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16 MAY. 2025 · Grab some tissues and your inner rage because today we're getting the verdict in the trial of Jason and Damien.
In part one of this series we told you about Stevie, Michael, Chris and the murders that would forever change West Memphis Arkansas, and in part two we covered the satanic panic that led to the arrests of Jason, Damien, and Jessie. In Part three we examined the months leading up to the trials. In part four, Jessie Misskelley was found guilty of the crimes in a separate trial. In part five we heard from the prosecution but today it's all about the defense.
In part 6, Damien's defense calls witnesses to the stand (including Damien himself) while Jason's team opts to only call on one witness, a fiber specialist.
We hear closing statements from the state and defense as well as clips from the trial, Paradise Lost & Damien's book.
We end the episode with the verdict and what it means for Damien and Jason
CW: child abuse, child death, self-harm
Sources:
Jenkins, P (1992). Intimate enemies: moral panics in contemporary Great Britain. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
Victor, J (1998). "Construction of Satanic Ritual Abuse and the Creation of False Memories". In DeRivera J; Sarbin T (eds.). Believed-In-Imaginings: The Narrative Construction of Reality. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Finkelhor, David; Williams, Linda Meyer; Burns, Nanci; Kalinowski, Michael (1988). Sexual Abuse in Day Care: A National Study; Executive Summary (Report). Durham, North Carolina: University of New Hampshire.
Michelle Remembers, Lawrence Pasdar and Michelle Smith (1980)
Court Documents:
http://callahan.mysite.com/custom.html
Murders in West Memphis-
https://www.jivepuppi.com
Young WC; Sachs RG; Braun BG; Watkins RT (1991). "Patients reporting ritual abuse in childhood: a clinical syndrome. Report of 37 cases". Child Abuse Negl. 15 (3): 181–89.
Damien Echols, Life After Death
Mara Leverit, Dark Spell (with Jason Baldwin)
Goleman, Daniel (October 31, 1994). "Proof Lacking for Ritual Abuse by Satanists". The New York Times.
Fraser, GA (1997). The Dilemma of Ritual Abuse: Cautions and Guides for Therapists. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc
Spanos, NP (1996). Multiple Identities & False Memories: A Sociocognitive Perspective. American Psychological Association. pp. 269–85.
McLeod, K; Goddard CR (2005). "The Ritual Abuse of Children: A Critical Perspective".
Wood, JM; Nathan, D; Nezworski, MT; Uhl, E (2009). "Child sexual abuse investigations: Lessons learned from the McMartin and other daycare cases"
Further Viewing: The Paradise Lost Series- HBO/Max Devil’s Knot (film and bookL Geraldo Show - March 16, 1994
http://callahan.mysite.com/wm3/geraldo.htmlMaury Povich Show - August 2, 1994
http://callahan.mysite.com/wm3/maury_povich.htmlCNN - "Presumed Guilty: Murder in West Memphis" - January 14, 2010 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1101/14/acd.02.html
Piers Morgan Tonight: "West Memphis Three Freed After 18 Years" - September 29, 2011 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1109/29/pmt.01.html
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15 MAY. 2025 · Get an HBO film crew and your best experts on satanic panic, because today we're going back to West Memphis for the trial of Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin
In part one of this series we told you about Stevie, Michael, Chris and the murders that would forever change West Memphis Arkansas, and in part two we covered the satanic panic that led to the arrests of Jason, Damien, and Jessie. In Part three we examined the months leading up to the trials. In part four, Jessie Misskelley was found guilty of the crimes in a separate trial.
In this episode we hear the states case against Damien and Jason. In Part 6 we will hear from the defense and learn the verdict of the case.
CW: child abuse, child death, self-harm
Sources:
Jenkins, P (1992). Intimate enemies: moral panics in contemporary Great Britain. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
Victor, J (1998). "Construction of Satanic Ritual Abuse and the Creation of False Memories". In DeRivera J; Sarbin T (eds.). Believed-In-Imaginings: The Narrative Construction of Reality. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Finkelhor, David; Williams, Linda Meyer; Burns, Nanci; Kalinowski, Michael (1988). Sexual Abuse in Day Care: A National Study; Executive Summary (Report). Durham, North Carolina: University of New Hampshire.
