Remembering Satan
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"Remembering Satan" is a nonfiction book by journalist Lawrence Wright that investigates a notorious case of alleged recovered memories and satanic ritual abuse in the United States.
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| Remembering Satan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1637606 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Remembering Satan Context triple: [Lawrence Wright, notableWork, Remembering Satan]
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A.
Heaven and Hell
"Heaven and Hell" is a philosophical essay by Aldous Huxley that explores visionary experiences, altered states of consciousness, and their implications for understanding reality and the human mind.
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B.
The Black Devil
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C.
Demons
Demons is a political and psychological novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores radicalism, moral chaos, and the destructive consequences of nihilist ideology in 19th-century Russia.
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D.
Demons
The Demons are the nickname of the Melbourne Football Club, one of the oldest and most storied teams in Australian rules football.
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E.
The Devil Finds Work
The Devil Finds Work is a 1976 book-length essay by James Baldwin that blends memoir, film criticism, and social commentary to examine race, representation, and American cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Remembering Satan Target entity description: "Remembering Satan" is a nonfiction book by journalist Lawrence Wright that investigates a notorious case of alleged recovered memories and satanic ritual abuse in the United States.
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A.
Heaven and Hell
"Heaven and Hell" is a philosophical essay by Aldous Huxley that explores visionary experiences, altered states of consciousness, and their implications for understanding reality and the human mind.
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B.
The Black Devil
The Black Devil was the fearsome nickname of Erich Hartmann, the German World War II fighter ace who remains the highest-scoring fighter pilot in history.
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C.
Demons
Demons is a political and psychological novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky that explores radicalism, moral chaos, and the destructive consequences of nihilist ideology in 19th-century Russia.
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D.
Demons
The Demons are the nickname of the Melbourne Football Club, one of the oldest and most storied teams in Australian rules football.
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E.
The Devil Finds Work
The Devil Finds Work is a 1976 book-length essay by James Baldwin that blends memoir, film criticism, and social commentary to examine race, representation, and American cinema.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | nonfiction book ⓘ |
| author | Lawrence Wright ⓘ |
| awarded | Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime nomination ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| examines |
criminal justice system response to abuse allegations
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psychology of memory ⓘ religious influence on belief in satanic abuse ⓘ social contagion in moral panics ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Ingram family
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Paul Ingram ⓘ law enforcement interrogation practices ⓘ role of therapists in recovered memories ⓘ |
| follows | the case of Paul Ingram ⓘ |
| genre |
investigative journalism
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nonfiction ⓘ true crime ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
ebook
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hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780679401346 ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical of recovered-memory techniques
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journalistic ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
confession under pressure
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evangelical Christianity ⓘ family dynamics ⓘ interrogation techniques ⓘ media coverage of satanic abuse ⓘ moral panic ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
McMartin preschool–era satanic panic
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false memories ⓘ recovered memory ⓘ satanic ritual abuse allegations ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical analysis of recovered-memory movement
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detailed reconstruction of Ingram case ⓘ skeptical approach to satanic ritual abuse claims ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1994 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
false confession research
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recovered-memory therapy controversies ⓘ satanic ritual abuse moral panic in the United States ⓘ |
| setting |
Washington State, United States
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surface form:
Washington State
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| timePeriodCovered |
1980s
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early 1990s ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: Remembering Satan Description of subject: "Remembering Satan" is a nonfiction book by journalist Lawrence Wright that investigates a notorious case of alleged recovered memories and satanic ritual abuse in the United States.
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