Episode 17 - Dungeons and Dragons during the Satanic Panic
Trueish Crime
English - February 28, 2020 16:11 - 13 minutes - 10.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsTrue Crime TV & Film Film History popculture bannedbooks horror movies murder truecrime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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We're back! On today's episode, we talk about some of the high profile cases where the role playing game Dungeons and Dragons was blamed for violence and suicide. We talk about the disappearance of James Dallas Egbert whose tragic story was turned into Tom Hanks first major film Mazes and Monsters. WE also talk about Patricia Pulling who after her son died, created BADD (Banning Dungeons and Dragons) who blamed the game on satan and even werewolves!
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