> > > > > Your post is downright ludicrist and so untrue. There is not actually in > > the medical field a diagnosis called False Memory Syndrome who is run by a > > group of pedophiles who do not want to be convicted because of their > deeds. > > To me you sound like a Nazi writing this untrue stuff. Your denial is as > > thick as a Nazi. I am afraid to read your other posts. > > > > > > Birds > > Private Mail Welcome > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Michael Pugliese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 10:07 PM > > Subject: Re: [CTRL] I WAS DICK CHENEY'S SEX SLAVE' > > > > > > > <nettime> Victims of the imagination - On repressed memory > > > Nettime archive: [Date Prev][Date Next] [Chronological] [Thread] [Top] > > > > > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: <nettime> Victims of the imagination - On repressed memory > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Holthof) > > > Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 08:47:11 +0200 (MET DST) > > > > > > > > > Victims of the imagination > > > On repressed memory > > > By Marc Holthof > > > > > > "If you don't remember that you were ever abused, you're not the only > one. > > > Many women have no recollection whatsoever and will never have. That > > > doesn't mean they were never abused" (Ellen Bass & Laura Davis, The > > > Courage to Heal) > > > > > > "The more serious the abuse, the more likely you have repressed its > > > memory" (Steven Farmer, Adult Children and Abusive Parents) > > > > > > "When people ask you: 'Were you sexually abused as a kid?' there are > only > > > two kinds of answer: 'Yes' or 'I don't know'. You can never just say no" > > > (Roseanne Arnold in a tv show) > > > > > > Forster City is vintage smalltown U.S.A., a small piece of suburbia > about > > > 15 miles south of San Francisco. On September 22, 1969 nine-year-old > Susan > > > Powers left for school and was never seen alive again. Two months later > > > her body was found in the woods near Half Moon Bay, five miles west of > > > Forster City. Her skull had been smashed with a blunt object. For years > > > the identity of the murderer remained a mystery. Twenty years later. > The > > > winter of 1989. Eileen Franklin is twenty-nine years old and has two > kids. > > > A two-year-old son whose lips are curled around a bottle of heated milk > > > and a daughter who's playing with two friends on the living room carpet. > > > The Californian winter sun sheds its warm light on the slightly obscure > > > interior. Eileen looks outside and says it might even be hot enough to > go > > > for a swim in the garden pool. "Is it, mommie?", six-year-old Jessica > > > asks. Eileen looks at her daughter. The winter light falls on her face. > A > > > horrible memory flashes through her mind of something that happened > twenty > > > years ago. > > > > > > A trip to hell > > > > > > "The memory of trauma is filmed with far brighter lighting than usual. > And > > > this kind of film does not disintegrate like usual stock. It's as though > a > > > lens of superior quality were used, capable of registering the smallest > > > detail, the smallest line, the tiniest wrinkle" (Lenore Terr, Too Scared > > > to Cry). > > > > > > September 22, 1969. George Franklin drives Eileen and her sister Janice > to > > > school in a Volkswagen minibus. About halfway Eileen notices her friend > > > Susan Nason and asks her father if they can give her a lift. As soon as > > > Susan gets in the minibus Franklin tells Janice to get out. George > > > Fanklin drives Eileen and Susan to school but takes a detour. Before > they > > > reach the school the father decides to go play "open air school". They > > > drive to the hills. The minibus drives down to Half Moon Bay, heads into > > > the woods and stops. Eileen and Susan play in the minibus and run back > and > > > forth between the passenger seat and the cargo space where the father > has > > > put a mattress. Franklin gets inside the minibus and starts playing with > > > them. Eileen is in the front seat when she sees her dad climb on top of > > > Susan Nason. "My father pinned Susan to the floor. His legs pointed > > > towards me and he held her arms spread out. He leaned on his elbows that > > > were up against his, eh...body, he started rubbing against her, eh... > > > rubbing, up and down... and eh, ...he kept on doing this until I climbed > > > over the passenger seat to see what they were doing. I got really scared > > > when I looked at Susan's face." Eileen tries to make herself invisible > > > while her father finishes off with Susan. Then she and Susan, who is > > > crying, get out of the minibus. Susan walks up to a rock where she tries > > > to sit down. Eileen stays next to the minibus and picks up a leaf. When > > > she looks up she sees the autumn sun shining through the trees. Behind > > > Susan appears the shadow of a man who holds a large rock above his head. > > > Susan raises her arms to protect herself. She