False Memories, Forgiveness and The Satanic Panic - Alice Sebold and Anthony Broadwater

Send us Fan MailYou may know Alice Sebold as the author of The Lovely Bones but you may not know the story of Alice and Anthony. Anthony Broadwater was exonerated in the 1981 rape of Ms.Sebold. Listen to the Truer Crime Season 2 episode 3 for all of the details on the case. Today Emily and Ashley chat about the bigger themes of her episode...False Memories, Forgiveness and The Satanic Panic. Thank you for listening. TW: SA, Abuse, Child Abuse, Murder Show notes:0:00-1:00 intro 1:00-4:00 An Overview of the case4:30 Ronald Cotton and Jennifer Thompson case6:30 Eye witness testimony and knowing what's going on around us7:20 What is the weapon focus effect? 8:20 Working memory and memory in general 10:00 Elizabeth Loftus - False Memories 14:30 False Memory task Dr. Reeder does with her students 19:00 Satanic Panic 20:00 Mcmartin Preschool Trial25:00 The book The Secret27:20 Paul Ingram story37:00 Making a Murderer (Netflix)39:00 Forgiveness Study and the power of forgiveness and what is the REACH method?45:00 Who is forgiveness for?Loftus, Loftus, & Messo (1987) - Weapon Focus Effect https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/bf01044839Loftus and Palmer (1974) - Automobile accident - https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1975-04498-001Roediger & McDermott (1995) - False memory in word lists - https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1995-42833-001Wright (1993) The New Yorker on Paul Ingram - https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1993/05/17/remembering-satan-part-iPicking Cotton book - https://www.pickingcottonbook.com/Elizabeth Loftus Ted Talk -  https://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_loftus_how_reliable_is_your_memoryhttps://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/the-power-of-forgivenesshttps://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/forgiveness-your-health-depends-on-ithttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/josiah-sutton/id1565741041?i=1000523760385https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/policing/2018/06/09/brendan-dasseys-false-confession-supreme-court-column/652915002/https://www.instagram.com/celisiastanton/?hl=enTruer Crime https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/truer-crime/id1565741041Support the showSubscribe on our patreon for weekly content, early access to episodes, one true crime episode per month and behind the scenes content at https://www.patreon.com/thecreepybookclubFollow us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thecreepybookclub and https://www.instagram.com/bookswithyourbesties/Follow us on TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@thecreepybookclubMusic is Ur Karma (Instrumental Version) by Craig Reever.The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of Emily and Ashley of The Creepy Book Club alone.