{"id":1525,"date":"2014-02-17T17:28:18","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T21:28:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lstr.net\/blog\/?p=1525"},"modified":"2014-02-17T17:28:18","modified_gmt":"2014-02-17T21:28:18","slug":"pa-craigslist-killing-suspect-a-spree-killing-satanist-probably-not-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lstr.net\/blog\/2014\/02\/17\/pa-craigslist-killing-suspect-a-spree-killing-satanist-probably-not-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Pa. Craigslist Killing Suspect A Spree-killing Satanist? Probably not, no."},"content":{"rendered":"

A young woman accused of murder claims she’s part of a satanic cult and that she’s killed at least 22<\/a>. Are we priming for another moral panic? “Satanic Panic 2: The Revenge”?<\/p>\n

Two people falsely accused of satanic ritual abuse in the 80s were finally freed from jail just last year<\/a>. The charges against them were just as absurd as some of the claims this woman is making, and they had real consequences. Real lives were ruined.<\/p>\n

I’m not trying to make light of this–or even trying to debunk her claims–but I think that it is more likely than not she’s simply not telling, or perhaps capable of telling, the truth. Of course, the fact that she’s probably committed one murder means that people are going to pay attention to her claims.<\/p>\n

She may have even murdered more, but that’s also not evidence of a satanic cult conspiracy.<\/p>\n

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