In Pursuit of Satan: The Police and the Occult

by Robert D. Hicks

Surveys the preoccupation of law-enforcement agencies with Satanism and the occult, arguing against the existence of a Satanic conspiracy

Genres: True Crime, Nonfiction, Crime, Religion, History, Psychology

420 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1991

About the author

Robert D. Hicks is Director of the Mütter Museum and Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, where he holds the William Maul Measey Chair for the History of Medicine. He is the author of Voyage to Jamestown: Practical Navigation in the Age of Discovery.

Reviews

[Will · Rating 5 out of 5]

I preferred the original subtitle, "How the Devil Got Much More Than His Due". After all, it is not just about demonizing (intentional) "ThePolice" as the sole villain.

[Alicia Marsland · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interest, but not what I was looking for.

[David R · Rating 3 out of 5]

slightly dated.