The Story of the Satanic Panic

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    This video is a discussion of the so-called "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s and 1990s. I talk about some of the stories that were told at the time, and what has since been debunked.

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  • @johnhayes9767
    @johnhayes9767 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Dr. Cooper, you are the first teacher who talks about the demonic but does not claim to be charismatic. Thank You 🙏

  • @jacobbrown4971
    @jacobbrown4971 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    As a Christian who loves to play Dungeons and Dragons the actions of these people and the stain it brought to my first love, Christ and his church, and one of my favorite pastimes, just makes me so angry. Also it's a lesser known fact that Gygax was himself a Christian and took inspiration from people like J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis to make D&D.

    • @Magnulus76
      @Magnulus76 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yeah, Gygax was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He was low-key about his religion, however, which is the case for most ELCA Lutherans.
      Another well-known ELCA Lutheran is Rick Steeves, BTW, the travel journalist who does travel documentaries occasionally on PBS.

    • @puberis
      @puberis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Nothing says satanism like die rolls.

  • @vngelicath1580
    @vngelicath1580 2 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This video is a showcase in how being right-wing is not inherently a guarantee of orthodoxy, folks.

    • @IMSpangler
      @IMSpangler 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You got it

    • @TitusCastiglione1503
      @TitusCastiglione1503 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Given some of the wacky conspiracy theory fundamentalist stuff coming out of some right wing evangelicals these days, I’d say you’re spot in.

  • @SunwardTerror
    @SunwardTerror 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    My childhood was absurdly affected by this. I had to give up Pokémon, Lord of the Rings, and anything remotely eastern because Satan would steal my soul over it. It was a strange time and I was estranged from even other Christian kids over my inability to connect with their interests.

    • @randomango2789
      @randomango2789 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Lord of the Rings is eastern? Were your parents not aware that it was written by a Catholic?

    • @chrisapitz6089
      @chrisapitz6089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same here! All we could watch on TV when I was a kid were National Geographic documentaries because everything else had the devil in it. My grandmother had to talk my dad into letting us watch a BBC made for TV movie of Narnia because there were mythical creatures in it which of course were from the devil…

    • @MrJeb123
      @MrJeb123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@randomango2789 Pokemon was banned for me too, but exceptions where made for Lord of the Rings and Narnia. It went so far in our house that we couldn't eve watch dragon tales when I was younger.

    • @puberis
      @puberis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@randomango2789 to some Protestants, Catholicism is equatable to satanism. Such an experience wouldn't surprise me if his family was of some sort of fundamentalist group.

    • @SunwardTerror
      @SunwardTerror 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@randomango2789 I didn’t mean to say it was eastern, it was just in the banned list. I’m well aware it was written by one of CS Lewis’ best friends! It’s crazy that it got banned by so many Christian families.

  • @bornforburning777
    @bornforburning777 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    One thing that I can't stress enough (and this might make some people VERY upset) is that a lot of mainstream 80s music (glam metal, thrash etc) was absolutely permeated with explicit satanic themes. Whether the artists were taking said themes seriously is an entirely different question; regardless, they WERE there and they were intentional. Obviously the idea that Pokémon cards are demonic is ridiculous. But 80s moms can hardly be blamed for being upset when W.A.S.P. were singing about sadomasochism, Motley Crue were glorifying sex drugs and rock 'n roll, and Slayer were worshipping the Devil in everything but intent.

    • @SonOfTheLion
      @SonOfTheLion ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think you would have to stretch to construe the lyrics of a Slayer song to be worship.

  • @georgwilliamfriedrichhegel5744
    @georgwilliamfriedrichhegel5744 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "There really is not a lot of discernment in those circles"..."Is not exactly consistent with Biblical morality"...Dr. Cooper be throwing some low-key shade here. Love it.

  • @eversosleight
    @eversosleight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Newcomer to the channel Dr Cooper and I have to say, it's really great to see such a wide range of discussions.
    Watching this video, I think it'd be great to see how Aleister Crowley influenced modern occultism.

  • @mwilkins1644
    @mwilkins1644 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Whewwww boy! As a boy in the early 90s here in Australian Pentecostal churches, this stuff hits home hard. Had to repent for collecting Dragonball Z stuff, could not watch LOTR and had to throw away hundreds of dollars of heavy metal CDSs (bands like Mortification, Living Sacrifice etc). So much psychological scarring because of this crap. So much distrust of the Bible and God that (God be praised!) that He has brought me out of.
    Cheers Jordo for this fantastic video!

