+259 // Evil and Darkness
Since its inception, genres like heavy metal have been the topic of controversy but none of the scrutiny was as active as it was in the 80s and 90s when the “satanic panic” was in full swing. While we like to think that these days of mass hysteria are behind us, two modern cases may just prove the flame of controversy still burns...
Written by Trevor Pason, Edited and Engineered by Scott Ecklein, and Executive Produced by Michael Ojibway. View full episode source list at
Written/Sources:
Joe Aufricht on news interviewed on behalf of friend/bandmate Raphael Greaves
Revisiting America's Satanic Panic: When Heavy Metal and the Devil Himself Stalked the Earth
Death Metal TV News Report Morbid Angel David Vincent Deicide Obituary Cannibal Corpse
Dark Ripples in Time... Black Metal Moments from the Past, Part 1 - CVLT Nation
Acheron's Vincent Crowley Talks Break-Up: "There Is No Turning Back on This" │ Exclaim!
Joe Aufricht at friend Ray's for New Years party Dec 31 into Jan 1, 2013
Grave Desecrator - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives
Bassist For Ohio Black Metal Band SATANICON Suspected In Murder-Suicide - BLABBERMOUTH.NET
Sandusky man and girlfriend dead after domestic dispute | wtol.com
Accused shooter in apparent murder-suicide called the 'Grave Desecrator'
Raphael Greaves Court Records (2002 & 2007)
Listen to 911 call | Sandusky Register astolfi@sanduskyregister.com
Update: Alleged gunman's friend says issue likely was alcohol, not Satanism
FOIA Request: Raphael Greaves Incident Report
Update: Alleged gunman's friend says issue likely was alcohol, not Satanism
Police: Man shoots woman, child before killing himself - Las Vegas Sun News
Coroner IDs suspect in double homicide of mother, son, 8 - Las Vegas Sun News
Mum and son aged 8 killed by neighbour who then turned gun on himself - The Mirror
Shooter’s neighbors knew he was planning something | Local Las Vegas
CKN Reacts to GOATLORD's Former Guitarist Killing Two People Then Himself
Former GOATLORD Guitarist Murders Mother & Child Before Committing Suicide - Metal Injection
26 Years Ago: GOATLORD release Reflections of the Solstice (Joe Frankulin 1992 interview)
Shooter’s neighbors knew he was planning something | Local Las Vegas
Mother, son killed in Friday shooting ID’d | Local Las Vegas
Music & Sound Effect Sources
Opening Track: “Signs” by Lennon Hutton
Closing Track: “Fallout” by Lennon Hutton ; “Death Whistle OUTRO” by Michael Ojibway
Music & Sound Effect Sources
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