DragonKing Dark: Devil in the Details
On this episode of DragonKing Dark, host Karl Stern revisits the Satanic Panic series to answer listener questions about the time in the 1970s and 1980s when everybody was afraid the devil was out to get you.
Satan was in the music, in television, in toys, and in vans waiting to kidnap you. Television fear mongers preyed on the hysteria, and many moms and dad threw out their kids’ records and took away their toys… all for seemingly nothing. On this week’s DragonKing Dark we take a look back at this early example of fake media created panic with the Devil is in the Details.
Karl Stern is a pro wrestling historian specializing in the 1980s and pioneer era (pre-1900) of pro wrestling. He is an author who has written several books on wrestling and independently runs the When It Was Cool retro pop culture website.