by Richard Beck
Edenton, North Carolina, 243, 246
El Paso, Texas, xiv, xxi, 115, 156–157, 208
Enlightenment era, 220
Equal Rights Amendment, 233
Erickson, Alvin, 75
evangelicals, xxiv, 23, 130–132, 133, 161, 172, 182, 184–185, 187, 236
exoneration appeals, 248
eyewitnesses, 68, 150
False Memory Syndrome Foundation (FMSF), 237–238, 256
Faludi, Susan, 233
family issues, 160, 161, 162, 169–193, 224, 228, 233
and abuse of power, 260
authority in families, 264
damage done to families, 238
effects of negative family environment, 258
family as model for civic life, 181
family values, 138
mixed families and sex rings, 267
transformation of family life, 266
See also child sexual abuse: and family members/close friends; nuclear families; patriarchy
Family Research Council, 259
fantasies, 16, 79–80, 86–87, 133, 190, 191, 206, 222, 268
“No one fantasizes abuse,” 219
Father-Daughter Incest (Herman), 226
father figures, 181
FBI, 40, 90, 94, 97–98, 121, 123, 153, 189, 247
Behavioral Science Unit (BSU), 118, 119, 120
National Academy, 118
report on ritual abuse, 241
Female Eunuch, The (Greer), 14
Feminine Mystique, The (Friedan), 13
feminism, xxiv, 7–8, 13, 14, 15, 50, 79, 119, 120, 127, 130, 172, 226, 234, 236, 259
antifeminism, 131–132, 233, 264
antipornography movement in, 132–133, 134, 138–139, 159, 161
and hysteria, 267
and incest survivors movement, 256
and nuclear families, 160
second wave of, 265
slogan “The personal is political,” 260
Ferguson, Marvin, 69
Field, Sally, 22
films, 244
Firestone, Shulamith, 14
First Amendment, xv
Fitts, Glenn, 66
Florida, 6–7, 142
Dade County, 132 (see also Miami)
Focus on the Family, 130, 131, 136
fondling of genitals, xv, 35, 57, 142, 179, 228, 258
Fonolleras, Lou, xvi
foster parents, 1–2, 77, 88
Franco, Karla, 184, 185
freedoms, 233, 234, 236, 265–266, 267
Freeman, George, 150, 163–164
Freud, Sigmund, 12, 22, 123, 130, 216, 219, 224, 265
anti-Freudianism, 14–15
and Charcot, 221–222
as covering up childhood sexual abuse, 16, 125, 127–128, 157
Oedipus complex theory, 12, 16, 50, 220, 222
on repression, 225
seduction theory of, 15–16, 127, 133, 152, 219–220, 222, 223, 228–229
See also psychoanalysis
Freyd, Pamela, 237, 238
Friedan, Betty, 13–14
Friedman, Arnold, 173–181
children of, 173, 177–179, 180, 181
guilty plea of, 176, 177, 181
son David’s videotapes of family, 175–177
wife Elaine, 173, 176–177, 180–181
Friedman, Gary, 80
Friedman, Jesse, 247
Fugue states, 19, 28
Fuster, Frank and Iliana, xiii–xiv, xviii, 116, 139–145, 243
son Noel tested for gonorrhea, 141–142, 250
Gainey, Nicole, 263–264
Galasso, Fran, 174
Gallant, Sandi, 120–121, 122
Gallardo, Marina, 157, 159
Gassner, Father Johann Joseph, 220
Gentleman, Dorothy, 160–161
Georgalis, Ron, 174
Germundson, Marlene, 84
Gerry, Elbridge T., 2
Gil, David, 9–10, 11
Gindes, Andrew, 79, 80
Gits, Dean, 100–101, 153–154, 197, 198, 202, 204
Glassen, Paul, 245
Goldstein, Arnold, 210
gonorrhea, 141–142, 250
grand juries, 61, 62, 83, 117, 208
Gray, Earl, 87
Great Neck (Long Island), 177
Great Society, 6, 8
Green River Killings, 189
Greer, Germaine, 14
guilt feelings, 28, 96, 100, 160, 165, 172, 192, 231, 232, 236, 242
Gunderson, Ted, 210, 211
Gunson, Roger, 203
Haber, Mary Sue, 144
Haddad, Jill, 67, 69, 70–71
Hahn, James Kenneth, 107
Hammond, Cory, 228
Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex (Levine), 261–262
Harper’s, 163, 244
hearsay evidence, 208
Heart to Heart retreat for girls, 183–184, 185
heavy metal, xxii
hedonism, 233
