They say the Devil’s in the details, but when conspiracies captivate our imaginations, we often overlook the real devils walking among us.

From the creators of the hit podcast The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill comes a new show, Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, which takes you back to the Satanic Panic that gripped America in the 1980s and 90s.

This limited series explores how hysteria gripped parents and teens through cautionary tales like Go Ask Alice, influenced notorious criminal cases like the West Memphis Three, and catapulted the political agenda of the Moral Majority.

Join as we seek to understand how this wave of panic devastated innocent lives and diverted the church’s attention from the evil lurking in its own pews.

Episodes drop January 2025 but you can join our show discussion page on Facebook right now.

Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is a production of Christianity Today

Host and Creator - Mike Cosper

Producer - Rebekah Sebastian

Sound Design and Engineering - T.J. Hester

Motion - Steven Scheidler

Production Assistant - Dawn Adams

Theme music by Dirt Poor Robins

Cover art by Nim Ben-Reuven

Erik Petrik and Mike Cosper are the Executive Producers of CT Media Podcasts, and Matt Stevens is our Senior Producer.

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