Bennett Braun, a psychiatrist who helped fuel the Satanic Panic and lost his medical license not once, but twice, recently died. Warlock Sword, the Satanic Skeptic, crows over his demise looking back at a career of false memories and malpractice. Read the article on the Skeptical Inquirer site.
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Warlock Sword, the Satanic Skeptic, examines whether a necklace alleged to have belonged to Aleister Crowley made a woman want to worship the Devil. Click this link to read: The Wickedest Wear in the World: A Necklace Allegedly Belonging to Aleister Crowley Made a Woman ‘Want to Worship the Devil’
On this episode the Satanic Skeptic, Warlock Sword, discusses laws criminalizing fortune telling and whether or not they really protect the public from fraud. Listen on Apple Podcasts
In the latest episode of his podcast The Devil in the Details, Warlock Sword, the Satanic Skeptic, dives into a long out-of-print essay of Anton LaVey’s, “Backlash”, and examines LaVey’s opinions of pseudoscience and the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Spotify / Apple Podcasts
In his latest article for Skeptical Inquirer, JD Sword reviews the history of witchcraft in New England and how Connecticut senators recently voted to absolve those previously accused of witchcraft, although not everyone is convinced. Follow this link to read the article.
JD Sword, the Satanic Skeptic, discusses the accusations of abuse against rockstar Marilyn Manson and why it’s likely not the case that his accusers repressed the memories of their abuse. The Devil in the Details: Episode 27 – Did Actors Repress Memories of Abuse by Marilyn Manson?
JD Sword, the Satanic Skeptic, provides several plausible candidates for the real-life Satanic Panic case that inspired Netflix’s new series ‘The Devil in Ohio.’ Click this link to read this AIPT Comics article.
JD Sword, the Satanic Skeptic, examines the historical case of Gilles de Rais, the Marshal of France and hero of the Hundred Year’s War who fought alongside Joan of Arc, but was later accused of having murdered over one hundred children and offering them as sacrifices to the demon Barron to restore his squandered fortune. Was Gilles de Rais one of history’s worst serial killers, or the victim of a conspiracy to seize the land of the richest man in France? https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/a-sheep-in-wolfs-clothing-was-gilles-de-rais-one-of-historys-worst-child-killers/
On this episode, the Satanic Skeptic revisits an article he wrote for Skeptical Inquirer back in 2021, investigating a video in the tabloid, The Sun, allegedly showing a ghost manipulating a lamp in the haunted former home of both Katharine Hepburn and Boris Karloff! Devil in the Details Episode 19 Hepburn’s Poltergeist