Remembering Satan/a Case of Recovered Memory and the Shattering of an American Family - Rilegato

Wright, Lawrence

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ISBN 10: 0679431551 ISBN 13: 9780679431558

Casa editrice: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1994

Riassunto

An exploration of the issue of recovering repressed memories, their validity, and how the brain works focuses on the case of a Washington deputy sheriff, accused of sexual abuse by his daughters, who himself eventually "remembered" taking part in Satanic rites

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ka 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 that, under questioning, Ingram appeared to remember participating in bizarre satanic rites involving his whole family and other members of the sheriff's department.<br><br>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. As it follows the increasingly bizarre accusations and confessions, the claims and counterclaims of police, FBI investigators, and mental hea

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• Editore: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0679431551
• ISBN 13: 9780679431558
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 205
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile