The satanic panic was trending end of 80s beginning of 90s especially when several countries were hit by horrific crimes related to child abduction, murders and molestation. I've watched many similar documentaries but have to admit this one takes the price.
How on earth were these families and parents not compensated when their lives were utterly shattered?! How could these crazy therapists, police involved, social services and doctors get away with it after all the evidence presented? What a shady Italian so called justice system these victims had to go through. That's a circus right there not a court or a decent judge. There were people dying from this due to agony and stress, parents were sentenced to prison for not committing any crimes (evidently). These children were reciting the same scripted scenarios and were told they were right by those incompetent idiotic therapists.
Crazy therapists I must say, crazy enough to invent a dirty sexual filthy story brainwashing these kids into believing it and using psychological torture methods in order to instil fear and repeated story lines. The kids were filmed being totally relaxed even amused at some point whilst telling same stories over and over. I mean even an idiot will see that something is not right, how can an abused child feel this way when there's a great trauma in place? There's one chilling scene in particular when two of the kids, when being recorded, gave this weird twisted smirk after finishing their stories as if there were being rewarded for playing their part.
Perhaps the two therapists involved were sexually abused themselves and took it on themselves to save the world kids from their parents. Perhaps they didn't even have parents themselves. All the craziness stems from childhood trauma, hence the main therapist, the husband, felt so strongly about this and kept insisting on the stories being true. It is astonishing what brainwashing methods can do to children at a young age, especially when you hear what some adult versions of these kids NOW still insist on having been abused by their parents despite the evidence presented to them. The mind is indeed complex and when you mess with it, it can cause your demise. One girl, now woman, in particular is so senseless and emotionless when responding to the millions of letters sent by her mother all the years spent away. She feels absolutely nothing towards her biological mother as if these therapists completely detached these kids from reality and the memory of having lived with their biological parents.
An absolutely shocking MUST WATCH documentary. Slightly inconclusive when it comes to all the children and their whereabouts. Also slow and repetitive at some parts but overall definitely worth watching. I pray for all parents, families and children involved that one day you receive justice and peace of mind.
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