  • @joshsabbagh9271
    @joshsabbagh9271 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I’m always learning something new. Thank you, Dr. Cooper! Blessings!

  • @puberis
    @puberis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yes, do more videos on this topic. Interesting stuff. I like the videos you do on social/cultural/religious movements. This was fun, your QAnon video was great, and... there was one or two more I don't remember because they're so rare. But I really enjoy them.

  • @mrs.teilborg649
    @mrs.teilborg649 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow, this was fascinating! I would love to hear more!!

  • @horrorhabit8421
    @horrorhabit8421 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing! I've researched this topic fairly thoroughly, but there's a lot of information here that I didn't know. Really great stuff.

  • @HenryLeslieGraham
    @HenryLeslieGraham 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    ironically the panic itself was likely satanic (in origin at least)

  • @RyanOlander
    @RyanOlander 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Ah yes, the satanic panic, the reason my parents had me get rid of all my Gen one pokemon cards...

  • @brendonlake1522
    @brendonlake1522 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The Christian band Petra had some blatant 'back masking' at the start of one of their songs and it says "why are you looking for the devil when you outta looking for the Lord." Which I think is the issue at heart for those actively involved in the panic. Christians fed the outrageous antics of rock stars and the 'Satanic Church' I believe was a great deal hyped up by Christians making the movement alot more attractive than if it were payed less attention.
    Being born in the early 80s I had a childhood adversely affected by the satanic panic, at the age of 12 I was traumatized by videos about the evils of rock music.
    The result of this material seems to me to separate Christians from the lost, to demonize those who actually need Jesus and to my mind in it's fruit often more evil than the evils it claims to expose!

  • @jgiaq
    @jgiaq 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Dude, I give you a like just for that Hot fuzz reference. But other than that, this episode is awesome! Thank you for your hard work and researching.

    • @dannytunz6993
      @dannytunz6993 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Except the satanic panic was not mass hysteria it was real and propaganda covered it up

  • @ddelucia94
    @ddelucia94 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for getting me interested in Lutheranism. Still one of the “spiritual but not religious” types but I’ve been perusing through Spirituality of The Cross by Gene Veith

  • @sliceofbryce
    @sliceofbryce ปีที่แล้ว +2

    An interesting thing I discovered when reading an Oxford history of psychology was how inextricably linked early psychology was with the occult movements of the late 19th century before the psychoanalytic generation came on the scene and cleaned up the field's image a bit.

  • @Beerfornothing
    @Beerfornothing 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is super interesting and I for one would like to hear more about it

  • @noahfletcher3019
    @noahfletcher3019 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Watching the latest season of Stranger Things reminded me to watch this video. The 80s satanic panic was a big plot driver for this season.

  • @PolishBigfootCircle11
    @PolishBigfootCircle11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Satanic Panic is a great song by Christian metal band Impending Doom!
    Edit: I wonder, is he wearing pants?

    • @FalconOfStorms
      @FalconOfStorms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It's a bop, as the kids say.

    • @brendonlake1522
      @brendonlake1522 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Impending Doom are back with that song and as awesome as ever!

  • @Speakingintothevoid700
    @Speakingintothevoid700 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dr. Cooper, please do a video on the Salem witch stuff. Thanks

  • @adsserabude5267
    @adsserabude5267 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's ironic that Gary Gygax and Dungeons and Dragons was attacked during this period because Gary Gygax was a Christian lol 😂 It's also ironic because I understood the Gospel from a Chick Tract and was saved through Jack Chick's ministry loool

    • @TitusCastiglione1503
      @TitusCastiglione1503 ปีที่แล้ว

      Then at least Jack Chick did one good thing in his life…

  • @KayleySexton
    @KayleySexton 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I lived in Switzerland for a year. There are many secular people and those who are into the Anthroposophy ideology which is like Theosophy. It is what inspired the Waldorf schools. Those schools are pagan and worship the goddesses and seasons. I like Waldorf except the spiritual aspect

    • @KayleySexton
      @KayleySexton 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Steiner Philosophy

  • @CornCod1
    @CornCod1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cooper and I have something in common! Edith Wharton is my favorite novelist too. He is a man of taste.

  • @briannolder716
    @briannolder716 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of the Lord Peter Wimsey novels has a funny seance scene. I think it's the first one, _Strong Poison_.

