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Oct 2025
41m 10s

Introducing: The Devil You Know with Sar...

Sarah Marshall
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Listen now to the first episode of Sarah's new 8-part series with CBC Podcasts, The Devil You Know. In the 1980s and 90s, Satan and his followers were accused of brainwashing children, sacrificing babies, and infiltrating North American society on a massive scale — yet these thousands of alleged Satanists were nowhere to be found.  In this all new serie ... Show More
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