2/9/79 "The Legend(s) of John Todd," Editorial, Christianity Today,(S.
Crocker) neutral to positive
+
9&10/79 "Halloween? God Has A Better Idea," Ted Roberts, Virtue Magazine
(IHP) negative
1980
9/28/80 "A Convention of Witches is Viewed Darkly by Some in Amarillo,"
William K. Stevens, N. Y. Times (UA) neutral
10/18/80 "Witches Unwittingly Cast Prayer Spell on Amarillo," Richard A.
Abrams, Austin American-Statesman, (UA) neutral
10/19/80 "Bomb Threat Interrupts Witches' Seminar in Texas," William K.
Stevens, New York Times, (UA) positive
10/19/80 "Witches Dispersed by Bomb Threat," Associated Press, New Orleans
Times-Picayune, (UA) positive
10/19/80 "Witches' Toil Interrupted by Bomb Threat Trouble," Richard A.
Abrams, Austin American-Statesman, (UA) positive
10/20/80 "The Witches Talk, The Christians Sing," William K. Stevens, N. Y.
Times, (UA) positive
10/27/80 "A Treat (No Trick): Even Witches Can Be Good," Georgie Anne Geyer,
L.A.Times (UA) positive
10/31/80 "Mother of Seven Studies Nightly to Become A Witch," Stephanie
Sansom, Daily Californian, (UA) positive
1981
1981- "Forensic Sciences Aspects of Santeria, A Religious Cult of African
Origin," C.V.Wetli & R. Martinez, Journal of Forensic Sciences, (CAN)
neutral to negative
2/18/81 "Dungeons and Dragons, The Occult Goes to School," by Bob Elmer, The
Olympis News, Olympia Wash, BADD, negative
6/24/83 "Law Allows Casting Spells If You Do It For Free," Dallas Morning
News, (IHP) neutral
7/11/83 "Sacrifices, Spirits Part of Miami Life," by Barry Bearak, 2 pp.,
neutral
8/83 "Brujeria: Manifestations of Palo Mayombe in South Florida," C.V. Wetli
& Robert Martinez, Journal of the Fla. Med. Assn. (C.A.N.) neutral to
negative
10/12/83 "Witchcraft: A Real But Controversial Way of Life," Edna Boone
Johnson, Birmingham (Ala.) News, 2 pp., (UA) neutral
10/21/83 "Witchcraft: An Inside View," J. Gordon Melton, Christianity Today,
4 pp., positive
11/5/83 "Witches, Paganists Eschew Satanism Study Says," John Dart, L.A.
Times, (UA) positive
11/7/83 "Americans Spend Millions on Occultism," Cindy Skrzycki, Dallas
Morning News, (IHP) negative
1984
1/14/84 "Youth Claims Cult Gave Him Body of Baby," Cindy Rugeley, Ft. Worth
Star-Telegram, (IHP) negative
1/14/84 "Drug Raid Turns up Baby's Bones," Anne Reifenberg, Dallas Morning
News, (IHP) negative
3/9/84 "She Sees Witchcraft In Loss of College Job," John Crust & L.W.