Michelle Remembers, Lawrence Pasdar and Michelle Smith (1980)
Court Documents:
http://callahan.mysite.com/custom.html
Murders in West Memphis-
https://www.jivepuppi.com
Young WC; Sachs RG; Braun BG; Watkins RT (1991). "Patients reporting ritual abuse in childhood: a clinical syndrome. Report of 37 cases". Child Abuse Negl. 15 (3): 181–89.
Damien Echols, Life After Death
Mara Leverit, Dark Spell (with Jason Baldwin)
Goleman, Daniel (October 31, 1994). "Proof Lacking for Ritual Abuse by Satanists". The New York Times.
Fraser, GA (1997). The Dilemma of Ritual Abuse: Cautions and Guides for Therapists. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc
Spanos, NP (1996). Multiple Identities & False Memories: A Sociocognitive Perspective. American Psychological Association. pp. 269–85.
McLeod, K; Goddard CR (2005). "The Ritual Abuse of Children: A Critical Perspective".
Wood, JM; Nathan, D; Nezworski, MT; Uhl, E (2009). "Child sexual abuse investigations: Lessons learned from the McMartin and other daycare cases"
Further Viewing: The Paradise Lost Series- HBO/Max Devil’s Knot (film and bookL Geraldo Show - March 16, 1994
http://callahan.mysite.com/wm3/geraldo.htmlMaury Povich Show - August 2, 1994
http://callahan.mysite.com/wm3/maury_povich.htmlCNN - "Presumed Guilty: Murder in West Memphis" - January 14, 2010 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1101/14/acd.02.html
Piers Morgan Tonight: "West Memphis Three Freed After 18 Years" - September 29, 2011 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1109/29/pmt.01.html
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14 MAY. 2025 · Grab your court appointed lawyer and remember anything you say may be used against you, as we head back to West Memphis for the trial of Jessie Misskelley.
In part one of this series we told you about Stevie, Michael, Chris and the murders that would forever change West Memphis Arkansas, and in part two we covered the satanic panic that led to the arrests of Jason, Damien, and Jessie. In Part three we examined the months leading up to the trials.
In Part 4 of our West Memphis series we're breaking down the January 1994 trial of Jessie Misskelley, from opening arguments and witnesses to closing arguments and what verdict the jury reaches in this cased plus the implications it will have in the trial of Damien and Jason.
CW: child abuse, child death, self-harm
Sources:
Jenkins, P (1992). Intimate enemies: moral panics in contemporary Great Britain. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
Victor, J (1998). "Construction of Satanic Ritual Abuse and the Creation of False Memories". In DeRivera J; Sarbin T (eds.). Believed-In-Imaginings: The Narrative Construction of Reality. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Finkelhor, David; Williams, Linda Meyer; Burns, Nanci; Kalinowski, Michael (1988). Sexual Abuse in Day Care: A National Study; Executive Summary (Report). Durham, North Carolina: University of New Hampshire.
Michelle Remembers, Lawrence Pasdar and Michelle Smith (1980)
Court Documents:
http://callahan.mysite.com/custom.html
Murders in West Memphis-
https://www.jivepuppi.com
Young WC; Sachs RG; Braun BG; Watkins RT (1991). "Patients reporting ritual abuse in childhood: a clinical syndrome. Report of 37 cases". Child Abuse Negl. 15 (3): 181–89.
Damien Echols, Life After Death
Mara Leverit, Dark Spell (with Jason Baldwin)
Goleman, Daniel (October 31, 1994). "Proof Lacking for Ritual Abuse by Satanists". The New York Times.
Fraser, GA (1997). The Dilemma of Ritual Abuse: Cautions and Guides for Therapists. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc
Spanos, NP (1996). Multiple Identities & False Memories: A Sociocognitive Perspective. American Psychological Association. pp. 269–85.
McLeod, K; Goddard CR (2005). "The Ritual Abuse of Children: A Critical Perspective".
