reached the tiny Prairie town of Martensville, Saskatchewan. And nearly 30 years later, the people touched by it all are still picking up the pieces. So what happened? And why do so many still believe to this day? Uncover: Satanic Panic investigates. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.

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Episodes
  • Introducing: The Cult Queen of Canada from Uncover

    Introducing: The Cult Queen of Canada from Uncover
    Mar 4 2026

    In The Cult Queen of Canada from CBC’s Uncover, a tiny Saskatchewan town faces a surreal crisis when a cult leader calling herself “The Queen of Canada” occupies an abandoned school. As neighbours turn on each other, a retired teacher leads resistance in a story about what happens when online extremism spills into the real world. Hosted by Rachel Browne.


    Crime. Investigation. Revelation. Uncover brings you explosive, high-caliber true crime year-round. From CIA mind control to serial abuse, mysterious disappearances to wrongful imprisonment.


    More episodes of The Cult Queen of Canada are available wherever you get your podcasts, and here: https://link.mgln.ai/CQOCxSP
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    39 mins
  • Satanic Panic: Trailer

    Satanic Panic: Trailer
    Feb 7 2020
    Throughout the 1980s, Satanic cults were widely believed to be preying on children — torturing and terrorizing them as part of dark rituals. Across North America, there were hundreds of false allegations, scores of unjust criminal trials and countless lives torn apart. But never any real proof. By the early 90s, the panic reached the tiny Prairie town of Martensville, Saskatchewan. And nearly 30 years later, the people touched by it all are still picking up the pieces. So what happened? And why do so many still believe to this day? Originally launched by Uncover on February 5, 2020.
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    3 mins
  • Episode 1: 'It was such a perfect place'

    Episode 1: 'It was such a perfect place'
    Feb 6 2020
    Police Officer Claudia Bryden is drawn into a bizarre case unfolding in the peaceful Prairie town of Martensville, Saskatchewan. What starts with a single complaint about an alleged sexual assault in a home daycare grows into something bigger and more disturbing than anyone could have imagined.
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    37 mins
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This is an incredibly well done look at a small town case of mass hysteria. It takes a compassionate and careful look into how and why this criminal case happened. I cannot recommend this enough, it’s become one of my favourite true crime podcasts

Fascinating look at a Canadian mass hysteria

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I was raised to believe that Satanic Ritual Abuse was real. I am today agnostic. This was emotionally eviscerating for me and helped me see how deep the human ignorance is with Evangelical Christianity and how destructive it can be. I feel so bad for those accused yet are innocent.

Raised in Evangelical Christianity

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I couldn’t get more than a few minutes in, because the slow and ludicrously melodramatic narration of the host is unbearable. She constantly pauses for dramatic effect ant puts excessive emphasis wherever she thinks she can get away with it. It’s the way I would expect a 12-year old to read it.

Awful narration.

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