Satanic Panic

Satan Wants You is a 2023 documentary about Michelle Smith and psychiatrist Lawrence Pazder, whose book Michelle Remembers sparked the real-world Satanic Panic. Streams on CBC Gem, Tubi, Apple TV and Kanopy.

The 1980s book that ignited the Satanic Panic, in which Michelle Smith and her psychiatrist claimed to have uncovered repressed memories of satanic ritual abuse.

Three eight-year-old boys were found murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas on May 6, 1993. Police accused three teenagers of satanic ritual murder based on their clothing style and music taste. The case became a global symbol of wrongful conviction born from moral panic.