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Satanic Panic: Backwards messages and '80s hysteria
Episode 89

Satanic Panic: Backwards messages and '80s hysteria

Warning: Listening to this episode might entice you to worship the devil.

Twenty Thousand Hertz

March 4, 202030m 57s

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Show Notes

From the sixties to the nineties parents worried messages hidden in rock albums would make their children do drugs and worship the devil. The truth could only be revealed if these records were played backwards. Bryan Gardiner unveils the history behind the backmasking panic and Curiosity Daily’s Ashley Hamer explains why our brains hear hidden messages... even when they’re not there!


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