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Killer Psyche Daily - From Hearsay to Hysteria: The McMartin Preschool Trials

Killer Psyche
Killer Psyche
Episode • Jul 20, 2023 • 12m

From 1983 to 1990, staff at the McMartin Preschool in Manhattan Beach, California, were at the center of America’s longest running criminal case in history. After being accused of heinous instances of child abuse, it took nearly a decade to prove their innocence. But with no concrete evidence, how did the case go on for so long? Candice breaks down the faulty investigation and describes how the “Satanic Panic” of the 80s played a role.

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