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National False Memories

Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me): why we rationalize stupidity

On any given day, inside any human being, stupidity eagerly awaits its opportunity to shine. The unavoidable truth is that we all do dumb deeds...
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The ever-changing past: Elizabeth Loftus and memory manipulation research

Experts once believed that the mind was like a videorecorder, faithfully preserving data for future reference, as long as we knew how to access...
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What everyone should know about false confessions

On February 4, 2010, New Yorker Freddie Peacock became the 250th person set free by DNA testing sought through the Innocence Project. He was mis...
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Summary of developments to date on Mohler child abuse cases, including recent change of venue

The criminal cases against five Missouri men and a Florida man accused of bizarre sexual abuse in the 1980’s and ‘90’s continued...
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Is Lafayette County cherry-picking accusations in Mohler case?

The Lafayette County Prosecutor, who is responsible for the kidnapping, murder, and ritual sexual abuse case against members of the Mohler family,...
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Witch trials, McCarthyism, ritual abuse panic, and...the Mohler case?

In November 2009, six men in one family were arrested in a public show of contempt for the fifteen-year-old crimes of which they were accused....
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Bates City, Mo. child abuse allegations reminiscent of '80's ritual abuse panics

The increasingly bizarre allegations in the Bates City, Missouri child abuse case are reminiscent of satanic ritual abuse cases from the 1980&rsquo...
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