As “Satanic panic” over the feared rise of Satanic cult worship captivated the United States, the gruesome murders of three young women in the Fall River area, Doreen Levesque, Barbara Ann Raposa and Karen Marsden brought the issue to the city’s front door. Three people, alleged cult leader Carl Drew and two others, Robin Murphy and Andrew Maltias, were ultimately charged with murder and convicted for the killings.
While the murders are now four decades in the past, the documentary promises to unveil new facts and raise unanswered questions.
“Twenty years after the trial, the lead investigator became so haunted by inconsistencies in the stories that he re-investigated his own case after he retired. Evidence surfaced bringing the entire story into question,” the description for the show reads in part.