Heger, Astrid, 59, 72, 123, 139, 155, 203, 204, 212
helicopter parenting, 263
Herman, Judith, 226
Hermosa Beach, California, 63, 95, 111, 150, 167, 213
Hide-and-seek game, 85–86
Hoag, Jane, 33, 41, 42, 46
Hollingsworth, Jan, 152
home movies, 110. See also videotapes
homosexuality, xxiv, 21, 58, 131, 132, 133, 163, 247, 255, 265, 267
as emotional disorder, 258
gay men as child abusers, 115, 200–201
Honduras, 139, 243
horsey game, 36–37
House of Representatives, 259
Humphrey, Hubert, III, 90
hymens, 58, 59, 202–203, 248
hypnosis, 126, 187, 193, 219, 220, 230
as treatment for hysteria, 220–221, 222, 228–229
hysteria, 15, 18, 28, 105, 111, 117, 127, 220–221, 222, 264, 267–268
as feminine malady, 267
immigrants, 2
incest, 39, 49–50, 119, 124, 127, 160, 190, 191, 192, 218, 222, 233, 234, 258
father-daughter incest, 232, 235, 236, 237, 246
incest survivors movement, 256
Incest Survivors Anonymous (ISA), 231–232
Independent newspaper, 65, 76
Indictment (film), 244
inequalities, 7, 9, 14, 133
I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (Bass), 216
informants, 151, 152, 163, 164
Ingram, Paul, 182–193
daughters of, 183–186, 187, 188, 190, 192
father of, 193
wife and sons of, 182, 183, 185, 189, 190
inner child, 217
International Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, 256
International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation (ISSMP&D), 127, 129, 224
interviews with children, xi, xvii–xix, 40–46, 47–49, 54–57, 115, 123, 141, 142, 145, 157, 161, 165, 206, 251, 267
and child suggestibility, 171, 248
by Geraldo Rivera, 171
interviewer bias, 248
number of, 56, 93, 153, 154
as traumatic, 40 (see also Trauma: therapy as traumatic)
use of dolls/puppets during, 40, 41, 42–44, 48, 54, 252, 253
videotaping, 40
ISA. See Incest Survivors Anonymous
ISSMP&D. See International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation
Issues in Child Abuse Accusations (journal), 161
Jackson, John A., 101, 102–103, 107–108, 152–153
Jackson, Mary Ann, 61, 109, 165
Jagels, Ed, 66, 67–68, 69, 71, 72–73, 79, 80, 82, 83, 122, 246
Janet, Pierre, 220–221, 229–230
Jarecki, Andrew, 174
Jarriel, Tom, xiv–xv, 104–105
Jeopardy in the Classroom: A Scientific Analysis of Children’s Testimony (Ceci and Bruck), 248
Jerusal
em, xxii
Johnson, Christine, 109
Johnson, Judy and Matthew, 32, 34, 42, 46, 48, 60, 97–98, 111, 112–113, 114, 147, 148, 201, 266
death of Judy Johnson, 114
Judy Johnson diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, 109
and second McMartin trial, 213
Johnson, Lyndon, 6, 134
Johnson, Toni Cavanagh, 257
Jolly K (pseudonym), 10–11, 12, 49
Jordan, Minnesota, xiii, xvi, 65, 73–77, 91, 123, 133, 251, 267
Valley Green trailer park in, 74, 75
Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Journal of Medical Microbiology, 250
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 3
judges, 67, 68–69, 80, 87, 97, 100, 129, 153, 212, 213
Judgment at Nuremberg (film), 109
jurors, 156, 160, 164–165, 201–202, 203, 206–207, 208–209, 212–213
touring McMartin Preschool, 195–196
See also trials: jury selection
KABC, 56, 57, 61, 105, 150, 166
Kanof, Debra, 157, 158–159, 246
Keller, Fran and Dan, xxi–xxii, 247–248, 251
Kelly, Betsy, 243
Kelly, Don, 35, 38, 61
Kelly, Robert, 246
Kempe, C. Henry, 3–5, 124
Kids Are People Too, 78
Kluft, Richard, 262
Kniffen, Scott and Brenda, 65, 66, 71, 72, 79, 245
Knight, Robert, 262, 263
Koedt, Anne, 14
Korean War, 104
Kuhlmeyer, Harry L., Jr., 36
