Remembering Satan
by Lawrence Wright
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In 1988 Ericka and Julie Ingram began making a series of accusations of sexual abuse against their father, Paul Ingram, who was a respected deputy sheriff in Olympia, Washington. At first the accusations were confined to molestations in their childhood, but they grew to include torture and rape as recently as the month before. At a time when reported incidents of "recovered memories" had become widespread, these accusations were not unusual. What captured national attention in this case is show more that, under questioning, Ingram appeared to remember participating in bizarre satanic rites involving his whole family and other members of the sheriff's department. Remembering Satan is a lucid, measured, yet absolutely riveting inquest into a case that destroyed a family, engulfed a small town, and captivated an America obsessed by rumors of a satanic underground. It follows the increasingly bizarre accusations and confessions, as well as the claims and counterclaims of police, FBI investigators, and mental health professionals. Remembering Satan gives us what is at once a psychological detective story and a domestic tragedy about what happens when modern science is subsumed by our most archaic fears. show lessTags
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Disturbing and insightful. In addition to being well written and clear, Remembering Satan is a cautionary tale regarding our ability to succumb to self-deception false confession. Moral panic is a powerful force that, if unchecked, can tear clean through societal norms.
Really disturbing book about the mechanics behind a modern day witch-hunt. The alleged crimes are repulsive in the extreme, but the way in which some of those accused were brainwashed into accepting them may be even more so.
Fascinating read. Terrifying read though. It's hard to believe that this took place and ruined this family completely. But should we move to questioning a victim and not believing it actually happened? That's not the right way to go either. But maybe a little critical thinking wouldn't hurt either. It amazed me that all these adults were convinced that they committed these horrible acts and were devil worshipers by the power of suggestion alone. "I don't remember doing it, but I must have if someone said I did...." Unbelievable....
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Lawrence Wright (born August 2, 1947), Pulitzer Prize winning author, graduated from Tulane University and spent two years teaching at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Wright is a staff writer for The New Yorker and a fellow at the Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law. Wright is the author of the books God Save show more Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State (2018), Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief (2013), Pulitzer Prize winning non-fiction The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 (2006), Noriega: God's Favorite (2000), Twins: And What They Tell Us About Who We Are (1999), Remembering Satan (1994), Saints & Sinners (1993), In the New World: Growing Up in America, 1964-1984 (1987), and City Children, Country Summer: A Story of Ghetto Children Among the Amish (1979). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Remembering Satan
- Original title
- Remembering Satan
- Original publication date
- 1994 (1st edition) (1st edition); 1994; 1994 (Dutch tranlsation, Amsterdam, Veen) (Dutch tranlsation, Amsterdam, Veen)
- People/Characters
- Paul Ingram; Ericka Ingram; Julie Ingram
- Important places
- Olympia, Washington, USA
- Dedication*
- Per Tina Brown
lucky star - First words*
- La mattina del 28 novembre 1988, un lunedì, il giorno in cui sarebbe stato arrestato, Paul R. Ingram si vestì per andare al lavoro nell'ufficio dello sceriffo della Thurston County, in cui lavorava da quasi diciassette anni... (show all).
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Un'idea è moderna e l'altra è un artefatto di quel che amiamo considerare un'epoca ingenua, ma le conseguenze sono tristemente le stesse.
- Original language*
- Inglese
- Disambiguation notice
- 1994 edition: Remembering Satan / Lawrence Wright; Dutch translation (1994) has title: In de ban van satan : Over ritueel seksueel misbruik en de myst... (show all)eries van het geheugen
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, History, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 364.1536 — Society, Government, and Culture Social problems and social services Crime Criminal offenses Offenses against the person Sex offenses
- LCC
- RC569.5 .R59 .W75 — Medicine Internal medicine Internal medicine Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Psychiatry Psychopathology Personality disorders. Behavior problems
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- (3.69)
- Languages
- Dutch, English, Italian, Polish
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- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
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