Wood, JM; Nathan, D; Nezworski, MT; Uhl, E (2009). "Child sexual abuse investigations: Lessons learned from the McMartin and other daycare cases"
Further Viewing: The Paradise Lost Series- HBO/Max Devil’s Knot (film and bookL Geraldo Show - March 16, 1994
http://callahan.mysite.com/wm3/geraldo.htmlMaury Povich Show - August 2, 1994
http://callahan.mysite.com/wm3/maury_povich.htmlCNN - "Presumed Guilty: Murder in West Memphis" - January 14, 2010 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1101/14/acd.02.html
Piers Morgan Tonight: "West Memphis Three Freed After 18 Years" - September 29, 2011 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1109/29/pmt.01.html
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13 MAY. 2025 · In part one of this series we told you about Stevie, Michael, Chris and the murders that would forever change West Memphis Arkansas, and in part two we covered the satanic panic that led to the arrests of Jason, Damien, and Jessie.
In part three of our West Memphis Murders series we focus on the time period after the arrests- June 1993 to jury selection for Jessie's trial in January of 1994.
We hear from the Paradise Lost filmmakers, the families of the accused and include exercerpts from both Damien and Jason's books as well as clips from Paradise Lost and Devil's Knot as we gain a broader understanding of the work private investigators like Ron Lax and the public defenders appointed in the case did in preparation for trial.
We end the episode with a conversation with Brooke's dad, The Honorable Judge Fisher and hear his perspective on Satanic Panic and this case.
CW: child abuse, child death, self-harm
Sources:
Jenkins, P (1992). Intimate enemies: moral panics in contemporary Great Britain. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
Victor, J (1998). "Construction of Satanic Ritual Abuse and the Creation of False Memories". In DeRivera J; Sarbin T (eds.). Believed-In-Imaginings: The Narrative Construction of Reality. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Finkelhor, David; Williams, Linda Meyer; Burns, Nanci; Kalinowski, Michael (1988). Sexual Abuse in Day Care: A National Study; Executive Summary (Report). Durham, North Carolina: University of New Hampshire.
Michelle Remembers, Lawrence Pasdar and Michelle Smith (1980)
Court Documents:
http://callahan.mysite.com/custom.html
Murders in West Memphis-
https://www.jivepuppi.com
Further Reading:
Young WC; Sachs RG; Braun BG; Watkins RT (1991). "Patients reporting ritual abuse in childhood: a clinical syndrome. Report of 37 cases". Child Abuse Negl. 15 (3): 181–89.
Damien Echols, Life After Death
Mara Leverit, Devil's Knot (with Jason Baldwin)
Goleman, Daniel (October 31, 1994). "Proof Lacking for Ritual Abuse by Satanists". The New York Times.
Fraser, GA (1997). The Dilemma of Ritual Abuse: Cautions and Guides for Therapists. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc
Spanos, NP (1996). Multiple Identities & False Memories: A Sociocognitive Perspective. American Psychological Association. pp. 269–85.
McLeod, K; Goddard CR (2005). "The Ritual Abuse of Children: A Critical Perspective".
Wood, JM; Nathan, D; Nezworski, MT; Uhl, E (2009). "Child sexual abuse investigations: Lessons learned from the McMartin and other daycare cases"
Further Viewing:
The Paradise Lost Series- HBO/Max
Devil’s Knot (film and book)
Geraldo Show - March 16, 1994 http://callahan.mysite.com/wm3/geraldo.html
Maury Povich Show - August 2, 1994 http://callahan.mysite.com/wm3/maury_povich.html
CNN - "Presumed Guilty: Murder in West Memphis" - January 14, 2010 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1101/14/acd.02.html
Piers Morgan Tonight: "West Memphis Three Freed After 18 Years" - September 29, 2011 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1109/29/pmt.01.html
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12 MAY. 2025 · Grab your death metal albums and don't talk to the cops without a lawyer because today we're gaining a broader understanding of the satanic panic of the 80s and 90s and how it greatly impacted the case of the West Memphis Three
In part one of this series we told you about Stevie, Michael, Chris and the murders that would forever change West Memphis Arkansas.
