I still have this in my office from my predecessor. Training for juvenile probation officers on how to interview kids who played D&D and the dangers that caused… awful stuff. - ThreadSky

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ooryl2.bsky.social • 4 hours ago

I still have this in my office from my predecessor. Training for juvenile probation officers on how to interview kids who played D&D and the dangers that caused… awful stuff.

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ooryl2.bsky.social•4 hours ago

More of the training manual.

michaelastackpole.bsky.social•4 hours ago

That training manual's pages are straight out of the BADD (Bothered About Dungeons & Dragons) manual (retyped and slightly edited). I laughed when I saw Darren Molitor's name there... oh, the memories...

Anyone who plays RPGs knows that stuff is all nonsense, but it was taken very

michaelastackpole.bsky.social•4 hours ago

seriously by law enforcement at the time. In Pursuit of Satan is an excellent breakdown of the Satanic Panic. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

https://amzn.to/4iuj4Sy

michaelastackpole.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I would also recommend a piece I wrote as instructive from the game side of things.

http://www.rpgstudies.net/stackpole/pulling_report.html

gwensdad.bsky.social•4 hours ago

My hometown's chief of police made thousands on doing speeches about "the occult" and confiscated (stole) anything he came across.

michaelastackpole.bsky.social•4 hours ago

There were a lot of folks who went about giving talks and classes, making great deal of money. Patricia Pulling was one of them until Robert Hicks' efforts really cut her legs out from under her efforts.

gwensdad.bsky.social•4 hours ago

I wonder if the IRS ever checked up on those earnings...

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