Get an HBO film crew and your best experts on satanic panic, because today we're going back to West Memphis for the trial of Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin

In part one of this series we told you about Stevie, Michael, Chris and the murders that would forever change West Memphis Arkansas, and in part two we covered the satanic panic that led to the arrests of Jason, Damien, and Jessie. In Part three we examined the months leading up to the trials. In part four, Jessie Misskelley was found guilty of the crimes in a separate trial. 

In this episode we hear the states case against Damien and Jason. In Part 6 we will hear from the defense and learn the verdict of the case. 


CW: child abuse, child death, self-harm 

Sources: 
Jenkins, P (1992). Intimate enemies: moral panics in contemporary Great Britain. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
Victor, J (1998). "Construction of Satanic Ritual Abuse and the Creation of False Memories". In DeRivera J; Sarbin T (eds.). Believed-In-Imaginings: The Narrative Construction of Reality. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Finkelhor, David; Williams, Linda Meyer; Burns, Nanci; Kalinowski, Michael (1988). Sexual Abuse in Day Care: A National Study; Executive Summary (Report). Durham, North Carolina: University of New Hampshire. 
Michelle Remembers, Lawrence Pasdar and Michelle Smith (1980)
Court Documents:
http://callahan.mysite.com/custom.html
Murders in West Memphis- 
https://www.jivepuppi.com
Young WC; Sachs RG; Braun BG; Watkins RT (1991). "Patients reporting ritual abuse in childhood: a clinical syndrome. Report of 37 cases". Child Abuse Negl. 15 (3): 181–89. 
Damien Echols, Life After Death
Mara Leverit, Dark Spell (with Jason Baldwin)
Goleman, Daniel (October 31, 1994). "Proof Lacking for Ritual Abuse by Satanists". The New York Times. 
Fraser, GA (1997). The Dilemma of Ritual Abuse: Cautions and Guides for Therapists. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc
Spanos, NP (1996). Multiple Identities & False Memories: A Sociocognitive Perspective. American Psychological Association. pp. 269–85. 
McLeod, K; Goddard CR (2005). "The Ritual Abuse of Children: A Critical Perspective".
Wood, JM; Nathan, D; Nezworski, MT; Uhl, E (2009). "Child sexual abuse investigations: Lessons learned from the McMartin and other daycare cases"

Further Viewing: The Paradise Lost Series- HBO/Max Devil’s Knot (film and bookL Geraldo Show - March 16, 1994 Transcript
Maury Povich Show - August 2, 1994 Transcript
CNN - "Presumed Guilty: Murder in West Memphis" - January 14, 2010 Transcript
Piers Morgan Tonight: "West Memphis Three Freed After 18 Years" - September 29, 2011 Transcript 

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Grab your court appointed lawyer and remember anything you say may be used against you, as we head back to West Memphis for the trial of Jessie Misskelley.

In part one of this series we told you about Stevie, Michael, Chris and the murders that would forever change West Memphis Arkansas, and in part two we covered the satanic panic that led to the arrests of Jason, Damien, and Jessie. In Part three we examined the months leading up to the trials.

In Part 4 of our West Memphis series we're breaking down the January 1994 trial of Jessie Misskelley, from opening arguments and witnesses to closing arguments and what verdict the jury reaches in this cased plus the implications it will have in the trial of Damien and Jason.


CW: child abuse, child death, self-harm 


Sources:
Jenkins, P (1992). Intimate enemies: moral panics in contemporary Great Britain. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
Victor, J (1998). "Construction of Satanic Ritual Abuse and the Creation of False Memories". In DeRivera J; Sarbin T (eds.). Believed-In-Imaginings: The Narrative Construction of Reality. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Finkelhor, David; Williams, Linda Meyer; Burns, Nanci; Kalinowski, Michael (1988). Sexual Abuse in Day Care: A National Study; Executive Summary (Report). Durham, North Carolina: University of New Hampshire. 
Michelle Remembers, Lawrence Pasdar and Michelle Smith (1980)
Court Documents:
http://callahan.mysite.com/custom.html
Murders in West Memphis- 
https://www.jivepuppi.com
Young WC; Sachs RG; Braun BG; Watkins RT (1991). "Patients reporting ritual abuse in childhood: a clinical syndrome. Report of 37 cases". Child Abuse Negl. 15 (3): 181–89. 
Damien Echols, Life After Death
Mara Leverit, Dark Spell (with Jason Baldwin)
Goleman, Daniel (October 31, 1994). "Proof Lacking for Ritual Abuse by Satanists". The New York Times. 
Fraser, GA (1997). The Dilemma of Ritual Abuse: Cautions and Guides for Therapists. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc
Spanos, NP (1996). Multiple Identities & False Memories: A Sociocognitive Perspective. American Psychological Association. pp. 269–85. 
McLeod, K; Goddard CR (2005). "The Ritual Abuse of Children: A Critical Perspective".
Wood, JM; Nathan, D; Nezworski, MT; Uhl, E (2009). "Child sexual abuse investigations: Lessons learned from the McMartin and other daycare cases"

Further Viewing: The Paradise Lost Series- HBO/Max Devil’s Knot (film and bookL Geraldo Show - March 16, 1994 Transcript
Maury Povich Show - August 2, 1994 Transcript
CNN - "Presumed Guilty: Murder in West Memphis" - January 14, 2010 Transcript
Piers Morgan Tonight: "West Memphis Three Freed After 18 Years" - September 29, 2011 Transcript 

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Grab your copies of Paradise Lost from Blockbuster because today we're getting a broader understanding of the suspects in the HBO docuseries.

In part one of this series we told you about Stevie, Michael, Chris and the murders that would forever change West Memphis Arkansas, and in part two we covered the satanic panic that led to the arrests of Jason, Damien, and Jessie.


