We answer a listener question that takes us down some interesting rabbit holes and face to face with the apparently never-ending tendrils of the Satanic Panic.Photo of Tokoloshe statue courtesy Peter Aller. Lots of show notes for this one:<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378739628_South_Africa%27s_Occult_Crimes_Unit_How_Apartheid_shaped_South_African_attitudes_toward_Paganism_and_the_Occult">South Africa’s Occult Crimes Unit: How Apartheid shaped South African attitudes toward Paganism and the Occult</a><a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/5gdwp3/dr-kobus-jonker-420-v17n4">Dr. Kobus Jonker</a><a href="https://www.synapses.co.za/tag/kobus-donker-jonker/">More on "Donker" Jonker</a><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23294823/#:~:text=Sangomas%20or%20inyangas%20are%20shamans,of%20Southern%20Africa%20for%20eons.">What is a Sangoma?</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tikoloshe">Wikipedia: Tokoloshe</a><a href="https://www.news24.com/citypress/trending/we-asked-the-daily-sun-about-their-favourite-tokoloshe-stories-20180827">A sample of The Daily Sun coverage of Tokoloshe</a><a href="https://gatewaynews.co.za/saps-occult-unit-was-never-disbanded-just-went-underground/">The SAPS Occult Unit was never truly disbanded?</a><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378739628_South_Africa's_Occult_Crimes_Unit_How_Apartheid_shaped_South_African_attitudes_toward_Paganism_and_the_Occult">How Apartheid shaped SA attitudes about Paganism and the Occult</a><a href="https://www.academia.edu/45163228/Devil_s_Advocate_The_666_Gangs_Why_They_Aren_t_Satanists_How_They_Distorted_South_African_Law_Enforcement_s_Perception_Of_Occult_Religions_and_The_Consequences">Article about the 666 Gangs and the Occult Task Force</a><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060418044931/http://www.saps.gov.za/youth_desk/occult/occult.htm">Frighteningly familiar SA Police web page about spotting Occult in kids</a><a href="https://mg.co.za/article/1999-03-19-devil-busters-to-go-bust/">1999 article about failures of the Occult Task force</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

S03E40 - Silver Cliff Cemetery Ghost Lights

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