looks at Eileen. Her eyes > > > are filled with fear and powerlessness. A few seconds later the rock > > > crushes Susan's skull. Eileen puts her hands against her ears to block > out > > > the sound of breaking bone. Even more horrible is the knowledge that > > > slowly begins to dawn on her: the man who has killed her friend is her > > > father: George Franklin. > > > > > > November 25, 1989. Two detectives of the San Mateo Police District, > Robert > > > Morse and Bryan Cassandro, have been listening to Eileen's story. She > > > tells them how her father raped and murdered her best friend when she > was > > > six years old. The testimony seems sincere and the details in the story > > > seem to match the elements of the investigation. They continue > questioning > > > her. Were there many trees? What was the road like that had taken them > to > > > the woods? Hadn't she told them about a ring Susan was wearing? What > kind > > > of clothes was her father wearing? The interrogation rounds off at 3.22 > > > PM. It had lasted over three hours. The detectives leave Eileen's home. > > > "Do you believe her?" Cassandro asks his partner. "Yes I do" Morse > > > replies. "Me too" says Cassandro. Susan's ring, the rock, the mattress, > > > the description of the woods, the victim's raised hands, all match the > > > case evidence. Eileen's testimony fills up 32 report pages with double > > > margin. On November 28, 1989 George Franklin is arrested in Sacramento > and > > > accused of first degree murder of nine-year-old Susan Nason. > > > > > > Details > > > > > > "If memories of the abuse are still vague, it's important to know that > > > they will try to confuse you about the details" (Ellen Bass & Laura > Davis, > > > The Courage to Heal). > > > > > > "One of my earliest memories", tells famous psychologist Jean Piaget, > > > "goes back to when I was two years old. I can picture the scene quite > > > clearly... I'm sitting in a stroller my nurse is pushing along the > Champs > > > Elys=E9es when suddenly a man attempts to kidnap me. I'm stuck in the > > > carriage and cannot move so I see the nurse bravely coming between me > and > > > my potential kidnapper. The man gets away and the nurse ends up with the > > > scars I can still clearly see on her face...When I was about fifteen > years > > > old my parents got a letter from my old nurse... She wanted to apologize > > > for mistakes she had made in the past and wanted to return the watch my > > > father had given her as a reward for her bravery... The fact of the > matter > > > was that she had made the whole thing up... As a child I had projected > the > > > story my parents had heard and believed into my own past as a kind of > > > visual memory". 1995. George Franklin's conviction for the murder of > > > Susan Nason is revoked by a court of appeal. Repressed memories that > > > suddenly resurface - like those of Eileen Franklin - are considered > > > inadmissible evidence (if they're not corroborated by fact) by the > courts > > > of Minnesota, California and New Hampshire. There exists only one 'real' > > > piece of evidence against George Franklin: the testimony of his daughter > > > Eileen. As soon as he gets out Franklin will begin a lawsuit against his > > > daughter, her therapists and the two detectives that conducted the > > > investigation. There is no doubt that Eileen Franklin truly believed > her > > > father had murdered Susan Nason. David Spiegel, a professor of > psychiatry > > > at Stanford's medical faculty wrote about the case: "Research shows that > > > children who have been exposed to violent traumatic events correctly > > > identify the event as the source of their anxiety (our research showed > > > figures up to 87%). They suffer from an overactive imagination, fear the > > > resurfacing of trauma, lose interest in everyday activities, try to > avoid > > > anything that can possibly re=F9ind them of the event and are irritated > by > > > the fact that they cannot stop thinking about it. The fact that Eileen > > > displayed none of these symptoms at any time could point to the fact > that > > > she hadn't really witnessed the murder." Spiegel concludes that "a > > > combination of phantasms and feelings of guilt about her school friend's > > > death, linked to memories about her father's cruelty, could have led her > > > to construe a false memory she ended up believing as truth." Everything > > > Eileen Franklin told the police can be found in the newspapers of the > > > time. Several details in Eileen's statement were later revealed to be > > > inaccurate. The victim Susan Nason had worn two rings: a silver one and > a > > > gold one with a stone. A newspaper article confused the two rings and > > > turned them into one single silver ring with a stone. Eileen made the > same > > > mistake in her testimony to the police. The mattress that was mentioned > in > > > the paper was actually a couch. It was found on top of Susan's body and > > > was definitely too big to have