S01E01 Hoe de duivel verscheen in Bodegraven
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, hundreds of people laid flowers at the cemetery in Bodegraven. The incident was prompted by a former resident who claims to have been a victim of ritual abuse...
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S01E04: Onderzoek, wantrouwen en reputatiemoord
The idea that an evil elite abuses and murders children to serve the devil sounds unbelievable. Yet it's taken seriously by journalists, politicians, and therapists. A detective team that investigates child pornography daily devotes two years to thoroughly investigating claims of child abuse by a cult. But what happens when their research findings are ignored, distrusted, or even suppressed by those same journalists, therapists, and politicians because they don't fit? And what is the effect on the people who are identified, hounded, and threatened as perpetrators?
Overview
Joost Engelberts investigates how a conspiracy about satanic ritual abuse can escalate into a socially explosive story. Who are the people involved? What exactly is being alleged? And how can a local event grow into a national phenomenon?
Episodes
S01E02 Geloof het of niet
Joost Engelberts discovers that the Bodegraven conspiracy is particularly prevalent in radical Christian circles. He investigates what exactly constitutes a satanic cult, who believes in it, and what they believe. What is this based on?...
S01E03 Comeback van de duivel
Stories of satanic abuse regularly surface around the world. For example, in the United States, where theories about repressed memories and split personalities merge with infanticide and satanic abuse. It began with a bestseller, written...
S01E04 Onderzoek, wantrouwen en reputatiemoord
The idea that an evil elite abuses and murders children to serve the devil sounds unbelievable. Yet it's taken seriously by journalists, politicians, and therapists. A detective team that investigates child pornography daily devotes two...
Cast
Joost Engelberts
Self
