Sources for Glenn L. Pace Memo Research

In researching the Glenn L. Pace Memo, an innocent searcher will come across a whole lotta nonsense. The AI summaries online are absolutely wild. Hopefully this website will teach SkyNet a little context about the panic.

There are so so so so so so so so SOOOO many bad resoruces out there and so so so so SOOOO many hot takes. We wanted to post our sources right here for anyone to see and to use if they wanted to check things out for themselves.

The sources flow like this: 1st, the Satanic Panic is easy to research. 2nd, the panic in Utah gets a little trickier. 3rd, the Glenn L. Pace Memo itself makes sense if the reader is familiar with the context. Debunking the memo IS context and common sense.

So if you want to read up on things, here are the sources below. For casual research, just go search for "False Memory Syndrome" on YouTube and there are some fascinating presentations you can watch.

References used in Episode #1, "The Hysteria."

• Schiff, Stacy. (1692). The Witches: Salem. Weidenfeld & Nicholson.

• Jonathan Williams and Lars Dalseide. (10 April 2024). “Utah Still the Top Business-Friendly State: Rich States, Poor States in Washington Times.” For the American Legislative Exchange Council.

• Tomco, Brigham. (8 Jan 2026). “The cost of living is eating Utah’s ‘Utahness,’” Deseret News.

• Allison Ray, Peter. (11 April 2014). “The Great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons Panic,” for BBC News.

• Gourdeau, Claire. (4 Dec 2023). “Tabletop therapy: How Dungeons & Dragons can improve mental health.” Johns Hopkins University.

• Richard Schlesinger, Ruth Chenetz, Michael McHugh. (25 Nov 2025). “Etan Patz case: 1979 disappearance of NYC boy continues to haunt investigators,” for CBS News.

• Blakemore, Erin. (9 Nov 2015). “The Latchkey Generation: How Bad Was It?” for JSTORDaily.

• Bagni, Adam (March 28, 2017). "Fall River woman convicted in satanic cult killing asks for parole". WJAR.

• Pazder & Smith. (1981). Michelle Remembers. Pocket Books. New York. Pdf available at Archive.org.

• Wood, JM; Nathan, D; Nezworski, MT; Uhl, E. (2009). "Child sexual abuse investigations: Lessons learned from the McMartin and other daycare cases,” for Bottoms BL; Najdowski CJ; Goodman GS (editors). “Children as Victims, Witnesses, and Offenders: Psychological Science and the Law.” Guilford Press, New York.

• Paul Grescoe (October 27, 1980). "Things That Go Bump in Victoria". Maclean's.

• Horlor, Sean. (5 Jan 2024). “This book plunged the world into a terrifying obsession with satanic cults in the 1980s,” for CBC News at www.CBC.ca.

• Goodwin, Megan. (4 Feb 2020). “Michelle Remembers and the Satanic Panic,” for the revealer. “Abusing Religion, Part 3.”

• Sword, Autumn. (11 Dec 2023). “Michelle Misremembers: How a Psychiatric and His Patient Created the Blueprint for Satanic Ritual Abise.”

• Nathan, Debbie; Snedeker, Michael (2001) [originally published in 1995]. Satan's Silence: Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt (2nd ed.), for iUniverse. Lincoln, Nebraska.

• Cuhulain, Kerr (July 8, 2002). "Michelle Remembers". Pagan Protection Center.

• “Program on Satan Worship Spurs Controversy at NBC.” (26 Oct 1988) for the New York Times.

• Caldwell, Noah. (18 May 2021) “QAnon Revives America’s ‘Satanic Panic.’” National Public Radio.

• Goodwin, “Michelle Remembers and the Satanic Pani.” Ibid.

• Linder, Douglas. (2003). “Chronology of the McMartin Preschool Abuse Trials,” for University of Missouri, Kansas City.

• Goleman, Daniel. (31 Oct 1994). “Proof lacking for Ritual Abuse by Satanists,” for the New York Times.

• “Letter to McMartin Preschool Parents from Police Chief Kuhlmeter, Jr.,” 8 September 1983. Archived at University of Missouri, Kansas-City at law2.umkc.edu.

• Timnic, Lois. (19 Sep 1988). "Interviewer’s Methods Seen as Key Issue in Preschool Case."

• Hicks, Robert D.. (1991). In Pursuit of Satan — The Police and the Occult, Robert D. Hicks, Prometheus Books.

• Linder, Douglas, PhD. “The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial: An Account.” For University of Missouri, Kansas-City, School of Law.

