Voros
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I came across this video of a 60 Minutes 'report' on D&D in 1985 and thought I'd share it. It shows just how mainstream the Satanic Panic ideas were in the 80s (I recall hysterical reports about Satanic covens on Oprah!).
Patricia Pulling may seem a unpleasant woman but I read about the suicide of her son in Dangerous Games and felt bad for her as a women incapable of dealing with the death of her child.
And keep watching after the D&D segment, tacked on is a later piece by 60 Minutes about the psychology professor talking against D&D who lost his license for abusing his patients. Only in the 80s!
And contrast that with this great mini-documentary from the NYT on D&D's history, the Satanic Panic and its revived popularity:
BTW the 60 Minutes piece on YT comes from a Christian ministry, ironically we have to thank the Satanic Panic for documenting the boom years of D&D!
Patricia Pulling may seem a unpleasant woman but I read about the suicide of her son in Dangerous Games and felt bad for her as a women incapable of dealing with the death of her child.
And keep watching after the D&D segment, tacked on is a later piece by 60 Minutes about the psychology professor talking against D&D who lost his license for abusing his patients. Only in the 80s!
And contrast that with this great mini-documentary from the NYT on D&D's history, the Satanic Panic and its revived popularity:
BTW the 60 Minutes piece on YT comes from a Christian ministry, ironically we have to thank the Satanic Panic for documenting the boom years of D&D!
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