Episode 205: Oops, All Pentagrams Edition

Episode 205: Oops, All Pentagrams Edition

  We’re finally getting to the point–all five of them.   SHOW LINKS UNHOLY ROSARIES From Geometric Symbols & Divine Proportions, Douglas C. Youvan, 2024: The pentagram is one of the earliest geometric symbols used by human civilizations, with its...
Episode 204: Mazes & Monsters

Episode 204: Mazes & Monsters

  It’s a far-out game, AND the only Satanic Panic anti-D&D scare movie starring the East Bay’s own Tom Hanks. It has to be, right?   SHOW LINKS From Genius Missing at MSU, Gregory Skwira, Detroit Free Press, 1979: Police continue to search the...
Episode 203: Scapegoats

Episode 203: Scapegoats

  Sharpen your horns and get ready for a fleecing, because we’re getting scapegoated.  SHOW LINKS From Azazel, Jewish Encyclopedia, 1906: On Atonement Day, the high priest presented two young goats for a sin-offering, one for Yahweh and one for Azazel. The goat...
Episode 195 – Satanic Sacrifices

Episode 195 – Satanic Sacrifices

Nobody ever makes sacrifices to Satan, so why the pop cultural preoccupation? Rachel from Zombie Grrlz rejoins us to take a stab at it.     SHOW LINKS ZOMBIE GRRLZ! From Anthropology & Sacrifice, Phillips Stevens Jr, Diversity of Sacrifice, 2016: Perhaps the...