Contributed by James
In 2014, two children from Hampstead in England, Alisa and Gabriel aged just 8 and 9, came forward with some of the most disturbing claims ever made public in this country. They didn’t just allege sexual abuse, they described an entire network of ritualised paedophilia operating out of their primary school, their church, local businesses, and private homes. They named over 30 individuals, provided precise details about locations, routines, symbols, and even identified birthmarks on abusers’ bodies. They weren’t vague, and they weren’t confused. They were very specific, very consistent and credible in a way that would make any decent investigator stop everything and dig.
Instead, the British establishment stepped in and did what it does best when the wrong people are accused. The children were swiftly taken into custody. The mother, who had believed and supported them, was vilified and painted as mentally unstable. Their father, whom the children had accused, conveniently disappeared from scrutiny and was essentially protected. Within weeks, the entire story was reframed as a ‘hoax’, pushed aggressively by both the courts and the media. There was no proper investigation, and no forensics. Just blanket denial, sealed documents and gag orders.
What followed was a textbook example of institutional cover-up. The videos of the children’s interviews were leaked and went viral (I'll leave links in the comments). People saw with their own eyes the calm, uncoached way the kids explained the horrific things they’d witnessed. Not just abuse, not just murder, but babies being trafficked, tortured and sacrificed. Not deep in some hellhole dungeon, but in the backrooms of supposedly respectable London establishments. What kind of children make that up, and why would they repeat it without hesitation, under pressure, again and again?
Yet the public, conditioned to treat any such accusation as wild conspiracy, moved on. The media dismissed it overnight. ‘Debunked’, they claimed, without ever truly debunking anything, as usual. The truth is, this country has a long, rotten history of elite paedophile networks being protected while victims are destroyed. From Kincora to Elm Guest House, from Savile to the CPS quietly dropping hundreds of abuse cases tied to powerful men, we’ve seen this play out again and again. The Hampstead case just brought it too close to home.
If two young children describing the torture and murder of babies by schoolteachers and clergy in such graphic detail didn't even trigger a full-scale investigation, but instead triggered a censorship campaign, then it becomes glaringly obvious who the system is really protecting... and it’s not us or our kids.
Back in the '80s, they called it Satanic Panic to discredit victims and protect the powerful. It wasn’t a panic, it was a cover-up.
Even Oprah had episodes featuring survivors, but over time, the narrative was flipped to make it all seem like mass hysteria. Convenient, isn’t it? When patterns keep repeating, you’ve got to ask who benefits from the silence.
She delved into claims of satanic ritual abuse (SRA), contributing to the broader "Satanic Panic" of the era.
Episodes:
February 17, 1988: An episode titled "Satanism Discussion" featured conversations about satanic practices and included an interview with musician Ozzy Osbourne.
May 1, 1989: Oprah interviewed a woman named "Rachel," who claimed her Jewish family had been involved in satanic rituals, including infant sacrifice. This episode sparked significant controversy and was criticized by various Jewish organisations for perpetuating harmful stereotypes.
1989: Oprah also hosted Laurel Rose Willson (writing under the pseudonym "Lauren Stratford"), who alleged she was raised in a satanic cult. Her stories were later discredited as fabrications.
Those episodes were part of a broader media trend during the 1980s that amplified unverified claims of widespread satanic abuse, many of which were later ‘debunked’. Now we know that debunking was bullshit.
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