Introduction

The teddy bear kicked off a national moral panic in 19 o seven, and why it just might be history's most subversive toy. We don't know a ton about reverend michael g asper, but we know that he was loved. He took out a 20 thousand dollar life insurance policy for himself so that if he died, the money would pay off the church's debts. Once after taking a trip to milwaukee, father esper came back and got to work as usual. But at around eight 30 that evening, he was asked to join a little gathe ing the church ladies were having.