fitted in George Franklin's minibus. In > the > > > course of her testimonies Eileen changed the time of the murder to match > > > it with the facts that were already known. She also changed her > statement > > > about the presence of her sister Janice in the minibus. The fact that > her > > > father would have ordered his daughter to get out of the car and walk to > > > school had always sounded a bit far-fetched. > > > > > > Guilty without proof > > > > > > "You don't have to prove you were abused" (Ellen Bass & Laura Davis, The > > > Courage to Heal). > > > > > > "I know what it's like to have been abused because I was a victim > myself", > > > tells a young woman therapist. "I was sexually abused while still in > > > elementary school. My parents had nothing to do with it. I never forgot. > I > > > think about it every day. Like so many victims I was silent for twenty > > > years, out of shame. One day I told my sister what had happened to me. > She > > > immediately began to suspect she had also been abused. She remembered > > > nothing, there were no clues, no faces, no names, not even a shred of > > > evidence. She and one of my other sisters started talking about it, > > > exchanging thoughts and emotions. And then they began fantasizing about > > > situations of abuse. They accused my grandfather, my uncle then my > father. > > > Their accusations got stranger all the time. They claimed my mother and > my > > > oldest brother, my aunts, uncles, nephews, friends and neighbours had > also > > > been involved. The whole family threatened to fall apart and there > wasn't > > > anything my parents could do something about it. All they could do was > sit > > > back and watch the catastrophe unfold. Then my nephew, who was six at > the > > > time and had been in therapy for more than a year - he had dismissed his > > > first therapist because he had been unable to find any evidence of > sexual > > > abuse - started making accusations. He claimed my mother, my father and > my > > > oldest brother had sexually abused him when he was a baby. Two weeks > after > > > these accusations I begun my career as a therapist. Four days later I > was > > > called into my boss' office where I was told that my nephew had accused > me > > > of sexual abuse. I was fired on the spot and became the subject of an > > > on-going investigation by the juvenile police. The investigation lasted > > > four months. No evidence of any kind was found." > > > > > > False memory > > > > > > All these stories are taken from a remarkable book called The Myth of > > > Repressed Memory by Elizabeth Loftus and Katherine Ketchham. The book > asks > > > one fundamental question: how reliable is our memory? Do we really know > > > what happened to us in the past? The past is irrevocable gone and our > > > memories of it, especially of events we didn't consciously experience > (for > > > any reason whatsoever), tend to get 'shaped' by our present self. You > can > > > even create false memories, Elizabeth Loftus claims. Loftus is a > professor > > > of psychology at the University of Washington at Seattle and has > recently > > > been appointed chairman of the American Psychology Association. She > became > > > somewhat of a cause c=E9l=E8bre in her field when she published her book > > > Eyewitness Testimony in 1980. In that book she showed that eyewitnesses > > > are not always as reliable as the courts would have it. Memories can be > > > radically altered by the way in which an eyewitness is questioned. False > > > memories can either consciously or unconsciously be inserted by the > > > questioner, while older, genuine memories can be changed in a variety of > > > subtle ways. > > > > > > Recently professor Loftus has appeared in numerous articles in > 'Scientific > > > American', 'Nature' and 'Le Monde', in which she talks about her recent > > > work on the mysterious workings of our memory. Her research led to a > > > number of disconcerting findings. Loftus' colleague Ira Hyman questioned > a > > > number of test subjects about events that happened in their childhood. > The > > > researchers also asked details about events that didn't happen, events > > > they had made up. One example was an incident involving a punch bowl at > a > > > wedding. During the first interview none of the test subjects seemed to > > > recall that they had knocked down a punch bowl at any wedding. This made > > > sense since the event hadn't really happened. During a second interview, > > > however, 18% of the test subjects seemed to recall the incident. During > > > the third interview the percentage grew to 25%. One of the subjects who > > > had claimed not to recall the incident during the first interview now > > > began to remember the wedding in vivid detail, how the kids had been > > > playing some wild game and had accidentally knocked over the punch bowl. > > > In another test the test subjects were shown a simulated traffic > accident > > > involving an intersection and a stop