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\n*Warning* This episode includes details of child murders, which some listeners may find upsetting. Listener discretion is advised.\xa0\n
\n\n\nThe Devil in the White City. The Devil\u2019s Rooming House. The Devil Made Me Do It.\xa0\n
\n\nThe first two are titles of books about American serial killers. The last one is a movie title about a murder that inspired the third movie in the Conjuring franchise\n
\n\nYou might have noticed they all have something in common. Devil is in all of their titles.\n
\n\nThat\u2019s because the criminals are either likened to being the devil themselves or tried to blame the devil for their deeds.\n
\n\nThere have also been cases where Satanists have been accused of killing in the name of the devil --or were planning to. Like the 2018 case of the 11 and 12-year old middle schoolers in Florida. The girls were luckily caught and arrested before they could carry out their mass murder/suicide plot, though.\n
\n\nBut what about if we look at it from his perspective --"he" being the Devil-- and play devil\u2019s advocate, so to speak.\xa0\n
\n\nDon\u2019t worry. We\u2019re not venturing into satanism territory. Just flipping the script.\xa0\n
\n\nThe Devil is often named as a co-conspirator in crimes, but has he ever been the target of murder? Has he ever been sued?\xa0\n
\n\nThat\u2019s what we\u2019re going to explore in this episode of Haunting American True Crimes.
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\nSources
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\nhttps://www.vox.com/culture/22358153/satanic-panic-ritual-abuse-history-conspiracy-theories-explained\n\n
\n\nhttps://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/satanic-temple-responds-murder-plan-satan-worshiping-girls-747337/\n
\n\nhttps://www.thedailybeast.com/eerie-parallels-between-slenderman-and-teen-satanic-murder-plot\n
\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_ex_rel._Gerald_Mayo_v._Satan_and_His_Staff\n
\n\nhttps://www.hauntjaunts.net/the-devil-made-me-do-it-case-33-actual-facts-about-the-true-story/\n
\n\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/us/arizona-child-exorcism-death.html\n
\n\nhttps://www.boston.com/news/crime/2021/06/29/jack-callahan-duxbury-murder-arraignment/\n
\n\nhttps://bangordailynews.com/2021/06/30/news/new-england/mass-man-accused-of-killing-his-father-says-he-was-performing-an-exorcism-and-baptism/\n\n
\n\u201cBizarre Happenings Surround Brookfield Killings\u201d The Hartford Courant, Oct. 29, 1981\n
\n\n\u201cWeird Rites to \u2018Drive Devil\u2019 from Girl\u2019s Body Termed Death Cause\u201d Corpus Christi Times, Dec. 23, 1932
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\n\n\n\u201cCourt\u2019s Limits Leave Satan Breathe Easier\u201d The Daily Courier, Dec. 8, 1971
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