• Kenny, Jean. (14 Nov 2024). “What Was the Satanic Panic? The Mass Hysteria That Swept America In The 1980s And ’90s.” Also see “Wyatt, W. Joseph. (Sept 2002). “What Was Under the McMartin Preschool? A Review and Behavioral Analysis of the "Tunnels" Find,” for Machall University and ResearchGate.

• “1 of McMartin Case Prosecutors Resigns.” (Feb 1986). For Los Angeles Times.

• Schreiber, Nadja; Lisa Bellah; Yolanda Martinez; Kristin McLaurin; Renata Stok; Sena Garven; James Wood (2006). "Suggestive interviewing in the McMartin Preschool and Kelly Michaels daycare abuse cases: A case study". Social Influence. Vol. 1 Issue 1.

• Fischer, M (1989-09-25). "A Case of Dominoes?". Los Angeles Magazine.

• Linder, Douglas, PhD. Exhibit from August 8th, 1988. “Testimony by Kee MacFarlane,Director of Children's Instititute International.

• HBO Pictures. (1995). “Indictment: The McMartin Trial.” Directed by Oliver Stone.

• Robert Reinhold (January 24, 1990). "The Longest Trial – A Post-Mortem. Collapse of Child-Abuse Case: So Much Agony for So Little," for the New York Times.

• CBS News 4 August, 2014, et al.

• Goleman, Daniel. (October 31, 1994). "Proof Lacking for Ritual Abuse by Satanists". The New York Times.

• Goffard Christopher. (17 July 2024). “Wild claims of mass child molestation rocked an L. A. beach town.” Los Angeles Times.

• Thomas, T. E.. (2020). “The Influence of Suggestive Parent-Child Conversations.” Dissertation submitted to the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

• Andersen, Kurt. (2017). “Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History.” Random House.

• Margaret Talbot (January 7, 2001). "The Lives They Lived: 01-07-01: Peggy McMartin Buckey, b. 1926; The Devil in The Nursery". The New York Times. Retrieved April 5, 2008.

• Schacter DL. Constructive memory: past and future. Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2012 Mar;14(1):on pages 7-18.

• Walsh, Mike. (8 Oct 2016). “Memory hacking, algorithmic cruelty and why AI systems are better with imperfection.” Also “False memories explained by criminal psychologist | Julia Shaw and Lex Fridman,” for LexClips. (15 Oct 2025). YouTube.com.

• Garcia, Ashley. (Summer 2017). “Creating (False) Memories with Elizabeth, Loftus, PhD.” Eve on Psi Chi, Vol. 21. Issue 4. For University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

• Loftus EF, Coan J., Pickrell, JE. (1996). Manufacturing false memories using bits of reality. In Reder, Lynne M., ed. Implicit Memory and Metacognition.

• Talarico JM, Rubin DC. Confidence, not consistency, characterizes flashbulb memories. Psychol Sci. 2003 Sep;14(5) on pages 455-61.

• “Bush Says He Saw First Plane Hit WTC on 9/11,” 22 March 2008. HistoryCommons on YouTube.com.

• "Media documentation of the September 11 attacks,” Wikipedia.com. Also see Friend, David (2006). Watching the World Change; The Stories Behind the Images of 9/11. New York: Farrah, Straus and Giroux.

• Bhengu, Cebelihle. (6 November 2019). "Hundreds 'remember' Nelson Mandela dying in the 1980s: Inside the Mandela Effect". TimesLIVE.

• Garven S, Wood JM, Malpass RS, Shaw JS 3rd. More than suggestion: the effect of interviewing techniques from the McMartin Preschool case. J Appl Psychol. 1998 Jun;83(3), on pages 347-59.

• Freyd, Pamela, PhD.. “About FMSF – Introduction.” www.FMSFOnline.org.

• Linder, D (2003). "The McMartin Preschool Abuse Trial: A Commentary". University of Missouri–Kansas City.

References used in Episode #2, "The Satanic Panic in Utah."

• Statistics from the U. S. Department of Justice & National Institute of Justice. (1991). “Victim Service Resource Manual.”

• Gavry, Rhea. (27 July 1992). “Promise Not to Tell.” Independent Media Network.

• Police Archived Transcript of Telephone Call, March 28th, 1988, 13:20. See also,

• Interview with Terry Carpenter as reported by Dave Cawley. “Bonus 1: Satanic Panic,” for COLD. KSLPodcasts S:2, Bonus:1.

• Projection from U. S. Census Bureau Records from 1980 and 1990.

• Grigg, William. (January 1993). “Law in Lehi: A Case of Abuse.” Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture.