sign. Half the group was led to > > > believe the stop sign had actually been a right-of-way sign. When they > > > were questioned later about what sign they had seen in the simulation > they > > > were convinced they had seen the right-of-way sign. The other half of > the > > > group, who had not been influenced in any way, correctly recalled the > stop > > > sign. "Eyewitnesses who point their finger at innocent defendants are > not > > > liars, for they genuinely believe in the truth of their testimony. > That's > > > the frightening part", Loftus writes, "the truly horrifying idea that > what > > > we think we know, what we believe with all our hearts, is not > necessarily > > > the truth". > > > > > > The acquisition of false memories can be promoted, Loftus claims, if a > > > person is encouraged to imagine certain situations without having to > worry > > > whether they actually happened or not. This is exactly what happens in a > > > lot of cases involving patient-therapist confidentiality. Loftus > mentions > > > the case of a female private investigator fronting as a patient who > > > consulted a therapist about her nightmares and sleeping disorder. After > > > the third consultation the therapist concluded that she had been the > > > victim of sexual abuse. In 1993 CNN sent out a reporter with a hidden > > > camera to a therapist's office in Ohio. The pseudo-patient complained > > > about depression and problems in her relationship with her husband. The > > > diagnosis was swift and came right after the first session: the > > > pseudo-patient was a 'classic case' of incest abuse. When the CNN > reporter > > > offered during the second session that she couldn't think of anything in > > > her past that could possibly be interpreted as incest, the therapist > told > > > her that her reaction was typical and that she had repressed her > horrible > > > trauma. > > > > > > Wendy Maltz, author of a popular book on sexual abuse, told her > patients: > > > "Spend time imagining that you were sexually abused, without worrying > > > about accuracy, proving anything, or having your ideas make sense...Ask > > > yourself...these questions: What time of day is it? Where are you? > Indoors > > > or outdoors? What kind of things are happening? Is there one or more > > > person with you?" Loftus rightly questions the consequences of this kind > > > of make-believe. What happens when people start remembering childhood > > > events that didn't really happen? She came up with the following > > > experiment. A number of test subjects were required to point out on a > list > > > those things that did or didn't happen to them in their childhood. The > > > list included innocent events like getting stuck in a tree or breaking a > > > window. Two weeks later the subjects were asked to imagine some of the > > > events on the list. A short while later they were once again asked to > > > point out on the list those events that actually happened to them. The > > > results showed a clear 'inflation' of the imagination: 24% of the test > > > subjects were convinced that the events they were asked to imagine > > > actually happened to them in their own childhood. > > > > > > Impossible > > > > > > It is physically impossible to remember anything from the first year of > > > one's life. This doesn't take away from how easy it is to suggest such > > > 'impossible' memories. Nicholas Spanos of Carleton University divided a > > > number of test subjects into two groups. The members of the first group > > > were brought back under hypnosis to the first day of their lives, while > > > the others were asked to imagine what that first day would have been > like. > > > Both groups were given the suggestion that colored toys were hanging > above > > > their cradle. 56% of the imagination group and 46% of the hypnosis group > > > actually remembered this. Only 16% realized that it was pure > imagination. > > > If an outsider confirms an untrue event this can lead to the creation of > a > > > false memory. Saul M. Kassin of Williams College thought up an > experiment > > > in which someone is falsely accused of having destroyed a computer by > > > pushing the wrong button. The innocent test subjects initially denied > that > > > they had done anything wrong. However, when a witness testified he had > > > seen them do it, many in the group confessed to the crime, signed a > > > statement and started feeling guilty about what supposedly had happened. > > > > > > Social pressure is extremely important in creating false memories, > claims > > > Loftus. The interviewers either willingly or unwillingly exercised > > > pressure on the interviewees and coached them into remembering things > they > > > had not lived through. False memories are thus created to meet the > social > > > pressure exercised by the investigators. > > > > > > No proof > > > > > > "The beauty of the repressed incest explanation is that, to enjoy its > > > victim benefits, and the distinction of being associated