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Topic: satanic panic

Vice President JD Vance (Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)

The strategy behind Vance’s demon talk

Amanda Marcotte
Riley Gaines speaks during the 10X Ladies Conference on Aug. 15, 2025 in Aventura, Florida. (Ivan Apfel/Getty Images)

Riley Gaines and the demonic trans panic

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump and Mike Johnson (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Mike Johnson's demon-haunted world

Amanda Marcotte
Missing child concept with an empty playground swing and the shadow of a little girl on the park ground (Getty Images/wildpixel)

What '80s kids also remember

Paul Crenshaw
Anti-fascists and members of Stand Up To Racism demonstrate against the Patriotic Alternative protest at the Tate Britain, Drag Queen Story Hour UK events at the gallery. (Matthew Chattle/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

It's the Satanic Panic all over again

Gigi Griffis
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Ted Cruz, in front of Sam Smith's performance for the 65th GRAMMY Awards. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Christian right mounts a doomed revival

Amanda Marcotte
Joseph Quinn as Eddie Munson in "Stranger Things" (Netflix)

"Stranger Things" and real Satanic panic

Alison Stine
Counter protesters with a placard saying "Homos Go To Hell" during the New York City Pride March on Fifth Avenue in New York City. | L.G.B.T. activists and their supporters rally in support of transgender people on the steps of New York City Hall, October 24, 2018 in New York City. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will the right's new Satanic panic work?

Amanda Marcotte
A cosplayer dressed as The Joker attends the New York Comic Con at Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on October 03, 2019 in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for ReedPOP)

The entertainment–psychopathy connection

Nicole Karlis
John Bradley in "Game of Thrones" (HBO/Helen Sloan)

"Thrones": toxic wizard porn?

Melanie McFarland