How the enormously popular role-playing board game "Dungeons and Dragons" became a target during the satanic panic. Featuring Nathan Lloyd, host of the Historical Blindness podcast. The Epic, by Boom Audio https://audiojungle.net/item/the-epic/20940531   Heartfelt, by Royalty Free Music Club https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/royalty-free-music-club/547510897   Piano Music, by Royalty Free Music Club https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/royalty-free-music-club/547510897   Ripley, by Lucas King https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638   Hope, by Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/Soul_Breaker/01_alex_mason___the_minor_emotion_-_hope

We look at memory - real, repressed, and invented and its impact on the Satanic Panic.  Featuring expert Elizabeth Loftus. Episode Music: The Way the World Ends, by Lucas King  https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638   Amelie, by Royalty Free Music Lab https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/cinema-tv-and-spot-vol-2/id632397129   Peaceful Piano, by Royalty Free Music Club https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/royalty-free-music-club/id547510897   Hope, by Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/Soul_Breaker/01_alex_mason___the_minor_emotion_-_hope   Melancholy, by Lucas King https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638   End, by Royalty Free Music Lab https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/royalty-free-music-for-cinema/id566281456?l=en

We reveal how medical experts got it wrong.  Warning: adult content. Episode Music: Melancholy, by Lucas King https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638   Levantara`n el vuelo (Piano Solo) by Circus Marcus http://freemusicarchive.org/music/CIRCUSMARCUS/~/Levantarn_el_vuelo_Piano_Solo   Ice Where Your Parents’ Love Should Be by Kyle Preston http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kyle_Preston/Geo/Ice_Where_Your_Parents_Love_Should_Be   The Way the World Ends, by Lucas King  https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638   You Promise, by Alex Mason and the Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/Soul_Breaker/08_alex_mason___the_minor_emotion_-_you_promise

Retired police detective Duane Gonyon sheds light on how the Satanic Panic got out of control. Episode Music: Whisper, by Lucas King https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638   Seeker, by Kai Engel http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/The_Run/Kai_Engel_-_The_Run_-_01_Seeker   Sunset Piano, by Royalty Free Music Club https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/royalty-free-music-club/id547510897   Hope, by Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/Soul_Breaker/01_alex_mason___the_minor_emotion_-_hope     Three Kites Circling by Axletree http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Axletree/Cormorant_EP/Three_kites_circling   Show Notes: https://www.brainybyrdmedia.com/season-2-episode-5-show-notes

The story behind the most famous case of satanic ritual child abuse that never happened. Featuring RetroReport Producer Barbara Drury. Episode Music:  You Promise, by Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/Soul_Breaker/08_alex_mason___the_minor_emotion_-_you_promise   Hope, by Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason__The_Minor_Emotion/Soul_Breaker/01_alex_mason___the_minor_emotion_-_hope   The Way the World Ends, by Lucas King https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638   Three Kites Circling by Axletree http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Axletree/Cormorant_EP/Three_kites_circling     Whisper, by Lucas King https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638   End, by Royalty Free Music Lab https://itunes.apple.com/jp/album/royalty-free-music-for-cinema/id566281456?l=en Show Notes: https://www.brainybyrdmedia.com/season-2-episode-4  

We unpack, "Michelle Remembers," the harrowing, horrible hoax that started the "satanic panic" of the 1980s/90s. Episode Music:  Seeker by Kai Engel:  http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/The_Run/Kai_Engel_-_The_Run_-_01_Seeker Amelie by Royalty Free Music Lab https://itunes.apple.com/tm/album/cinema-tv-and-spot-vol.2/id632397129 Melancholy by Lucas King https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638 Sunset Piano by Royalty Free Music Club https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/royalty-free-music-club/id547510897 Ice Where Your Parents’ Love Should Be by Kyle Preston http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kyle_Preston/Geo/Ice_Where_Your_Parents_Love_Should_Be Show Notes: https://www.brainybyrdmedia.com/season-two-episode-three

Episode two explains Satan's big social comeback in the 1980s. Featuring experts Professor Megan Goodwin and Mary DeYoung. Episode Music Levantara`n el vuelo (Piano Solo) by Circus Marcus http://freemusicarchive.org/music/CIRCUSMARCUS/~/Levantarn_el_vuelo_Piano_Solo Ice Where Your Parents’ Love Should Be by Kyle Preston http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kyle_Preston/Geo/Ice_Where_Your_Parents_Love_Should_Be   Show Notes https://www.brainybyrdmedia.com/wh-episode-12

The premiere episode of season two explores how what we believe and how we react to allegations of child abuse fueled a moral panic that destroyed thousands of lives. Featuring an interview with The Intercept's Jordan Smith.

Our mini series finale explores the truth behind "Patient Zero" and the AIDS epidemic. Writer Michele Lent Hirsch shares her story of life under quarantine. Episode Music: The Way the World Ends – Lucas King https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/emotional-piano-music-ii-royalty/id1014292638 Ice Where Your Parents’ Love should Be – Kyle Preston http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kyle_Preston/Geo/Ice_Where_Your_Parents_Love_Should_Be Show Notes https://www.brainybyrdmedia.com/special-episode-three

This episode, we tell the story of the original Typhoid Mary. Featuring author and historian Judith Leavitt. Episode music: Seeker by Kai Engel http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/The_Run/Kai_Engel_-_The_Run_-_01_Seeker Levantara`n el vuelo (Piano Solo) by Circus Marcus http://freemusicarchive.org/music/CIRCUSMARCUS/~/Levantarn_el_vuelo_Piano_Solo Ice Where Your Parents’ Love Should Be by Kyle Preston http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kyle_Preston/Geo/Ice_Where_Your_Parents_Love_Should_Be Heartfelt Piano by Royalty Free Music Movies & Videos Backgrounds Show Notes https://www.brainybyrdmedia.com/special-episode-two