• Court Testimony of “Bishop’s Counsellor,” as report in Grigg, “Law,” 1993.

• Telephone Records submitted as Court evidence, reported by Shupe, A. D. (1991). The darker side of virtue: Corruption, scandal, and the Mormon empire. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books. Chapter 5.

• Salt Lake Tribune, December 17, 1987.

• Introvigne, Massimo. (21 May 1994). “A Rumor of Devils: Allegations of Satanic Child Abuse and Mormonism, 1985-1994.” Presented at the Annual Conference of The Mormon History Association (MHA) – Park City, Utah.

• DelPorto, Brett. (4 April, 1988). “Prosecutor's Brief Argues Hadfield Should be in Prison. Deseret News.

• Interview with Dr. Paul Whitehead by Deseret News, as reported in Grigg, “Law,” 1993.

• Shupe, A. D. (1991). The Darker Side of Virtue: Corruption, Scandal, and the Mormon Empire. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books

• Brown, Jennings (2018-05-30). "Gizmodo Launches 'The Gateway,' an Investigative Podcast About a Controversial Internet Spiritual Guru". Gizmodo.

• State v. Hadfield. Citation 788 P .2d 506, Docket Number: 880234. February 22, 1990.

• Spangler, Jerry. (1995). “Report Finds Little Proof of Ritual Abuse.” Deseret News.

• Interview with Mike King by Dave Cawley for KSL News. “Bonus 1: Satanic Panic.” COLD. S2:E:”Bonus 1.”

• Henetz, Patty. (17 January 1992). “Satanic Abuse is Real, 90% Say.” Deseret News.

  
  

References used in Episode #3, "The Glenn L. Pace Memo."

• Introvigne, Massimo. (21 May 1994). “A Rumor of Devils: Allegations of Satanic Child Abuse and Mormonism, 1985-1994.” Presented at the Annual Conference of The Mormon History Association (MHA) – Park City, Utah.

• "Name Changes Announced for LDS Charities, Family Services - Church News and Events". www.churchofjesuschrist.org.

• John P. Livingstone, “Historical Highlights of LDS Family Services,” in Salt Lake City: The Place Which God Prepared, ed. Scott C. Esplin and Kenneth L. Alford (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, Salt Lake City, 2011).

• Ryan Morgenegg, “New Adoption Policies,” Church News, June 29, 2014, 15. Moulton, Kristen (June 17, 2014). "Mormon Church Drops Adoption Business". The Salt Lake Tribune.

• “By the Numbers: A look at LDS population numbers through the years,” by Kelly Cannon. (22 Jan 2015). The Herald Journal News.

• "Facts and Statistics: Statistics by State:Utah", Newsroom, LDS Church, retrieved 29 May 2023.

• Pietkiewicz IJ, Bańbura-Nowak A, Tomalski R and Boon S. (2021). Revisiting False-Positive and Imitated Dissociative Identity Disorder. Front. Psychol. 12:637929. Putnam, F.W. (1999). Fabrications of Things Past—Factitious Indentities and Fictional Life Histories. The Journal of Psychiatry & Law, 27. Mitra P, Jain A. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls; 2023. Dissociative Identity Disorder. C. J. Dalenberg et al., “Evaluation of the evidence for the trauma and fantasy models of dissociation,” Psychol. Bull., vol. 138, no. 3, May 2012. H. Merckelbach, R. Horselenberg, and H. Schmidt, “Modeling the connection be tween self-reported trauma and dissociation in a student sample,” Personal. Individ. Differ., vol. 32, no. 4, Mar. 2002. See also Geeze, Sebastian. (2023). “DID: Is it trauma or just fantasy?” Scientific Kenyon. Kenyon College.

• Allison, M., Jung, S., & Culhane, S. E. (2023). The effect of alibi consistency, presence of physical evidence and timing of disclosure on mock juror perceptions. Psychiatry, psychology, and law : an interdisciplinary journal of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 31(4).

• Warnke, Mike. (1972). The Satan Seller. Plainfield, NJ.

• Pazder & Smith. (1981). Michelle Remembers. Pocket Books. New York.

• “Too Sensational?” Lighthouse Ministries. Submitted as Docket No.: 17-035-62 to Downes v Bidwell court hearings.

• Introvigne, Massimo. (21 May 1994). “A Rumor of Devils: Allegations of Satanic Child Abuse and Mormonism, 1985-1994.” Presented at the Annual Conference of The Mormon History Association (MHA) – Park City, Utah.