We told you things the way that they seemed, now it’s time to get into things the way that they actually were.
In this episode we try and gain a broader understanding of the "Satanic Panic" and it’s origins (from preschools to memoirs to rock music) while examining how this same search for satan narrowed the murder investigation by the West Memphis Police Department in 1993
We learn about the way polygraphs were used in the investigation and why they held so much weight for the police and some of the people who may have gotten off without much questioning.
We also include passages from Damien’s book Life After Death and the book Jason Baldwin helped write with Mara Leverit, Devil's Knot.
We end this episode with a confession from Jesse Misskelley and the arrests of Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin.
There’s so much to unpack in this episode and this case!
Sources:
Jenkins, P (1992). Intimate enemies: moral panics in contemporary Great Britain. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
Victor, J (1998). "Construction of Satanic Ritual Abuse and the Creation of False Memories". In DeRivera J; Sarbin T (eds.).
Believed-In-Imaginings: The Narrative Construction of Reality. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Finkelhor, David; Williams, Linda Meyer; Burns, Nanci; Kalinowski, Michael (1988). Sexual Abuse in Day Care: A National Study; Executive Summary (Report). Durham, North Carolina: University of New Hampshire.
Michelle Remembers, Lawrence Pasdar and Michelle Smith (1980)
Court Documents:
http://callahan.mysite.com/custom.html
Murders in West Memphis-
https://www.jivepuppi.com/
Young WC; Sachs RG; Braun BG; Watkins RT (1991). "Patients reporting ritual abuse in childhood: a clinical syndrome. Report of 37 cases". Child Abuse Negl. 15 (3): 181–89.
Damien Echols, Life After Death
Mara Leverit, Devil's Knot (with Jason Baldwin)
Goleman, Daniel (October 31, 1994). "Proof Lacking for Ritual Abuse by Satanists". The New York Times.
Fraser, GA (1997). The Dilemma of Ritual Abuse: Cautions and Guides for Therapists. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc
Spanos, NP (1996). Multiple Identities & False Memories: A Sociocognitive Perspective. American Psychological Association. pp. 269–85.
McLeod, K; Goddard CR (2005). "The Ritual Abuse of Children: A Critical Perspective".
Wood, JM; Nathan, D; Nezworski, MT; Uhl, E (2009). "Child sexual abuse investigations: Lessons learned from the McMartin and other daycare cases"
Further Viewing:
Geraldo Show - March 16, 1994 http://callahan.mysite.com/wm3/geraldo.html
Maury Povich Show - August 2, 1994 http://callahan.mysite.com/wm3/maury_povich.html
CNN - "Presumed Guilty: Murder in West Memphis" - January 14, 2010 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1101/14/acd.02.html
Piers Morgan Tonight: "West Memphis Three Freed After 18 Years" - September 29, 2011 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1109/29/pmt.01.html
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11 MAY. 2025 · Grab your your old cassette tapes, and your deepest sense of injustice, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the 1993 West Memphis Murders and the three little boys who never made it home.
On May 5th, 1993, three second graders- Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers left their homes in West Memphis, Arkansas for an ordinary bike ride. They were eight years old. They never came back.
What happened that night would become one of the most infamous child murder cases in American history.
In 1994, three teenagers- Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley would be convicted of those murders, in a trial driven by satanic panic, coerced confessions, and a complete collapse of justice.
In 1996, HBO aired Paradise Lost and the world saw what had happened in that courtroom. Over the next twenty years, the West Memphis Three would fight for their freedom from behind bars. They’d get it eventually- kind of. But this case? It’s not over.There’s new evidence. There’s new DNA. There’s a chance to finally do what Arkansas never did: find out the truth.
In part one of this series, we’re not starting with suspects. We’re starting with Stevie, Michael, and Chris-who they were, what they loved, and what was taken from them.
Because before this became a media circus, before it became a cause, it was a tragedy.