Lanning, Kenneth, 118–120, 122–123, 131, 136, 189, 241–242
Larry King, 209
Latiner, Forrest, 100–101, 106, 151, 161–162
LaVey, Anton, 23
Leadership Council for Mental Health, Justice, and the Media, 262
Learning Game Preschool, 63
LeFave, Cheryl Amirault, xxi, 243–244, 246
legislation, xv, 6, 8–9, 98, 117, 133, 157, 232–233, 260
and nuclear families, 265
Resolution 107, 259
Lerch, Irving, 261
Levine, Judith, 261–262
liberation movements, 131
Lieber, Leonard, 10
Life, 6
Little Rascals Day Center, 243, 246
Loftus, Elizabeth, 227, 248–249
Los Angeles Times, 62, 93, 96, 102, 147, 165, 166, 205, 209, 251
McCann, John J., 202
McClanahan, Neil, 183
McCuan, Alvin and Debbie, 65, 66, 70, 71, 72, 245
MacFarlane, Kee, xviii–xix, 38–39, 40, 41, 42–49, 50, 54–57, 72, 94, 125, 139, 157, 165, 212, 267
first interview with McMartin student, 42–44
testifying before Congress, 103–104, 117
McGauley, Jackie, 95
McGovern, George, 181
MacKinnon, Catharine, 133, 136, 159
McMartin, Virginia, 31, 33, 56, 109, 148
death of, 165
diary of, 110
testimony of, 203, 213
McMartin Preschool, xi–xii, xiv, xviii–xix, xxv, 249
allegations concerning, 31–63, 136–137
charges dropped for five defendants, 109, 149, 154
closing of, xi, 32
described, 31, 195
doubts about guilt concerning, 110, 113, 147, 148, 150
excavation of grounds, 210–211
on fire, 62
indictments against five teachers, 61
as national news, 104
number of children attending, 33, 38
police letter to parents concerning, 35–36
preliminary hearing concerning, 93–114, 150, 208
problems in investigation concerning, 37–38
signed over to Danny Davis, 195
torn down, 211
trials concerning, xx, 147–167, 207, 209, 212–213
tunnels underneath, 211–212
McNally, Richard, 226, 227
Madonna-whore complex, 130
Malcolm, Janet, 127
Manhattan Beach, California, xi, 33, 41, 83, 166, 170, 206, 212. See also McMartin Preschool
Manhattan Ranch Preschool, 63
Mann, Abby and Myra, 109–110, 111, 113–114, 147, 203–204, 244
Maplewood, New Jersey, 116, 200
Marmer, Steven, 128
marriage rates, 172, 265
Mason, Shirley, 17–23, 27–29, 125
mother of, 20, 21, 28, 29
Masson, Jeffrey Moussaieff, 16, 127, 128, 133–134, 266
masturbation, 259
Matusinka, Jean, 38, 41
Mayhugh, Kristie, xxi, 247
media, xi, xiv, xv, xxv, 6, 12, 13, 23, 68, 76, 82, 87, 95, 106, 109, 112, 116–117, 133, 138, 151, 179, 180, 238, 264
media bias, 205–206
media skepticism, 244
Meese Commission, 134–138
Mergili, Donna and Tanya, 36
Mesmer, Franz Anton, 220
Miami, xiii, xviii, xix, xxiii, 136, 139, 247
Michaels, Kelly, xxi, 162–163, 200, 244, 250
Michelle Remembers (Pazder and Smith), 24, 25, 26, 39, 52, 81
Millett, Kate, 14
Minneapolis Government Operations Committee, 133
Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, 123
Mondale, Walter, 8–11, 39, 238, 260
Mooney, Colleen, 167
Moral Majority, 130, 131
Morris, Kathleen, 66, 67, 72, 74, 75, 76, 83, 87–89, 90–91, 133
Morse, Jeremy, 47
Mothers of Bakersfield, 67, 78
Mouw, Michael, 248
MPD. See Multiple Personality Disorder
Ms. magazine, 127, 236
Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), 19, 22, 23, 28, 29, 39, 52, 129–131, 132, 136, 137, 144, 215, 223, 224, 230, 233–234, 235, 260, 262, 267
belief in, 128
and childhood sexual abuse, 125, 216
as Dissociative Identity Disorder, 262
frequency of diagnosis of, 126
realization of not having, 236
and repression, 225
and ritual abuse, 129
murders, xxii, 40, 81, 89–90, 98, 119, 129, 136, 151, 167, 189, 230, 236
satanic murder defined, 241–242
Murillo, Velda, 70, 71
