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SATANIC PANIC (part one)

American Hysteria

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Dungeons and Dragons - The Story of a Deadly Man

Dungeons and dragons was the first true table top roll playing game, allowing players to create their own fantasy personas in situations. In 19 79 a 16 year old computer science prodigy went missing from his michigan state dorm room. His family hired private investigator william dear who claimed that James may have been attempting to play d and d on purpose. Two years later another player named irving lee pulling shot himself in the chest. A devout christian already aware of d and d's demonic reputation, patricia founded bad bothered about dungeons and dragons. This marked phil phillips' decision to undertake an intensive investigation into popular toys and cartoons which were used to sell them. Here he

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