(originally released in May of 2023, full sources available in show notes)
Sources:
Jenkins, P (1992). Intimate enemies: moral panics in contemporary Great Britain. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
Victor, J (1998). "Construction of Satanic Ritual Abuse and the Creation of False Memories". In DeRivera J; Sarbin T (eds.). Believed-In-Imaginings: The Narrative Construction of Reality. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
Finkelhor, David; Williams, Linda Meyer; Burns, Nanci; Kalinowski, Michael (1988). Sexual Abuse in Day Care: A National Study; Executive Summary (Report). Durham, North Carolina: University of New Hampshire.
Michelle Remembers, Lawrence Pasdar and Michelle Smith (1980)
Court Documents:
http://callahan.mysite.com/custom.html
Murders in West Memphis-
https://www.jivepuppi.com/
Young WC; Sachs RG; Braun BG; Watkins RT (1991). "Patients reporting ritual abuse in childhood: a clinical syndrome. Report of 37 cases". Child Abuse Negl. 15 (3): 181–89.
Damien Echols, Life After Death
Mara Leverit, Devil's Knot (with Jason Baldwin)
Goleman, Daniel (October 31, 1994). "Proof Lacking for Ritual Abuse by Satanists". The New York Times.
Fraser, GA (1997). The Dilemma of Ritual Abuse: Cautions and Guides for Therapists. American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc
Spanos, NP (1996). Multiple Identities & False Memories: A Sociocognitive Perspective. American Psychological Association. pp. 269–85.
McLeod, K; Goddard CR (2005). "The Ritual Abuse of Children: A Critical Perspective".
Wood, JM; Nathan, D; Nezworski, MT; Uhl, E (2009). "Child sexual abuse investigations: Lessons learned from the McMartin and other daycare cases"
further viewing:
Devils Knot (2015)
Geraldo Show - March 16, 1994
http://callahan.mysite.com/wm3/geraldo.htmlMaury Povich Show - August 2, 1994
http://callahan.mysite.com/wm3/maury_povich.htmlCNN - "Presumed Guilty: Murder in West Memphis" - January 14, 2010 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1101/14/acd.02.html
Piers Morgan Tonight: "West Memphis Three Freed After 18 Years" - September 29, 2011 http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1109/29/pmt.01.html
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9 MAY. 2025 · Grab your rosary & some Holy water as we hear about the new American pope before looking back at Pope Francis and his hopes for peace in Gaza. We then get into the current ICE arrests and discuss a little Vatican time travel machine called the chronovisor.
(Full sources available in show notes)
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8 MAY. 2025 · Grab your sleeping bag & steal your moms expired lipstick because tonight we’re getting a broader understanding of sleepover rituals: the games we played, the spirits we tried to summon, and the strange ways we scared ourselves silly just to feel something.
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7 MAY. 2025 · Grab a fancy outfit & a large coffee as we head to the court room, see what’s happening with aviation safety, reflect on the Met Gala and global tensions all while we attempt to gain a broader understanding of what’s going on right now in this all over the place episode
Sources:
Sloan, Kim Porter
https://youtu.be/sc5wXlctowo?si=FCzSnIt3HyoQ5tCg
Culture Spill, Usher’s Mom on Diddy
https://youtu.be/uT9z50gbVuU?si=Hl1Njc2mFSL7AVkZ
Kim Porter’s Death
https://youtu.be/Q92jl1AyYko?si=P7dfSU8YeliPzFN-
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6 MAY. 2025 · In this episode we try and gain a broader understanding of a horrific crime that took place in Moscow, Idaho on November 13, 2022.
CW: Graphic Violence
Sources:
University of Idaho murders: A detailed visual timeline
| ABC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwcosIwri94
Idaho victim Xana Kernodle was killed last and fought back
| Banfield
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL6Df5fDDGQ
Highly Anticipated Steve Goncalves Interview React and Q/A
DT Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdS9pmqKDco&t=4975s
Was Ethan still alive?? Does it matter??
Harsh Reality
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbWI-p_1OBg&t=389s
Idaho 4 Update: Proof Bryan Kohberger Had No Ties to The Four Victims?!
Annie Elise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtFawf176_U&t=967s
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