The Martensville, Sask., satanic sex scandal erupted in June 1992. Nine people, including police officers and private citizens, had been accused of bizarre satanic crimes. They were arrested and faced more than 100 charges of child sex abuse. Investigators believed it was all part of a satanic ritual. The case collapsed, however, and ultimately only one charge against a person was upheld by the courts. A decade after the satanic sex abuse panic swept the prairie town, The Fifth Estate returned to find out how things could have gone so wrong.
The Martensville, Sask., satanic sex scandal erupted in June 1992. Nine people, including police officers and private citizens, had been accused of bizarre satanic crimes. They were arrested and faced more than 100 charges of child sex abuse. Investigators believed it was all part of a satanic ritual. The case collapsed, however, and ultimately only one charge against a person was upheld by the courts. A decade after the satanic sex abuse panic swept the prairie town, The Fifth Estate returned to find out how things could have gone so wrong.
