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D&D in the 80s, Fads, and the Satanic Panic
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<blockquote data-quote="Cadence" data-source="post: 8688177" data-attributes="member: 6701124"><p>I was in high school in Rockford, Illinois (middle of the northern edge of the state) in the mid-80s and don't remember the satanic panic being a thing. We had a comic/record/game store in the neighborhood, a comic/game store in nearby Loves Park, and Jeff Perrin's (iirc) Royal Hobby that I thought kept selling it the whole time. I don't remember if they stopped being sold at the various mall bookstores or not.</p><p></p><p>Checking newspapers.com for articles in Illinois, there are some pretty inane articles though:</p><p></p><p>Northwest Herald (Woodstock) on 7 Aug 1986 talked about the accused Night Stalker in LA, a 17-year old former D&D player in SF who was found dead, and others.</p><p></p><p>The Southtown Star (Tinley Park) had one on 11 Dec 1988 quoting some really wackadoodle stuff from Matteson Police Chief Donald Story "a nationally recognized expert on ritualistic crime and criminal aspects of the occult", that includes supposed baby sacrifices that became unrecorded births, and saying folks should throw out D&D.</p><p></p><p>The Messenger (Belleville) from 13 Apr 1990 has Jan Stanton (a consultant in private practice) and Jeff Randall (a family therapist) talking about the the "four levels of satanic involvement. The first level are dabblers who play games like 'Dungeons and Dragons' and listen to heavy metal music."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cadence, post: 8688177, member: 6701124"] I was in high school in Rockford, Illinois (middle of the northern edge of the state) in the mid-80s and don't remember the satanic panic being a thing. We had a comic/record/game store in the neighborhood, a comic/game store in nearby Loves Park, and Jeff Perrin's (iirc) Royal Hobby that I thought kept selling it the whole time. I don't remember if they stopped being sold at the various mall bookstores or not. Checking newspapers.com for articles in Illinois, there are some pretty inane articles though: Northwest Herald (Woodstock) on 7 Aug 1986 talked about the accused Night Stalker in LA, a 17-year old former D&D player in SF who was found dead, and others. The Southtown Star (Tinley Park) had one on 11 Dec 1988 quoting some really wackadoodle stuff from Matteson Police Chief Donald Story "a nationally recognized expert on ritualistic crime and criminal aspects of the occult", that includes supposed baby sacrifices that became unrecorded births, and saying folks should throw out D&D. The Messenger (Belleville) from 13 Apr 1990 has Jan Stanton (a consultant in private practice) and Jeff Randall (a family therapist) talking about the the "four levels of satanic involvement. The first level are dabblers who play games like 'Dungeons and Dragons' and listen to heavy metal music." [/QUOTE]
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