McGarry, L.A. Times, (UA) positive
3/23/84 "The Devil and Colorado's Young," by Leslie Petrovski, Up The Creek,
(Denver, CO), 2 pp., negative (CuCO)
5/13/86 "Teen To Stand Trial As Adult in 3 Deaths," Nolan Clay, Daily
Oklahoman, negative
* 5/13/86 "Vandalism," (AP/CMBBS) Ft. Collins, CO
5/20/86 "Charleston Rector Quits Says He's Been Bewitched," Charlotte
Observer, (JM) neutral to strange
* 5/24/86 "Party Death," (AP/CMBBS) East Lansing, MI
5/29/86 "Witchcraft Issue Heats Up School Censorship Battle," Fred Grimm,
Charlotte Observer, (JM) negative
6/86 "Violent Ritualistic Victimization: An Attack on the Mind, Body, and
Spirit," Florangel M. Mendez, NCASA News, (BADD) negative
* 6/1/86 "Child Sex," (AP/CMBBS)
6/5/86 "The Noble Search For Devil Worshippers And Other Godless Commies,
Q&A with Deputy Sherrif Dave Gaerin," San Diego Reader, 12 pp., (UA)
negative
6/6/86 "Witchcraft: A Persecuted Religion," Letter to the Ed. by Adrian
Russell, Charlotte Observer, (JM) positive
6/7/86 "2 Ex-Va. Students Quizzed in London About Stabbing Deaths," by Tom
Sharwood, Washington Post, (BADD) negative
11/14/86 "Rezoning For Wiccans Denied," Wisconsin State Journal (CNN)
neutral
11/14/86 "Wiccan Priestess To Fight Ban By Iowa County Board," Gene Conrad,
The Capital Times, Madison (WI), (CNN) neutral
* 11/14/86 "Mysterious Remains," (CMBBS) negative
11/23/86 Letters to the Ed., Portland Oregonian, Re: "In League With The
Devil" (positive):
"Panning Pan," Michael Dion, positive
"Benevolent Gathering," Norma Joyce, positive
"Takeoff on Tabloids," Mark Van Dyke, positive
"No Devil Devotion," The Rev. Nestor Perala, positive
"Hopkins Hardly Holy," Frank C. Johnson, positive
* 11/24/86 "Grave Robbing," Brownburg, IN, (AP/CMBBS)
12/9/86 "A Boy's Love of Satan Ends In Murder, a Death Sentence,and Grisly
Memories," Michelle Green, People Magazine (IHP) negative
12/11/86 "Satanic Probe," (AP/CMBBS) Lincoln City, OR
1987
1/27/87 "Shirley MacLaine Movie Called a Fraud," Letters to the Ed. by Don
Watson, Daily Oklahoman, negative
2/87 "Children of Yoruba," Rod Davis, Southern Magazine, 11 pp., (JM),
neutral to positive
2/87 "Satanism: The Law Enforcement Response," Robert J. Barry, National
Sherrif, 4 pp., (CAN) negative
2/87 "Crimes of the Occult," Carole Allen w/ Pat Metoyer, Police
Magazine, 13 pp., (WLPA) negative
2/8/87 "Maclaine Failed In Search for God," Letter to the Ed. by Jo Anne
Coleman, Daily Oklahoman, negative
2/8/87 Letters to the Editor, Daily Oklahoman, Re:"Out on a Limb"
"Don't Condemn," R. Scott Taylor, positive
"Satan Fooling People," Greta Nikkel, negative
"Stop Arguing," Karem Kemler, positive
2/8/87 "Telephone Threats to Children Put Fla. Police on Armed Alert,"
Sunday Oklahoman, neutral
2/13/87 "Double Whammy, 13th, Full Moon," Eldon Barrett & Maureen McDonald,
USA Today, neutral to positive
2/13/87 "Fla. Child Abuse Probe Minimizes Satanism Link," Timothy McQuay,
USA Today, neutral to positive
* 2/15/87 "Satanic worship," (AP/CMBBS)
* 3/4/87 "Cult Calls," San Jose, CA, (AP/CMBBS) neutral to negative
* 3/7/87 "Margo McKee," S.J. Guffey, Moses Lake, WA (AP/CMBBS) negative
* 3/14/87 "Cult Probe," Deming, NM (AP/CMBBS)
