Oprah’s 1989 Satanic Dismemberment Special

Picture this. It’s 4pm, on a sleepy May 1989 afternoon. You just got home from school, you want to settle in for some Duck Tales, but your mom flips the channel for her daily dose of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
 
Only on this episode, Oprah’s not talking to the celebrity of the day about their new movie, or to some self help guru turned author. Nope, today she’s detailing grizzly murders, baby sacrifice, generational Satanists, and the psychologists just trying to make sense of it all.
 
That’s right, today on This Fire we take a look back at Oprah’s May 1st 1989 episode, where everyone’s mom’s favorite day time talk show host cribs directly from Fire By Nite’s homework and “exposes” Satanic ritual sacrifice happening from sea to shining sea, and maybe even in your own backyard!