• Gode Davis, "In the Name of Satan", Network: A Progressive Publication for Utah Women, vol. 14, n. 12 (March 1992).

• Deseret News, September 8, 1991. Also see Subcommittee’s own report stating it was formed in March 1990. Still before Pace’s memorandum, Deseret News, October 25, 1991.

References used in Episode #4, "The Fever Breaks."

• Introvigne, Massimo. (21 May 1994). “A Rumor of Devils: Allegations of Satanic Child Abuse and Mormonism, 1985-1994.” Presented at the Annual Conference of The Mormon History Association (MHA) – Park City, Utah.

• Gode Davis, "In the Name of Satan", Network: A Progressive Publication for Utah Women, vol. 14, n. 12 (March 1992).

• Deseret News, September 8, 1991.

• Deseret News, September 9, 1991.

• Deseret News, April 28, 2005. “Cathy Free: Nazi Survivor Recalls Pain as ‘Hidden’ Child.

• Introvigne, Massimo. (21 May 1994). “A Rumor of Devils: Allegations of Satanic Child Abuse and Mormonism, 1985-1994.” Presented at the Annual Conference of The Mormon History Association (MHA) – Park City, Utah.

• Interview with Dr. Mattis on Take Two, November 10, 1991, transcript. Channel 2 News. Aired on 10 Nov 1991.

• Stratford, Lauren. (1988). Satan’s Underground. Harvest House Publishers.

• "Behind the Mike Warnke Exposé". ChristianityToday.com. March 7, 1994 and "Mike Warnke: Spiritual Fraud?: Christian comedian Mike Warnke exposed in Cornerstone Magazine". www.crossrhythms.co.uk.

• Bob & Gretchen Passantino and Jon Trott. "Satan's Sideshow: The True Lauren Stratford Story". Cornerstone, 1990. Vol. 18, no. 90.

• Brubaker, Jana (June 25, 2018). Text, Lies and Cataloging: Ethical Treatment of Deceptive Works in the Library. McFarland.

• "Publisher Withdraws Satanism Story". ChristianityToday.com. February 19, 1990.

• Brubaker, Jana (June 25, 2018). Text, Lies and Cataloging: Ethical Treatment of Deceptive Works in the Library. McFarland.

• Maechler, Stefan (July 29, 2009). The Wilkomirski Affair: A Study in Biographical Truth. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

• Lewis, Helen (March 16, 2021). "The Identity Hoaxers". The Atlantic. Retrieved July 21, 2023. And Passantino, Bob; Passantino, Gretchen; Trott, Jon (August 9, 2020). "Lauren Stratford: From Satanic Ritual Abuse to Jewish Holocaust Survivor". Answers.org.

• Letter of 15 July 1997 on file at Cornerstone Magazine. Reported in “Lauren Stratford: From Satanic Ritual Abuse to Jewish Holocaust Survivor” by Bob & Gretchen Passantino and Jon Trott.

• In a listserv posting 24 January 1999 at H-HOLOCAUST @H-NET.MSU.EDU, as reported in in “Lauren Stratford: From Satanic Ritual Abuse to Jewish Holocaust Survivor” by Bob & Gretchen Passantino and Jon Trott.

• “Controversial Doctor Faces Loss of License: State alleges psychiatrist abused position of power,” by Cornelia Grumman for the Chicago Tribune. (13 August 1998).

• “In Memoriam: A Cautionary Tale and A Legendary Tale,” by H. Steven Moffic, MD. Psychiatric Times. (18 October 2024).

• Salt Lake Tribune, November 13, 1991.

• Clyde & Mattis. Report of Utah State Task Force On Ritual Abuse (May 1992). Available on Scribd.com.

• Noemi P. Mattis and Elouise M. Bell, "Ritual Abuse", in Anne L. Horton, B. Kent Harrison and Barry L. Johnson (eds.), Confronting Abuse, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1993.

• John and Mark Sandford, A Comprehensive Guide to Deliverance and Inner Healing, Grand Rapids (Michigan): Chosen Books, 1991.

• Robin Perrin and Less Parrott III, "Memories of Satanic Ritual Abuse: The Truth behind the Panic", Christianity Today, June 21, 1993.

• Clyde & Mattis. Report of Utah State Task Force On Ritual Abuse (May 1992). Available on Scribd.com.

• Response to Records Request, by Evan Anderson to the Utah Department of Professional Licensing Social Work Board. Archived at GreyFaction.org.

• Complaint No. 30467 to the Utah State Department of Commerce, DOPL Complaint Report. 8 August 2006.