  • @nathanwhalen6075
    @nathanwhalen6075 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This has been really helpful for me leaving the 'word of faith' and being in Chruches that have been highly effected by these individuals and their conspiracy claims

  • @EstebanHerp
    @EstebanHerp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Haha remember me, here in latin america in the 90s the preacher Josue Yrion "los nintendos, pokemon and Disney son del diablo"

  • @mroxannevh
    @mroxannevh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you so much for explaining the Jesus freak culture and how it rebounded from hippie days. this explains so much from our childhood (the scorned millennials lol).
    perhaps you could speak more on raising the next generation? facing today's culture of nhilism and hedosim is overwhelming at times as a mother of many small children. The cowo lackadaisical churches aren't much help. Thank you again!

  • @dannytunz6993
    @dannytunz6993 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Satanic ritual abuse is not a joke

  • @newreformationapologetics4953
    @newreformationapologetics4953 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi Dr. Jordan B Cooper could you do a response to Bart Ehrman's view of the book of Revelation? He claims the book is about the past and Caesar Niro is the Beast. Thank you and God bless.

    • @ReformedGibberish5881
      @ReformedGibberish5881 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That’s my view too however I don’t think the entire book of revelation is fulfilled

    • @amikkelsen
      @amikkelsen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      David Chilton has some good books. It seems pretty clear it was about the time just after Jesus ascension and leading up to the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple in AD 70.

    • @amikkelsen
      @amikkelsen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      “The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants-things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John,”
      ‭‭Revelation‬ ‭1:1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
      Things which must shortly take place.

  • @Portler88
    @Portler88 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If you doubt that there is organized SRA, then you need to read Blood Ritual by Philip de Vier

  • @dennischapman7968
    @dennischapman7968 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you.

  • @Nicolas-fd4wy
    @Nicolas-fd4wy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That these people made stuff up is disgrading real satanic stuff which happens. For example the Marc Detroux case in Belgium and stuff like that.
    Also to say that there is zero satanism in the music industry is absolutely wrong. Look at music videos of Lil Nas X and others...

  • @nothingelse1520
    @nothingelse1520 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One person you didn't mention was Patricia Pulling. Her son liked D&D and he killed himself. She was convinced it was because of D&D. She started BADD (Bothered about Dungeons and Dragons) and spent the rest of her life fighting D&D all over the country. A fantasy author who loved D&D did a takedown of her calling the Pulling Report and showed she couldn't even explain the basics about D&D. Turns out the reason her son killed himself is because he was gay and he knew his highly religious mother in the 1980s would disown him if she knew hence the suicide. Her own homophobia killed her son NOT D&D, as anyone who liked D&D could tell you.

  • @sliceofbryce
    @sliceofbryce ปีที่แล้ว

    Delve more!

  • @calebneff5777
    @calebneff5777 ปีที่แล้ว

    Haha I grew up in an Assembly of God church, and John Todd (or one of his acolytes) spoke at my church when I was a kid and got rebuked HARD.

  • @Steve-wg3cr
    @Steve-wg3cr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I must be out of the loop. Never heard the term "Satanic panic."

    • @Steve-wg3cr
      @Steve-wg3cr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Zee Aye Thanks for the info. During my time in the military in the 1980s, I worked with two guys who claimed to be Satanists and were pretty open about. Once brought his Satanic Bible to work a few times.

  • @arthurbrugge2457
    @arthurbrugge2457 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sometimes one can forget that people perform evil acts without being a satanist or possessed by satan. These sort of crazy movements/trends seem to be created by a combination of grifters, media and naive, unchurched Christians.

  • @lorenzomurrone2430
    @lorenzomurrone2430 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This video gave me early 2010s nostalgia, when I was an early teen. Lol

  • @mugglesarecooltoo
    @mugglesarecooltoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My comment keeps disappearing.

    • @DrJordanBCooper
      @DrJordanBCooper  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't know why

    • @vngelicath1580
      @vngelicath1580 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Spooky

    • @randomango2789
      @randomango2789 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you posting links in your comments?

    • @mugglesarecooltoo
      @mugglesarecooltoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@randomango2789 I was.

    • @randomango2789
      @randomango2789 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mugglesarecooltoo Yeah that’s the reason why. Because there’s so many spammers on TH-cam posting fake links, TH-cam is trying to cut down on that by removing comments with links to other websites.