All the Lies They Did Not Tell: The True Story of Satanic Panic in an Italian Community Trincia Pablo

The accusations. The devastating impact. The suspicions.

The more he talked, the more people were implicated in his shocking revelations. This is the true story of the Devils of the Bassa Modenese--the most notorious Satanic Panic investigation in the history of Italy.In 1997 a six-year-old boy questioned by authorities relayed disturbing stories of abuse. And he was only the first child to come forward.Within a year, fifteen more children with similar tales were transferred out of the Bassa region of Italy to protected locations.

Their parents were accused of belonging to a satanic sect that performed sex rituals under the aegis of beloved local priest Don Giorgio Govoni. With each child's confession, the network of monsters grew. Families were torn apart.

Lives were forever destroyed--and some ended--as allegations of kidnapping, torture, sacrifice, and murder