In this episode of Worldwide Panic, we examine Let the Devil In, a recent docuseries centered on a 1988 New Jersey murder-suicide that has been retroactively framed through the lens of Satanic panic and occult fear.

The conversation interrogates how the series presents its material: the use of reenactments, graphic imagery, and speculative testimony to imply supernatural causation where evidence is fragmentary or altogether absent.

What emerges is a critique of true-crime storytelling in the streaming era: not as entertainment alone, but as a belief-producing system that rewards implication over proof and atmosphere over accountability.

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Theme music: “Satanic Planet” by Satanic Planet

This week, Lucien and Lenny pick up where recent headlines left off: Australian authorities claim they disrupted an “international satanic pedophilic network,” and the hosts unpack why that framing echoes the Satanic Panic era even as today’s internet-born extremist micro-scenes muddy the picture. They draw a hard line between sensational “occult crime” narratives and what evidence-based investigation can actually support—especially when institutions build task forces explicitly to hunt “ritual” crimes and then declare they’ve found them.

Lucien also explains his suspicion that modern “satanically branded” online networks (including 764 and O9A) are being amplified or exploited as propaganda vectors, potentially intersecting with Russian disinformation efforts. From there, the conversation turns to the professional ecosystem that keeps “ritual abuse” mythology alive: the ISSTD, “trauma-based mind control,” recovered-memory culture, and the way unfalsifiable frameworks can contaminate investigations and courtroom outcomes. The episode closes with a brief look at The Satanic Temple’s effort to help members evacuate Ukraine early in the war—and why Russia’s propaganda narrative latched onto it.

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Theme music: “Satanic Planet” by Satanic Planet

Further Reading: The Satanic Cult Crime Conspiracy Is Still Nowhere To Be Found by Lucien Greaves

In this episode of Worldwide Panic, Lenny and Lucien talk about the realities of surviving as an independent journalist in 2025, including Lenny’s recent move into private investigative work as a way to stay financially afloat without abandoning long-form reporting. They discuss the pressures of audience-building, the exhaustion of social-media performance, and how influencer culture warps both journalism and public trust.

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The conversation then unspools into a deep dive on the strange and largely unnoticed BiChip scam—an earlier “Mark of the Beast” microchip grift that quietly helped seed the later COVID-era microchip conspiracy. Lucien recounts bizarre emails, fake conferences, invented cult leaders, fabricated police raids, and a shadow disinformation network that blurred the line between incompetence, belief, and deliberate fraud. Along the way, they trace how recycled Satanic Panic narratives keep resurfacing through pop culture, from award shows to country concerts—and why none of this ever actually goes away.

Lucien's original article on the event: https://luciengreaves.substack.com/p/revisiting-the-most-elaborate-display

Theme music: “Satanic Planet” by Satanic Planet

Further reading:

Frederik Kulager's story featuring Lucien (in Danish) (Zetland)

“Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt about Human Microchips” (CSIS)

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