Season 2, Episode 8: The Satanic Panic

Resources and citations for the 12/7/2023 episode of Bitchy History

Dark Dungeons - Chick Tract

The 1980s Media Panic Over Dungeons & Dragons

The truth about the dungeon master who disappeared in the steam tunnels

DESTROY ALL MONSTERS: A JOURNEY DEEP INTO THE CAVERN OF DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, A UTOPIAN, PROFOUNDLY DORKY AND INFLUENTIAL GAME THAT, LACKING CLEAR WINNERS OR AN END, MAY NOT BE A GAME AT ALL.

Mazes and Monster (1982)

‘Somewhere between science and superstition’: Religious outrage, horrific science, and The Exorcist (1973) - Amy C. Chambers

Three Decades Ago, America Lost Its Religion. Why?

Role-Playing Games and the Christian Right: Community Formation in Response to a Moral Panic David Waldron, Lecturer in Social Science and the Humanities University of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

How Harry Potter and Dungeons and Dragons brought 'satanic panic' into the suburbs

Demons & Devils: The Moral Panic Surrounding Dungeons & Dragons, 1979-1991 by Austin Wilson

American Monsters: Tabloid Media and the Satanic Panic, 1970-2000 by Sarah Hughes