The McMartin Preschool scandal has largely faded from the public consciousness but during the mid-1980s it was a huge controversy.
There were charges of Satan worship, animal sacrifice, and the horrific sexual abuse of numerous children that attended McMartin preschool.
California spent sixteen million dollars investigating and trying the case, but in the end not a single person was convicted and there is great doubt that anything happened at all.
"The Abuse of Innocence" covers the two trials of Ray Buckey who was the principal focus of the case. The authors carefully point out the numerous problems with the testimony of the supposed victims. They also chronicle the abuses of the prosecution and a news media that was more interested in sensationalism then telling the truth.
Some of the material in "The Abuse of Innocence" is very disturbing, but overall the authors give the reader a good idea of what mass hysteria feels like.
https://www.alibris.com/The-Abuse-of-Innocence-The-McMartin-Preschool-Trial-Paul-Eberle/book/87834?matches=13
There were charges of Satan worship, animal sacrifice, and the horrific sexual abuse of numerous children that attended McMartin preschool.
California spent sixteen million dollars investigating and trying the case, but in the end not a single person was convicted and there is great doubt that anything happened at all.
"The Abuse of Innocence" covers the two trials of Ray Buckey who was the principal focus of the case. The authors carefully point out the numerous problems with the testimony of the supposed victims. They also chronicle the abuses of the prosecution and a news media that was more interested in sensationalism then telling the truth.
Some of the material in "The Abuse of Innocence" is very disturbing, but overall the authors give the reader a good idea of what mass hysteria feels like.
https://www.alibris.com/The-Abuse-of-Innocence-The-McMartin-Preschool-Trial-Paul-Eberle/book/87834?matches=13
