Painted Black: The Chilling True Story of the Wave of Violence Sweeping Through Our Hometowns

by Carl A. Raschke

America's leading authority on subcultures of darkness reveals the alarming epidemic of violence that is sweeping the country. Fully documented, this landmark book clearly presents the chilling facts and cases behind an invisible wave of evil that holds our children by their minds and parents by their hearts. Photographs.

Genres: Conspiracy Theories, Nonfiction

480 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published October 1, 1990

Reviews

[Scott · Rating 1 out of 5]

Stupid and offensive pseudo-scholarship. According to the author, satanism is responsible from everything from Nazis to modern art.

[Ethan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Scatter-shot, specious argument linking Mexican drug violence, heavy metal and child abuse with Satanism. Lurid, incoherent, and frequently entertaining.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sort of the flipside of Adam Parfrey's "Apocalypse Culture" (which is even mentioned in this book), "Painted Black" is a sometimes hysterical rant about the coming Apocalypse. It runs the gamut from sensible concerns to ridiculous bugaboos, with never a dull moment to be found. Satanic Rock, Dope, Dungeons & Dragons, all the usual suspects make an appearance.

[Carol · Rating 1 out of 5]

this sucked ass.

[Rudolfo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spooky real-life escapades of the Satanists, quasi-Satanists, cutting limbs off the living, kidnappings on lone highways, power-tripping rituals. This book will scare the hell out of you. You may not want to travel down deserted southern highways.

[Jason Lytle]

Absolute garbage, if ever there was an argument for book burning this would be a prime candidate. It's only redeeming quality is that it stands as a testament of christian hysteria.

[Jack · Rating 1 out of 5]

"What he discovers, piece by piece, is an alarming epidemic of violence that is sweeping the country. Fully documented, this landmark book clearly presents the chilling facts and cases behind an invisible wave of evil that holds our children by their minds and parents by their hearts."

As a 1980s teenager in suburbia, I'll agree, that wave of evil was invisible. Unless boredom is evil. The couple of Twisted Sister albums I had probably did have a "hold on my mind" but I eventually sold them so I could buy some weed. I should be okay now.

[Jeremy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Key text. Raschke's work here, as a quick glance at Wikipedia will show, was center of much controversy. See: Satanic Panic.

[HillbillyMystic · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was nice for me to read a book on this topic from a well researched PhD and not a fanatical Christian. Not that there is anything wrong with Christians, but fanatics of all sorts tend to rub me the wrong way and sometimes the religious have trouble spelling and their drab writing styles leave me vividly bored. His research was solid on Colonel Aquino and his government sponsored mind control “experiments” coupled with his Temple of Set. The Luciferian narcotraficantes have only grown worse since this book went to press and the entire music culture is blatantly, ritualistically Satanic these days. I won’t watch a halftime show or Oscar performance anymore just because I don’t want to be half-initiated into the illuminati. Ya heard me?

[SouthWestZippy · Rating 1 out of 5]

B.S.