with a survivor > > > group, it isn't even necessary to have any recollection that said abuse > > > actually took place" (Dorothy Rabinowitz, The Wall Street Journal). > > > > > > The fact that our memory is open to suggestion and we sometimes have a > > > hard time separating the real from the suggested events, does not mean > > > that all traumatic memories of sexual abuse are per definition untrue. > > > But, Loftus stresses, without external proof even the most experienced > > > interrogator will find it extremely difficult to distinguish between > > > genuine memories and memories that were either suggested or imagined. > This > > > could well mean, psychologist Michael Nash reasons on, that there is no > > > structural difference between both types of remembering. "Each case must > > > be examined on its merits to explore the credibility, the timing, the > > > motives, the potential for suggestion, the corroboration, and other > > > features to make an intelligent assessment of what any mental product > > > means", Loftus concludes. In the mean time the British Royal College of > > > Psychiatrists has set an example by prohibiting its members from > > > encouraging patients to remember evidence of sexual abuse in their > > > childhood. > > > > > > In 1986 nurse Nadean Cool requested psychiatric help. In the course of > > > therapy her psychiatrist managed to convince her she had been sexually > > > abused. Cool started believing she had repressed the most horrible > > > memories: satanism, babies being eaten alive, rape, sex with animals, > and > > > being forced to watch while her eight-year-old boy friend was brutally > > > murdered. She became convinced she had more than 120 different > > > personalities, including angels and even a duck! Eventually she > discovered > > > these were all false memories. Last year a court ruled Nadean Cool was > to > > > receive over 2.4 million dollars in punitive damages from her > > > malpracticing psychiatrist. > > > > > > The Netherlands saw a similar case in which reports of sexual abuse were > > > added to by fantastic stories about satanic cults and networks. Even > more > > > striking is the case of American Beth Rutherford who was told during > > > therapy in 1992 that she had been regularly abused by her father, a > > > reverend who had been assisted in the rapes by wife. The girl developed > > > the memory that her father had impregnated her twice and that she had > > > aborted herself at every occasion with a clothes hanger. Her father was > > > forced to resign when Beth's accusations made headlines. An ensuing > > > medical investigation showed that Beth had never been pregnant and - at > 22 > > > - was still a virgin. > > > > > > Even more absurd is the following story taken from psychology student > Evan > > > Harrington's report of a conference held in Dallas, Texas, on March > 23-26, > > > 1996 by a group calling itself the 'Society for the Investigation, > > > Treatment and Prevention of Ritual and Cult Abuse' (SITPRCA). The > > > conference was titled 'Cult and Ritual Abuse, Mind Control, and > > > Dissociation: A Multidisciplinary Dialogue'. "Mark Phillips and Cathy > > > O'Brian were among the speakers, many of whom leaned towards the extreme > > > right. O'Brian claimed to have survived years of torture and abuse at > the > > > hands of her CIA handlers in Operation Monarch. O'Brian maintained she > had > > > been tortured in unimaginable ways since the time she was a child, and > > > that her cult handlers successfully created dissociative identity > disorder > > > in her, which was cured by Phillips, who also managed to hide her from > the > > > CIA. She was so savagely tortured, she said, that her back was a > complete > > > mass of scar tissue. Philips added that he had once tried to count the > > > scars but lost count somewhere in the hundreds. We never saw the scars, > > > photos of the scars, or doctors' reports about te scars. O'Brian stated > > > that she was forced to have sex with a plethora of political figures > > > including George Bush, Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, and Gerald Ford > (whom > > > she said she knew as 'the neighborhood porn king'). She also said she > was > > > abused by Hillary Clinton (but not by Bill). Politicians were not the > only > > > ones involved - O'Brian stated that a number of baseball figures were in > > > this satanic/CIA mind-control plot. She told me personally that > virtually > > > the entire country music industry is set up by the New World Order to > make > > > money." > > > > > > Collective madness > > > > > > "A shared lie is an incomparably more effective bond for a group than > the > > > truth" (Slavoj Zizek, The Plague of Fantasies). > > > > > > The link between child abuse and MPD, or multiple personality disorder, > is > > > fairly recent. Cases that appeared before 1920 were seldom linked to > child > > > abuse. In 1980 a book came out called Michelle Remembers which tells how > a > > > woman