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Ep 34: In the 1980s a prominent 76-year-old owner of a family-run preschool was named as the head of a child molestation ring. The accusations eventually extending to her children and even her grandchildren. But was this preschool a front covering the most egregious child abuse scandal in American history or was this woman and her family members the victim of a modern day witch hunt?
Sources Cited for this episode:
The Daily Best; The NY Times; The McMartin Family Trials on Oxygen
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Keywords: McMartin Preschool Trial, Ira Reiner, Manhattan Beach CA, Sexual Abuse, Child Neglect, Ray Buckey, Satanic Panic