Ep. 4: The Fog of War; believing the unbelievable.

From Freud to GeraldoShow Notes:Frederick Crews is a professor emeritus of English at the University of California at Berkeley. His many books include The Critics Bear It Away: American Fiction and the Academy, The Random House Handbook (currently in its sixth edition), and Postmodern Pooh.Interview, 6/28/2023Freud: The Making of an Illision The Freudian Cover Up https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/10040046----Mark PendergrastInterview 6/14/2023Quotes from Prodigy, early internet chat room, taken from his book Victims of Memory.His more recent and comprehensive book on this subject is Mind Warp: https://www.amazon.com/Memory-Warp-Repressed-Arose-Refuses/dp/0942679415----Ms. Magazine Cover Story - Believe it. Cult ritual abuse existshttps://www.loc.gov/exhibitions/drawn-to-purpose/about-this-exhibition/magazine-covers-and-cartoons/disturbing-content/The article is unavailable on the Ms. Magazine website archives; a PDF copy can be accessed on the Memory Hole Podcast website, www.memoryholepodcast.com Reaction to the article: https://www.thefreelibrary.com/All+the+babies+you+can+eat.-a013566129 ----Melody Gavigan’s story of retraction appears in Time Magazine, in an article Lias of the Mind from 1993https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,979691,00.html----Statements from professional organizations disavowing recovered memory therapies:Americal Medical Associationhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207149508409955American Psychiatric Association  https://www.psychiatry.org/getattachment/930fb215-2147-40e9-9d44-f06d84fc64de/Position-2013-Memories-Child-Abuse.pdf----Decision in the Holly Ramona legal case: https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/14/us/father-who-fought-memory-therapy-wins-damage-suit.html----Geraldo Rivera, as quoted in The Day Care Ritual Abuse Moral Panic, 2004 -from CNBC 12/12/1995----The False Memory Syndrome Foundationhttp://www.fmsfonline.org/War of Remembrance, Philadelphia Magazine, January 1994Pam Freyd Interview with David Calof in Treating Abuse Today 1994Clips from the Documentary Making Memories used with permission of Patrick ClancyAccess it here: False Memories: Remembering What Never Occurred? (TW: Child Sexual Abuse)Pam Freyd’s article, published anonymously: How Could This Happen?  Coping with A False Accusation of Incest and Rape, Jane Doehttp://www.ipt-forensics.com/journal/volume3/j3_3_3.htmThe Cut chooses Jennifer Freydhttps://www.thecut.com/article/false-memory-syndrome-controversy.htmlRebuttalshttps://carriepoppyyes.medium.com/four-letters-new-york-magazine-hasnt-printed-88e08e94db5fBeware the Incest Survivor Machine, New York Times, Carol Tavris 1993https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/03/books/beware-the-incest-survivor-machine.htmlCover image collage by Jena Martin featuring the Sphinx from the painting Oedipus and the Sphinx Francois-Xavier Fabre, 1808The tragic story of Oedipus https://www.thecollector.com/oedipus-rex-artworks/Any and all background music from the free YouTube Audio LibraryThe Memory Hole Podcast theme is: A Great Darkness Approaches, Can You Feel It? by  ELPHNT  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jenamartin.substack.com