had been the victim of ritual satanic abuse as a child and had > > > repressed the memory until it resurfaced during a psychiatric session. > > > Michelle's story became propaganda material for the Evangelic Christian > > > Movement that came to prominence during the early 1980s. The movement > gave > > > new life to the enduring myth of satanism: the idea that there exists an > > > almighty secret international satanic conspiracy that commits horrible > > > crimes. The crimes include kidnapping, torture, sexual abuse of both > > > children and adults, mass murder, forced pregnancies and cannibalism. > > > > > > The Movement's efforts led to a swift rise in the number of > Michelle-like > > > stories MPD patients began conjuring up all over the country. In the > > > mid-eighties 25% of all known MPD patients were remembering some kind of > > > ritual satanic abuse. In 1992 this percentage had increased in certain > > > therapy groups up to 80%. 70% of all American psychotherapists are > rarely > > > confronted with this type of patient. A small number, however, have many > > > and sometimes only MPD patients. This led Nicholas Spanos to suggest > that > > > these therapists play an active role in the creation of 'memories' of > > > ritual abuse. Many of the MPD patients thus end up in a social network > in > > > which they are constantly told about satanic abuse by other patients, > > > therapists, newsletters and workshops. > > > > > > The Church of the Living Water > > > > > > "For Lacan the status of the subject as such is hysterical" (Slavoj > Zizek, > > > The Plague of Fantasies). > > > > > > The Church of the Living Water is a fundamentalist christian movement in > > > Olympia, Washington, the northwestern part of the United States. The > > > Church is a branch of the International Church of the Fourfold Gospel > > > originated in 1927 by Aimee Semple McPherson. The Church of Living Water > > > teaches that we should take the gospel literally and that the devil > exists > > > in the most literal, physical sense. He is able to control the weak > person > > > and will do so - thanks to his devilish powers of deception - without > that > > > person noticing. Only prayer and the word of God as found in the bible > can > > > protect the soul against the eternal spiritual battle between right and > > > wrong. > > > > > > Paul Ingram and his family became members of The Church of Living Water > in > > > 1975. Ingram had been president of the Republican Party en later became > > > chief deputy in Thurston County. In the early eighties two of his > > > daughters, Ericka and Julie, took part in the Church's 'spiritual > > > weekends' anchored to the theme 'Heart to Heart'. In a bible camp near > > > Black Lake young christians talked for two days about identity, > sexuality, > > > and family living. Sometimes the talks led to emotional outpourings and > > > confessions. In 1983 Erricka told the group that she had been the victim > > > of an attempted rape. The sheriff was called in but quickly dropped the > > > case: Ericka had been picked up by a married man while hitchhiking. He > had > > > put his hand on her knee. End of story. Two years later her sister Julie > > > came forward with the story that she had been sexually abused by one of > > > the neighbors. Ericka confirmed her sister's testimony but gave > > > contradictory information and the case was dropped. > > > > > > In 1988 the camp was led by charismatic Karla Franko. She told the group > > > she had had a vision in which one of the girls was sexually abused by a > > > member of her family. After Karla's story one of the girls ran away and > > > tried to drown herself in the girls' restroom. At the end of the weekend > > > then twenty-two-year-old Ericka Ingram confessed to Franko she had also > > > been sexually abused. Franko advised her to pray and seek psychiatric > > > help. > > > > > > When the two girls got back from the weekend they refused to talk to > their > > > parents. A couple of months later they both moved out. One Sunday in > > > November Ericka asked her mother to meet her after church at a nearby > > > Denny's. There she confessed that she had been systematically abused by > > > her father and brothers until 1975. The mother confronted her husband > who > > > denied all knowledge of said business. As far as he knew he had no 'dark > > > side'. The next day the other daughter, Julie, confessed she had been > > > abused by her father and her older brothers up to 1983. That same day, > > > November 21, 1988, both girls changed their stories: the abuse had been > > > going on for much longer than they had told. Until three years ago > > > according to Julie. Until the day they moved out according to Ericka. On > > > November 28, 1988 Paul Ingram was confronted with his daughters' > > > testimonies at the sheriff's office by his colleagues sheriff Gary > Edwards > > > and deputy Neil McLachlan. They read him his rights. "I hope you'll > > > co=F6perate, otherwise the