Painted Black: From Drug Killings to Heavy Metal: The Alarming True Story of How Satanism Is Terrorizing Our Communities by Carl A. Raschke [FIRST EDITION] 1990 • Harper & Row

Painted Black: From Drug Killings to Heavy Metal: The Alarming True Story of How Satanism Is Terrorizing Our Communities by Carl A. Raschke

FIRST EDITION • FIRST PRINTING [1990] HARPER & ROW

True crime relic from the Satanic Panic era of American culture.

Hardcover with dust jacket in very good condition.

Dust jacket is very good and ships in a new HQ jacket protector.

Book itself has a few flaws to boards: crushing to upper corners; mild water staining to rear cloth.

Pages look and read good as new. 

ABOUT THE BOOK

The most shocking and important crime stories of our time are explored in Painted Black, a chilling exposé of the "subculture of darkness," popularly termed "satanism."

• A satanic Mexican drug cult abducts and sacrifices an American student
• Police investigate ritualized child abuse in day-care centers around the country
• The Los Angeles "Nightstalker" killer defiantly displays the sign of the devil's horns during his trial
• Classmates plan and execute the vicious baseball bat murder of a high school student in the heartland of America-Joplin, Missouri

Carl Raschke, America's leading authority on satanism and contemporary occultism, uncovers the almost inconceivable truth behind the headlines in this riveting analysis of the epidemic of satanism that is assaulting America. Extensively documented and exhaustively researched, Painted Black is the first comprehensive explanation of what satanism is, where it comes from, and why it is spreading at such a rapid rate.

The scope of Raschke's investigation ranges from Latin American drug killings to "black metal" music, from the "genteel satanism" of the nineteenth century to the macabre showmanship of Anton LaVey's Church of Satan. He profiles the fantasy role-playing games that have led to adolescent suicide and the growing menace of the white racist "skinhead" movement.