* 3/14/87 "Cult," Deming, NM (AP/CMBBS) negative
* 3/15/87 "High School Principal Says Allegations of Satanic Cult
Overblown," Deming, NM (AP/CMBBS)
* 5/6/87 "Ma, I'm No Warlock," by Dana Kennedy, (AP/CMBBS) neutral
* 5/6/87 "Priest Charges," (AP/CMBBS) negative
* 5/7/87 "Ritualistic Abuse," Roy Formanek, Chicago, (AP) negative
5/9/87 "Salem Has The Nation, Media Spellbound," Mark Pillsbury, Salem (MA),
News, (WLPA) positive
5/10/87 "Cults Legal, But Can Be Dangerous," Harry Saltzgraver, Pueblo (CO)
Chieftan, (CuCo) negative
5/11/87 "Two Teens Testify In Sexual Attack Case," Daily Oklahoman, negative
* 5/11/87 "Voodoo Thieves," Linda Jones, Detroit News, (CMBBS) negative
* 5/12/87 "Satanic Sheets," Laguna Niguel, CA (AP/CMBBS) silly
5/13/87 "Arkansas Man Held In Attack On His Parents," Daily Oklahoman,
negative
5/13/87 "A Political Potion. `Witch' Cabot In Mayoral Run," Mark Pillsbury,
Salem (MA) News, (WLPA), negative
* 5/14/87 "Manson Disciple," San Louis Obispo (CA), (AP/CMBBS) negative
5/21/87 "Prison's Chaplaincy Program Needs More Counseling Staff," Bismarck
(ND) Tribune, (PW) neutral to positive
* 5/25/87 "Satanic Worship," Michigan City, IN (AP/CMBBS) negative
* 5/28/87 "Witch Mayor," (AP/CMBBS) positive
5/29/87 "Witch Casts Spell On Race," Mark Pillsbury, Salem (MA) News,
(WLPA) positive
* 5/30/87 "Devilish Invitations," Jeffersonville, IN, (AP) silly
6/87 "Crimes of the Occult Not A Witch Hunt: Editorial," Gregg A. Payne,
Police Magazine, (WLPA) neutral to negative
6/4/87 "Writers Find Salvo's Remarks Offensive To Witches," Letters to the
Ed., Salem Evening News,
"No Passing Fad," Christine Dumas, positive
"Apology Due," Claudia Dremann, positive
"Here To Stay," B.J. Stenberg, positive
"Hatred Perpetuated," Tina Sciola, positive
"Never Again," Jo and James Dixon, positive
"Long Lasting Fad," Cathy Beer, positive
* 6/20/87 "Witches Gather," Lake Tawakoni, TX, (AP/CMBBS) positive
7/4/87 "Rainbow Nation: 60's Live Again," Mike Foley, The Gastonia Gazette,
neutral to negative
7/4/87 "Counterculture Tribes Townspeople Co-Existing," Mike Foley, Gastonia
Gazette, neutral to negative
7/24/87 Letters to the Ed., Prince George's Journal, "Questions Authority to
Pray to `Our Mother'" by Rodgers Gore (CS) negative
8/1/87 Letters to the Ed., Prince George's Journal, "Religious Tolerance
Respect Urged," by Cybele Selene, (CS) positive
8/87 "Unplugging the New Age," Tim Minnery, Focus on the Family Magazine,
neutral
8/22/87 "Reputation Undeserved, Practicing Witch Claims," Letter to Ann
Landers, Daily Oklahoman, positive
9/87 New Woman Magazine -- "Witchcraft," Joan Scobey, 5 pp., positive;
"Altered States of Mind", Joan Scobey, positive; "One Witch's Story", Lois
Bourne, positive
9/5/87 "Witchcraft Connection Not True," Letter to Dear Abby, Daily
Oklahoman positive
9/8/87 "Folk Sayings Can Help You Predict the Weather," Cliff Barr, National
Enquirer, neutral to positive
10/2/87 "Halloween Opponents Get School to Ban Boos," Buffalo News, (BE)
neutral to negative
10/11/87 "When Demons Preyed, Part 1," Edward Baumann and John O'Brien,
Chicago Trubune, 2 pp. negative
10/12/87 "When Demons Preyed, Part 2," Edward Baumann and John O'Brien.