girls will have to testify in court", told > the > > > sheriff. "I did not abuse my daughters", replied Ingram. "I don't > believe > > > I have a 'dark side'", he added. > > > > > > Ingram was questioned by two vice detectives, Joe Vukich and Brian > > > Schoenig. They asked him why his daughters would accuse him if he had > done > > > nothing wrong. Ingram was unable to answer the question. He simply > didn't > > > understand. The detectives proceeded to check the details in the girls' > > > story. They accused Ingram of having raped his daughter Ericka two > months > > > before. Ingram did not recall such incident, not then and not ever > before. > > > The detectives claimed he had repressed any recollection of the event. > > > Both Ingram, being the good father, and the detectives agreed that the > > > daughters were responsible girls who would never lie about something > like > > > that. Maybe he had repressed his crimes, maybe Satan really did hold him > > > in his power, Ingram started to think. The only possible explanation for > > > this whole sequence of events was that he had indeed abused his > daughters > > > and then cast the crime from his mind. > > > > > > After four hours of questioning Ingram agreed to make a statement. At > 2.46 > > > PM the tape recorder was turned on. "...Can you tell me how you remember > > > having touched them? the detective asked. -It's very difficult for me to > > > admit it, Ingram hesitated, but I truly believe that what I am being > > > accused of really took place. I believe that I raped and abused them, > > > probably over a long period of time. I have, probably successfully, > > > repressed the memory of my crimes and am trying to remember. I know, > based > > > on what they have told, that these things really happened, that I > actually > > > did do those horrible things...My daughters would never lie about > > > something so serious. ... -How old do you think Ericka was when these > > > things began to happen? -I can't remember, but I know from previous > > > conversations that she must have been about five years old. -What do you > > > remember? -I don't remember anything." Ingram confirmed all accusations > > > against him. When they asked him how he had abused Ericka just before > she > > > left home, he told about the incident as though he was describing a film > > > he had seen. -Alright, you have told us everything in the conditional. > Now > > > I'm asking you directly: how did it happen? -I cannot visualize > accurately > > > what happened. I know deep inside that it must have happened that way, > but > > > I can't really confirm that that's the way it really happened because I > > > cannot see it. ... -You don't remember that you went into Ericka's > room? > > > You don't remember touching her? -That's right. -If she says that's the > > > way it happened, how does that strike you? -It means that it did happen > > > that way. My children don't lie. They tell the truth and that's what I > try > > > to do." Ingram refused the services of the county's best lawyer. "I told > > > myself that he was more interested in keeping me out of jail than in > > > uncovering the truth". He picked a christian fundamentalist lawyer > > > instead. On November 29 the police received a new letter from daughter > > > Julie in which her father's poker buddies and several law officials were > > > accused of having sexually abused her when she was a child. Ingram was > > > questioned again. Again he couldn't recall the incident. A psychologist > by > > > the name of Peterson advised him to choose once and for all between good > > > and evil. -"If you ever had to choose between God and the devil, this > is > > > the time. -That is true. Oh Lord Jesus help me. ... -You're not going to > > > get out of this Paul, unless you decide to look the truth straight in > the > > > face, unless you're able to make a decision. -I know. I know. -You can > > > cry. Then you can tell us everything. Bring us back to the poker game. > > > Paul, you have all the answers. Don't crash now. -Oh God. -Choose life > > > instead of hell and internal damnation. -God, my God, help me. -It's a > > > clear choice you have to make between continuing to live the hell you > have > > > lived and experiencing the cleansing absolution of truth. You have to > make > > > that decision. Nobody can make it for you. It's your decision. ... -Tell > > > us what happened to Julie. What went on during that game of poker, > Paul?" > > > Under all this pressure Paul Ingram started to make up stories. -"I see > > > Julie lying on the floor. She is covered by a sheet. Her hands are tied > to > > > her feet. She is lying on her stomach..." At the end of his statement he > > > says: -"It's all pointless. It's like I'm looking at a movie. A horror > > > movie. I can't see clearly. I'm not sure what I see. I don't > understand." > > > Paul's testimony led to the arrest of his colleagues Jim Rabie and Ray > > > Risch. They couldn't recall any abuse either. On