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Video interviews of Frances Keller and psychology professor James Wood

Video interviews of Frances Keller and psychology professor James Wood

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  • Believing the Children

    In 1992, Fran and Danny Keller were convicted of multiple counts of child sexual abuse at their Oak Hill day care center and sent to prison for 48 years. It's likely they were innocent. Indeed, it's very likely that no crime ever occurred – except an absurd and overzealous prosecution
  • The Satanic Abuse Scare

    By the early Nineties, satanic abuse allegations at day care centers had become a national trend

    Children and Testimony

    Inexperienced interviewers can lead children to make up stories

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