In part three of our West Memphis Murders series we focus on the time period after the arrests- June 1993 to jury selection for Jessie's trial in January of 1994.

We hear from the Paradise Lost filmmakers, the families of the accused and include exercerpts from both Damien and Jason's books as well as clips from Paradise Lost and Devil's Knot as we gain a broader understanding of the work private investigators like Ron Lax and the public defenders appointed in the case did in preparation for trial.

 We end the episode with a conversation with Brooke's dad, The Honorable Judge Fisher and hear his perspective on Satanic Panic and this case.



CW: child abuse, child death, self-harm


Sources:

Jenkins, P (1992). Intimate enemies: moral panics in contemporary Great Britain. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.

Victor, J (1998). "Construction of Satanic Ritual Abuse and the Creation of False Memories". In DeRivera J; Sarbin T (eds.). Believed-In-Imaginings: The Narrative Construction of Reality. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Finkelhor, David; Williams, Linda Meyer; Burns, Nanci; Kalinowski, Michael (1988). Sexual Abuse in Day Care: A National Study; Executive Summary (Report). Durham, North Carolina: University of New Hampshire. 

Michelle Remembers, Lawrence Pasdar and Michelle Smith (1980)

Court Documents:

http://callahan.mysite.com/custom.html
Murders in West Memphis- 
https://www.jivepuppi.com

Further Reading:
Young WC; Sachs RG; Braun BG; Watkins RT (1991). "Patients reporting ritual abuse in childhood: a clinical syndrome. Report of 37 cases". Child Abuse Negl. 15 (3): 181–89. 

Damien Echols, Life After Death

Mara Leverit, Devil's Knot  (with Jason Baldwin)
 
Goleman, Daniel (October 31, 1994). "Proof Lacking for Ritual Abuse by Satanists". The New York Times. 

Fraser, GA (1997). The Dilemma of Ritual Abuse: Cautions and Guides for Therapists. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc

Spanos, NP (1996). Multiple Identities & False Memories: A Sociocognitive Perspective. American Psychological Association. pp. 269–85. 

McLeod, K; Goddard CR (2005). "The Ritual Abuse of Children: A Critical Perspective".

Wood, JM; Nathan, D; Nezworski, MT; Uhl, E (2009). "Child sexual abuse investigations: Lessons learned from the McMartin and other daycare cases"

Further Viewing:

The Paradise Lost Series- HBO/Max 

Devil’s Knot (film and book)

 Geraldo Show - March 16, 1994 Transcript

Maury Povich Show - August 2, 1994 Transcript

CNN - "Presumed Guilty: Murder in West Memphis" - January 14, 2010 Transcript
Piers Morgan Tonight: "West Memphis Three Freed After 18 Years" -...

Grab your death metal albums and don't talk to the cops without a lawyer because today we're gaining a broader understanding of the satanic panic of the 80s and 90s and how it greatly impacted the case of the West Memphis Three

In part one of this series we told you about Stevie, Michael, Chris and the murders that would forever change West Memphis Arkansas.
We told you things the way that they seemed, now it’s time to get into things the way that they actually were.

In this episode we try and gain a broader understanding of the "Satanic Panic" and it’s origins (from preschools to memoirs to rock music) while examining how this same search for satan narrowed the murder investigation by the West Memphis Police Department in 1993
We learn about the way polygraphs were used in the investigation and why they held so much weight for the police and some of the people who may have gotten off without much questioning.

We also include passages from Damien’s book Life After Death and the book Jason Baldwin helped write with Mara Leverit, Devil's Knot. 
We end this episode with a confession from Jesse Misskelley and the arrests of Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin.

There’s so much to unpack in this episode and this case!

Sources:

Jenkins, P (1992). Intimate enemies: moral panics in contemporary Great Britain. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.

Victor, J (1998). "Construction of Satanic Ritual Abuse and the Creation of False Memories". In DeRivera J; Sarbin T (eds.).

Believed-In-Imaginings: The Narrative Construction of Reality. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.

Finkelhor, David; Williams, Linda Meyer; Burns, Nanci; Kalinowski, Michael (1988). Sexual Abuse in Day Care: A National Study; Executive Summary (Report). Durham, North Carolina: University of New Hampshire.

Michelle Remembers, Lawrence Pasdar and Michelle Smith (1980)

Court Documents:
http://callahan.mysite.com/custom.html

Murders in West Memphis-
https://www.jivepuppi.com

Young WC; Sachs RG; Braun BG; Watkins RT (1991). "Patients reporting ritual abuse in childhood: a clinical syndrome. Report of 37 cases". Child Abuse Negl. 15 (3): 181–89.

Damien Echols, Life After Death

Mara Leverit, Devil's Knot (with Jason Baldwin)

Goleman, Daniel (October 31, 1994). "Proof Lacking for Ritual Abuse by Satanists". The New York Times.

Fraser, GA (1997). The Dilemma of Ritual Abuse: Cautions and Guides for Therapists. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc

Spanos, NP (1996). Multiple Identities & False Memories: A Sociocognitive Perspective. American Psychological Association. pp. 269–85.

McLeod, K; Goddard CR (2005). "The Ritual Abuse of Children: A Critical Perspective".

Wood, JM; Nathan, D; Nezworski, MT; Uhl, E (2009). "Child sexual abuse investigations: Lessons learned from the McMartin and other daycare cases"

Further Viewing: 

Geraldo Show - March 16, 1994 Transcript

Maury Povich Show - August 2, 1994 Transcript

CNN - "Presumed Guilty: Murder in West Memphis" - January 14, 2010 Transcript

Piers Morgan...