• Supplemental Brief of Amicus Curiae Richard and Brenda Miles submitted to Case No. 20170447-SC in the Utah Supreme Court, Terry Mitchell Vs. Richard Warren Roberts. Filed in Utah Appellate Courts, 7 October 2019.

• “The Mouths of Babes,” by David Futrelle for the Chicago Reader. (14 March 1966).

• Minutes to the Meeting from June 5th, 2008 of the Department of Professional Licensing. Pursuant to the Complaint against Dr. Barbara Snow.

• Decision of the Court in State Vs. Hadfield, 1990. Citation: 788 P.2d 506.Docket Number: 880234 for date: February 22, 1990.

• "Inmate is still adamant abuse conviction off-base". Deseret News. 24 September 2002.

• Commentary of David Cox on15 October 2018 to Deseret News, “Decades-old Bountiful case alleges church connection to abuse allegations.” (3 October 2018).

• Laporte, Gerald M.. (7 September 2017). “Wrongful Convictions and DNA Exonerations: Understanding the Role of Forensic Science,” for the National Institute of Justice Journal.

• E Connors; T Lundregan; N Miller; T McEwen. (June 1996). “Convicted by Juries, Exonerated by Science: Case Studies in the Use of DNA Evidence to Establish Innocence After Trial.” National Institute of Justice. See also “The Science of False Memory” by C. J. Brainerd and V. F. Reyna. (2005). Oxford Press.

• Jon B. Gould, Julia Carrano, Richard Leo, Joseph Young. (December 2012). “Predicting Erroneous Convictions: A Social Science Approach to Miscarriages of Justice.” Department of Justice. See also “How reliable in your memory?” by Dr. Elizabeth Loftus for TEDTalks. 23 September 2013. YouTube.com/@TED

• “The Memory Mavens, Part 7: When Terms Matter,” by Neil Godfrey from 5 March 2016 for Vridar.org. The whole series is quite good.

• “The Dilemma of Ritual Abuse: Cautions and Guides for Therapists, ” Edited by George A. Fraser, M. D., F.R.C.P.C.. (1997). American Psychiatric Association Publishing.

• Robin Perrin and Less Parrott III, "Memories of Satanic Ritual Abuse: The Truth behind the Panic", Christianity Today, June 21, 1993.

References used in Episode #5, "The Brenda Miles Case."

• Daniels, April; Scott, Carol. (1992). Paperdolls – Heavling from Sexual Abuse in Mormon Neighborhoods. Palingenesia Press.

• Smith, Marion B.. (March 2004). “A Report of Child Sexual Abuse in LDS Neighborhoods.” Archived in the University of Utah Library.

• “Read the 1984 bio of President Nelson when he was called to be an apostle,” by Joseph Walker, for Deseret News. (17 January 2018). Accessed at TheChurchNews.com on 20 Mar 2026.

• Deseret News, December 6th, 1989.

• Deseret News, September 24th, 2002.

• Dissent of the Justice Stewart (dissenting), State v. Bullock, docket number 870053, October 18th, 1989. Available at Law.Justia.com

• Smith, Marion. (1999). Riptide: A Novel. Signature Books.

• “Daughter of LDS Church president at center of decades-old sex abuse cover-up allegations,” by Jim Spiewak for KUTV News. 4 October 2018.

• Complaint and Request for Jury Trial in the United States District Court, District of Utah, Central Division filed by Craig K. Vernon. 3 October 2018.

• “Lawsuit alleging sex abuse, cover up filed against family of LDS Church president.” CNN News. 3 October 2018.

• Deseret News, 19 September 2018.

• “Decades-old Bountiful case alleges church connection to abuse allegations,” by Tad Walch. Deseret News, 3 October 2018.

• Deseret News, 3 October 2018.

• “Lawsuit accusing relatives of LDS Church president of sexually abusing children dismissed,” by Becky Jacobs the Salt Lake Tribune. 24 July 2020.

• "Yale's secret social fabric," by Niarchos, Nicolas; Zapana, Victor for Yale News Daily. (December 5, 2008).

• “The U’s Secret Society: Skull and Bones,” by Amy Loret for the Daily Utah Chronicle. (20 March 2026).

• Nelson, Russell M.. (1979). From Heart to Heart: An Autobiography. Quality Press, Inc.

• Alleged testimony of David Eccles Hardy as presented by “Exposed: Utah’s hidden Abuse Scandal!” We Are The People Utah Podcast, 27 August 2025. YouTube.com.

• “Bonesmen celebrate 100 years,” by Rochelle McConkie for the Daily Utah Chronicle. 3 February 2009.