The Chicago Tribune, 2 pp. negative
10/17/87 "The Brigade of Light," Jerome Klein, Creative Loafing, neutral
10/25/87 "Witches or Wimps? You Make the Call," Alex Heard, Washington Post
Magazine
10/28/87 "Felines Placed on Hold," Daily Oklahoman negative
* 11/3/87 "Satanism," San Francisco, CA, (AP/CMBBS) negative
* 11/7/87 "Double Homicide," Rockford, IL, (AP)CMBBS)
11/7/87 "Satanic Material Linked to Thefts in Nichols Hills," R.L. Smith,
Daily Oklahoman, negative
* 11/11/87 "Devil Worship," Dennis Oliver, Hayward, CA, (AP/CMBBS) negative
11/17/87 Letters to the Ed., Daily Oklahoman
"Witch Articles Glorify the Occult," by John & Helen Crawford, negative
"Witch Badly Needs God," by Mark James, negative
11/20/87 "Suspects' Occultism Doubted," by Paul Shell, Daily Oklahoman,
neutral
* 11/20/87 "Satanic claim," San Francisco, CA, (AP/CMBBS) negative
1/7/88 "For this Detective, Staking Out Graves Is Just Part of the Job,"
Alex Kotlowitz, Wall Street Journal (WLPA) negative
1/8/88 "Callers Back Courses In Supernatural," Ron Davis, Springfield (MO)
News Leader, (WLPA) neutral to positive
1/10/88 Letters to the Ed., Insight Magazine, Springfield (MO) News-Leader,
"Springfield's Fundamentalists Seem to be on Witch Hunt" by Lee Prosser,
(WLPA) positive
1/11/88 "Teen Kills Mom, Then Self," Gastonia Gazette, (RW) negative
1/12/88 "Devil Worshipper Holds Sensitive Army Post and TopBrass Say `No
Problem'," Chris Fuller, The National Enquirer, negative
1/13/88 "Study Leads to Tragedy," Daily Oklahoman, negative
1/13/88 "Courses in Supernatural May Arise From Dead," RonDavis,
Springfield (MO) News-Leader, (WLPA) neutral to positive
1/17/88 "Reincarnation Belief Cited in Boy's Burning," Paul Shell, Daily
Oklahoman, negative
1/17/88 Letters to the Ed., Springfield (MO) News-Leader
"Oppose Repression by Writing School Officials" by Nora Jennings, negative
"Prejudice, Ignorance Stifle Courses in Occult," by Jim Kelley, positive
"Witchcraft Courses Lure Unwary to Devil's Work," by Rev. James Mills,
negative (PW)
2/1/88 "The Dawn of Religion," Sharon Begley w/ Elizabeth Jones, Newsweek
(WLPA) historical
7/20/88 "Witch Wins -- Jury Says Televangelist Libelled Lion Serpent Sun.
Sun Was Libelled," Don Hauka, Province, (KC) neutral
7/21/88 "Appeal Mulled," Don Hauka, Province, (KC) neutral
7/21/88 "Thor's Back!" Province, (KC) positive
7/21/88 "Violence on Plane," Province, (KC) negative
7/26/88 "Devil Worshiping Kids; Shocking Confession, We Killed Chickens,
Dogs, Cats, and a Teenage Girl To Please Satan!" Jack Alexander, Weekly
World News, negative
7/26/88 "Ex-Cult Leader Gives Bloodcurdling Account of Evil Rite; I Saw a
Virgin Sacrificed - in the Name of Satan," Dick Donovan, Weekly World News,
negative
8/7/88 "Devil Worship Hits the Coastal Bend," Shelley Emling, Corpus Christi
Caller Times, (IOC) negative
8/7/88 "Satanism `Sucked In' Local Boy," Shelley Emling, Corpus Christi
Caller Times, (IOC) negative
8/8/88 "Teen Satanism Alarms Area Mental-Health Officials," Shelley Emling,
Corpus Christi Caller Times, (IOC) negative
8/9/88 "Area Citizens Report Satanism Evidence, Officials Say," Shelly
Emling, Corpus Christi Caller Times, (IOC) negative
8/9/88 "Dealing With Satanism, Personal Problems Underlie Cultism, Health
Workers Say," Cindy Tumiel w/ Shelley Emling, Corpus Christi Caller Times
(IOC) negative
8/11/88 "Crisis Services Flooded by Calls on Satanic Cults," Dave Ferman,
Corpus Christi Caller Times, (IOC) negative
