Remembering Satan: A Case of Recovered Memory and the Shattering of an American Family

Wright, Lawrence; Lawrence Wright (Author)

ISBN 10: 0679431551 / ISBN 13: 9780679431558

Published by A Borzoi Book/ Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, 1994

About this Item

205 pp. Solidly bound copy and dj with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. DJ shows wear in some places.

Seller Inventory # 4FislBg0008

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Remembering Satan: A Case of Recovered Memory and the Shattering of an American Family
• Publisher: A Borzoi Book/ Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679431551
• ISBN 13: 9780679431558
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Barbara De Wilde and Chip Kidd (Jacket Design); David Mackenzie (Author Photo)
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • American Studies, History, Politics & Culture
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research
  • Social Studies & Sciences, Sociology, Social Work

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Synopsis

In 1988 Ericka and Julie Ingram began making a series of accusations of sexual abuse against their father, Paul Ingram, who was a respected deputy sheriff in Olympia, Washington. At first the accusations were confined to molestations in their childhood, but they grew to include torture and rape as recently as the month before. At a time when reported incidents of "recovered memories" had become widespread, these accusations were not unusual. What captured national attention in this case is that, under questioning, Ingram appeared to remember participating in bizarre satanic rites involving his whole family and other members of the sheriff's department.

Remembering Satan is a lucid, measured, yet absolutely riveting inquest into a case that destroyed a family, engulfed a small town, and captivated an America obsessed by rumors of a satanic underground. As it follows the increasingly bizarre accusations and confessions, the claims and counterclaims of police, FBI investigators, and mental health professionals. Remembering Satan gives us what is at once a psychological detective story and a domestic tragedy about what happens when modern science is subsumed by our most archaic fears.


From the Trade Paperback edition.

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ka and Julie Ingram began making a series of accusations of sexual abuse against their father, Paul Ingram, who was a respected deputy sheriff in Olympia, Washington. At first the accusations were confined to molestations in their childhood, but they grew to include torture and rape as recently as the month before. At a time when reported incidents of "recovered memories" had become widespread, these accusations were not unusual. What captured national attention in this case is that, under questioning, Ingram appeared to remember participating in bizarre satanic rites involving his whole family and other members of the sheriff's department.<br><br>Remembering Satan is a lucid, measured, yet absolutely riveting inquest into a case that destroyed a family, engulfed a small town, and captivated an America obsessed by rumors of a satanic underground. As it follows the increasingly bizarre accusations and confessions, the claims and counterclaims of police, FBI investigators, and mental hea