@Felthry the reasons I think the Satanic Panic is important are very multifaceted, but revolve around cultural ideas of how memory works, coercion and confirmation biases, institutional credulity of police, and the patterns of moral panic in American culture
@Felthry I want to write up a whole thing but I'm not sure have the bandwidth, unfortunately :(
My favorite rundown is a podcast episode but I don't know if those work for you? (Transcript exists but it's casual speech so it's a little awkward to read.) CW for allegations of child sex abuse.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1112270/3884114-the-satanic-panic