Mutter, Charles, 143
Myers, Greg, Jane, and Andy, 77
naked games, 45, 47, 55, 56
naked movie star game, 36–37, 47, 48–49, 55, 155, 252
Nathan, Debbie, ix, 19, 21, 58, 156, 157, 158, 159–160, 161, 162, 231–232, 244
National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), 258
National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN), 9, 39
National Organization for Women (NOW), 8
National Origins Act (1924), 2
National Symposium on Child Molestation (1984), xvi
Nelson, Barbara J., 5
Netherlands, xxii, 262
New Jersey, xiv, xvi, xxi, 116
Newsweek, 6
New York City, 1, 132
New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 2
New York Times, 5, 103, 249
New Zealand, xxii
Niles, Michigan, xiii, 116, 243
Nixon, Richard, 8, 181, 232
Noble, Michelle, 115, 156–157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 208, 246
Nokes family, 81
Norris, Chuck, 104, 154
North Carolina, xv
Norway, xxii
NOW. See National Organization for Women
nuclear families, xxiv, 3, 7–8, 132, 160, 172, 234, 264–265, 266
battered housewife’s dependence on husband in, 260 (see also spousal abuse)
as dying, 267, 268
obscenity, 138. See also pornography
occult organizations/festivals, 120, 121. See also ritual abuse; Satanism
Ofshe, Richard, 189–191
Oildale, California, 77
Olympia, Washington, 182
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 68
opinion polls, 38, 149–150. See also public opinion
Oprah, 209, 212, 239
oral sex, 35, 37, 42, 47, 84–85, 99, 140, 141, 145, 179
orgasms, 14, 261
orgies, 71, 77, 80, 86
Owen, Ruth and Nina, 36–37
Panaro, Peter, 178–179
“Parental Abuse Looms in Childhood Deaths,” 5
Parents Against Child Abuse (PACA), 96–97
Parents Anonymous, 10, 39, 49
Parents United, 39
patient histories, 203
patriarchy, 7, 16, 131, 160, 223, 233, 264–265
Pazder, Dr. Lawrence, 23–27, 105, 223
Pearson (judge), 129
pediatricians, 34, 59, 70, 203
pedophilia, xxiii–xxiv, 24, 78, 120, 143, 163, 180, 209, 259
pedophiles vs. child abusers, 173
Peninsula Montessori School, 62–63
People magazine, 117
Perez, Robert, 244–245, 246
perjuries, 163
Perry, Bruce, 247
Phelps, Rod, 70, 71
Philibosian, Robert, 38, 57, 62, 111, 148
Phipps-Yonas, Susan, 77, 89
photography, 37, 47, 57, 80, 98, 137, 140, 155, 156, 179
photographs of hysterical patients, 221
photo lineups, 153
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 115, 116
Playboy magazine, 75, 134, 136
political candidates, 73
Politics of Child Abuse (Eberle and Eberle), 161
pornography, xi, xii, xiv, xv, xvi, xxiv, 35, 47, 57, 67, 77, 89, 90, 102, 104, 137, 150, 153, 156, 159, 175, 179, 180, 185
exported to Europe, 80
legal issue concerning child pornography, 173–174
rewards for information concerning, 96–97
social effects of, 134–135
to sublimate with, 177
See also feminism: antipornography movement in
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, 228
Pounders, William, 153, 156, 164, 195, 196, 199, 201–202, 203, 205, 209
poverty, 6, 10, 260
preliminary hearings, 99, 208. See also trials: preliminary hearing for McMartin trial
Preschool-Age Molested Children’s Professional Group, 40
preschool closings, 167, 170, 207
Pride, Mary, 162
Proby, Michelle, 24–27
sisters of, 27
professionalism, 5, 122, 123, 127, 139, 183
prosecutors, 62, 65–91, 98, 99, 106, 109, 112, 113, 115, 134, 139, 197, 203, 204, 267
creating an imaginary suspect, 82
critiques of, 148
prosecutorial misconduct/overreach, 83, 152, 208, 246, 249
See also individual prosecutors
prostitution, 104, 150