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THE SATANIC PANIC EXONERATIONS: Forensic Scientists Are Clearing the Convicted — But Three Investigators Believe They Were Looking in the Wrong Place All Along The Lore: Between 1983 and 1995, more than 190 adults were charged with ritual Satanic abuse in American daycare centers. The most famous case — McMartin Preschool in Manhattan Beach, California — became the longest and most expensive criminal trial in US history at the time, costing $15 million and spanning seven years before all defendants were acquitted or had charges dropped. The children had described underground tunnels, animal sacrifice, flight, and figures in black robes. No physical evidence was found. The children, investigators later concluded, had been subjected to leading interview techniques by social workers who bel...