Episode 105: The Satanic Panic and Tommy Sullivan

Today we cover a crime so horrific, horrible and brutal, and committed by such a young offender, a boy only fourteen years old, that many believed it had to have been of supernatural means, and to this day it is cited as definitive proof of demonic possession.

Ladies and gentleman, we present the story of Thomas Sullivan Junior and the Satanic Panic.

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Creepy Amusement Park theme by Brandon Fiechter and Derek Fiechter, used by permission and with many thanks.

FEATURING THE SONGS:

“You’re Going to Die, Too” by Chris Jeffries The Homeless Romantic, used with permission and many thanks. Listen to Chris on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3pK2x732HntZv7JmyR1H2o

“Sad walk with sad melodica” by Komiku CCO Public Domain, courtesy of the Free Music Archive

“Halloween” by HoliznaCC0 CCO Public Domain, courtesy of the Free Music Archive

“I Despise” by No Songs of Mind courtesy Epidemic Sound, listen to them on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6QfLlpyGYVqMEPsOtMDEJV

REFERENCES:

Los Angeles Times January 11, 1988 Satanist Teen Uses Scout Knife to Kill Mother, Self - Los Angeles Times

Geraldo Rivera 1988 Television Special DEVIL WORSHIP: EXPOSING SATAN’S UNDERGROUND. Watch on Geraldo’s website: Exposing Satan's Underground - Geraldo and on YouTube: DEVIL WORSHIP: Exposing Satan's Underground

BBC NEWS April 11, 2014: The great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons panic - BBC News

NJ.COM Feb. 15, 2017: A history of the Ku Klux Klan in N.J. - nj.com

Alma Bridwell White - Wikipedia

National Library of Medicine Epub Sep 3, 2020: Wrestling-related concussions and closed head injuries predominantly occur in high school age athletes - PubMed

National Library of Medicine: Traumatic brain injury: a potential cause of violent crime? - PMC

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