In 1972, in New Jersey, 16-year-old high school student Jeannette DePalma was found dead. Officials couldn’t be sure but it was theorised that she was strangled to death. Local rumours quickly surfaced that Jeannette was murdered by Satanists and was a human sacrifice as part of a devil-worshipping ceremony.
Join Mike and Gibby as they discuss the mysterious death of Jeannette DePalma. In the 1970s, and into the 1980s, Satanic panic was a huge topic in the mainstream media. But, as is true in this case, the evidence didn’t always support the panic. Jeannette’s case file along with some key crime scene evidence went missing. There have been allegations of a police cover-up.
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