Remembering Satan: A Case of Recovered Memory and the Shattering of a American Family

Wright, Lawrence

ISBN 10: 0679431551 / ISBN 13: 9780679431558

Editore: Alfred A. Knopf, 1994

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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

Dal risvolto di copertina interno: 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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Titolo: Remembering Satan: A Case of Recovered ...
Casa editrice: Alfred A. Knopf
Data di pubblicazione: 1994
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: good