December 30, 1988 > > > daughter Ericka sent the police and the D.A. a signed statement that > went > > > as follows: "From ages 5 to 12 I remember my father dragging me out of > bed > > > in the middle of the night and taking me outside". A group of men and > > > women including her mother, Jim Rabie, Ray Rish and a priestess were > > > waiting for her in the barn. All present had to kill a six month-old > > > infant and bury it in a ditch. Sister Julie remembered similar satanic > > > rituals albeit in lesser detail... Ericka's stories got more and more > > > bizarre. Her father had forced her to have sex with goats and dogs. Jim > > > Rabie had raped her about a hundred times. Satanic orgies took place, > the > > > sacrifice of newborn babies, disgusting abortions. She claimed to have > > > witnessed the sacrifice of 25 babies whose horribly mutilated bodies had > > > been buried in the woods behind the Ingram house. The cult members had > > > aborted her with a clothes hanger, had rubbed the remains of the foetus > > > over her naked body and had eaten its head. Paul Ingram continued > > > admitting everything. "The first ritual abuse investigation in the > > > nation's history that has been confirmed by an adult offender involved > > > directly with the offenses", the prosecutor cheered. Despite an > elaborate > > > search no remains of murdered babies were found. No scars were found on > > > the two sisters, who still insisted that they had been tortured during > > > group rape sessions and black masses. Better still: sociologist Richard > > > Ofshe had Paul Ingram confess to an incident he had completely made up > > > (after having checked that the others had not already tried the same > > > tactic). At Ofshe's suggestion Ingram confessed that he had forced his > > > eldest son to have sex with Ericka while he watched. After a couple of > > > days Ingram confirmed his confession to this made-up crime by a written > > > statement. The declaration was written in the same distant style as > > > before. As if Ingram were writing a screenplay. -"In Ericka's room. Two > > > bunkbeds. Ericka and Julie share the room. I ask, I tell Paul Jr. to > come > > > up with Ericka and me... I tell them to take of their clothes. Ericka > > > says: "But daddy...'; I tell her to get undressed and stop arguing..." > > > Because there was no material evidence of satanism the D.A. was forced > to > > > drop all charges of ritual sexual abuse. All charges against Jim Rabie > and > > > Ray Risch were consequently dropped. They had both spent one hundred and > > > eighty-five days in jail. On Thursday February 1, 1990 at two o'clock in > > > the afternoon honorable Robert H. Peterson, Judge of the Supreme Court > of > > > the state of Washington, ruled in case 88-1-752-1: The People against > Paul > > > Ross Ingram that: "During the trial no conclusive reason was given as to > > > why the two women would have falsely accused their father. It is very, > > > very unlikely that the accused could have been convinced to confess had > he > > > not actually committed the crimes with which he was charged. At no point > > > did the daughters attempt to withdraw their accusations against their > > > father. Hence the earlier verdict of guilty on six counts of third and > > > fourth degree rape will be maintained." Paul Ross Ingram was sentenced > to > > > twenty years' incarceration. The 494 days he already spent in jail would > > > be deducted from his sentence. A final appeal and a petition for > clemency > > > were rejected. Today Paul Ingram is still in jail. > > > > > > "The healing of the planet is part of your healing. Unless you make it a > > > priority, there is no hope for the planet... How many pedophiles do you > > > know that are concerned about toxic waste? ... You and you alone have > the > > > vision, the courage and the necessary compassion to contribute to the > > > quality and evolution of life". (Ellen Bass & Laura Davis, The Courage > to > > > Heal) > > > > > > Sources > > > > > > Evan Harrington, 'Conspiracy Theories and Paranoia: Notes from a > > > Mind-Control Conference'. CSIOP, Skeptical Inquirer, September 1996 > > > (http://www.csiop.org/si/9609/conspiracy.html). > > > Saul M. Kassin & Katherine L. KIechel, 'The Social Psychology Sciene, > Vol. > > > 7, No. 3, p. 125-128, May 1996. > > > Elizabeth Loftus & Katherine Ketcham, The Myth of Repressed Memory. St. > > > Martin's Press, 1994.=20 > > > Elizabeth Loftus, 'Remembering Dangerously'. In: Skeptical Inquirer, > Vol. > > > 19, No. 2, p. 20n., March 1995. > > > Elizabeth Loftus, 'Creating False Memories.' In: Scientific American, > Vol. > > > 277, No. 3. p. 70-75, September 1997. > > > Jill Neimark, 'The diva of disclosure, memory researcher Elizabeth > > > Loftus.' In: Psychology Today, Vol. 29, No. 1, p. 48n, January 1996. > > > Nicholas Spanos, Cheryl A. Burgess & Melissa Faith Burgess, 'The Social > > > Reconstruction of Memories.' 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