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The Devil in the Details
Member of the Church of Satan and writer for Skeptical Inquirer and AIPT Comics, the Satanic Skeptic, JD Sword, explores topics such as exorcism, demonic possession, magic, Satanic Ritual Abuse...from a Satanic and skeptical perspective!
Episodes
33 episodes
Episode Thirty-Four: My Existence Is Not Yours To Define
On this episode, the Satanic Skeptic shines an infernal light on the controversy rocking the skeptic community- the question of whether biological sex and gender are binaries. As a scientific skeptic, and a trans woman, someone who has seen so-...
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Episode Thirty-Three: John Ramirez, Ex-Satanist Turned Evangelist
Happy Halloween! On this episode, the Satanic Skeptic shares the spooky tale of one's man journey from "Satanic High Priest" to a born again Christian! Yeah, right. This episode is full of more tantalizing sweets than a trick-or-treat bucket, s...
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Episode Thirty-Two: Lucifer Rising; Why One Priest Believes Demonic Obsession Is On the Rise
On this episode, the Satanic Skeptic examines claims from a Father Chad Ripperger that 25% of the population is diabolically obsessed and that the number is on the rise! What would have to be the case in order for this to be true, and why exact...
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Episode Thirty-One: Bennett Braun, the Psychiatrist Who Fueled the Satanic Panic
On this episode, Satanic Skeptic JD Sword commemorates the passing of Church of Satan Magisters Henry Manning and Neil Smith while celebrating the passing of Bennett Braun, a psychiatrist whose work with Dissociative Identity Disorder and belie...
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Episode Thirty- The Devil on Trial
Netflix's latest documentary, The Devil on Trial, tells the story of David Glatzel who infamous con artists-er, I mean, demonologists- Ed and Lorraine Warren convinced the Glatzel family was possessed. When a young man named Arne Johns...
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Episode 29 - The Hanover Witch Hunt or Should Fortune Telling Be Illegal?
On this episode, the Satanic Skeptic discusses laws criminalizing fortune telling and how exactly they might be unconstitutional, as well as giving his own opinions as to whether these laws really protect the public from fraud.
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Episode 28 - Anton LaVey, CSICOP, and Pseudoscience
On this episode, the Satanic Skeptic explores Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey's history as a paranormal investigator as well as his familiarity with the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry- the organization which the Satanic Skeptic writes for!...
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Episode 27 - Did Actors Repress Memories of Abuse by Marilyn Manson?
Did the actors and assistants who worked for or were in relationships with rockstar Marilyn Manson, and allege that he sexually abused them, really repress the memories of their abuse? The Satanic Skeptic discusses the history and controversy o...
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Episode 26 - Were "the Finders" a CIA-Fronted Satanic Cult?
On this episode, the Satanic Skeptic reviews an FBI report into a community known as "the Finders" accused of being a CIA-fronted satanic cult involved in child abuse and ritual sacrifice. Are the rumors true? Hell no!
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Episode 24 - Once Again, There Is No Evidence of Satanic Ritual Abuse
On this episode, the Satanic Skeptic covers a report, released last year, commissioned by the Minister of Justice for the Netherlands investigating claims of "organized sadistic abuse." The conclusion? Listen to find out!
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Episode 23 - The Demon Cat of D.C.
On the first episode of the new year, the Satanic Skeptic, JD Sword, examines a long-standing urban legend of a "demonic cat" said to stalk the halls of the United States Capitol building.
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Episode 22 - The Hampstead Hoax
On this episode, the Satanic Skeptic examines a case of alleged Satanic Ritual Abuse that went viral after video interviews between police and children as well as a list of 175 alleged cultists, was leaked online. Ultimately, the children recan...
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Episode 21 - The Devil in Ohio
On this episode, the Satanic Skeptic examines several plausible candidates for the "true events" which author and showrunner Daria Polatin may have drawn on for inspiration in writing Netflix's latest limited series, "The Devil in Ohio." We're ...
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Episode 20 - Kookcytus, or, Where Neo Nazis and Devil Worshippers Meet
On this episode, the Satanic Skeptic investigates a Devil worshipping Neo Nazi group calling themselves the Order of Nine Angles and their ties to the Alt-Right. While a minority among the extremist fringe, the Order of Nine Angles have been li...
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Episode 19 - The "Haunted" Home of Katharine Hepburn?
On this episode, the Satanic Skeptic revisits an article he wrote for Skeptical Inquirer back in 2021, investigating a video in the tabloid, The Sun, allegedly showing a ghost manipulating a lamp in the haunted former home of both Katharine Hep...
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Episode 18 - To Massacre Children is Decidedly UN-Satanic
Incensed by an article titled "The Devil Went Down to Texas" in which Director of Content and editor-in-chief at the Foundation for Economic Education, Dan Sanchez, writes that "To Massacre Children is Literally Satanic," The Satanic Skeptic ad...
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Episode 17 - Zombies: Science or Superstition?
In 1983, ethnobotanist Wade Davis published The Serpent and the Rainbow- an account of his journeying to Haiti in search of a fabled zombi powder used by Vodou bokors to induce a state of somnambulism. Davis claimed to have obtained sa...
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Episode 16 - Are Herbal Abortions Safe and Effective?
On this episode, the Satanic Skeptic examines the safety and efficacy of abortifacients- herbs taken to induce miscarriage- as well as a "Woman's DIY Guide" to herbal abortions circulating on social media. While the use and interest of abortifa...
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Episode 15 - Diabolus in Musica
On this episode, the Satanic Skeptic, JD Sword, examines the musical myth that the Catholic Church banned what's known as the tritone during the Middle Ages for being Diabolus in Musica. Is there any truth to this myth and what relationship doe...
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Episode 14 - Is Evolutionary Science Making Room for Adam and Eve?
On this mini episode, the Satanic Skeptic reviews the 2019 book, The Genealogical Adam and Eve, after reading a January 2, 2022 Fox News article "Christians point to genetics breakthroughs to show Adam and Eve are not incompatible with evolutio...
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Episode 13 - Ritual Magic
On this episode, the Satanic Skeptic examines ritual magic, specifically, whether or not there is reason to believe ritual magic works by way of human will influencing the physical world, or, does ritual magic work on the individual as self-tra...
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Episode 12 - The Satanic Temple
On this episode, the Satanic Skeptic examines The Satanic Temple, a political activist group who also claim to be Satanists- but are they really? We'll be discussing some of their more well-known publicity stunts such as the Baphomet Statue and...
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Episode 11 - Religion Makes People Feel Better, But Tax Churches Anyway
On this mini-episode, the Satanic Skeptic reviews a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, "National Religiosity Eases the Psychological Burden of Poverty." Is religiosity, the degree of religious belief, likely a m...
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Episode 10 - The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel
JD Sword, the Satanic Skeptic, examines the case of Anneliese Michel, who's exorcism inspired the movie "The Exorcism of Emily Rose." Diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy, was this a case of neurological disorder or diabolical possession?
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Episode 3
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