was stevie. and i hit the ground screaming, god, no. almost immediately, word spread that these murders were the work of the devil. that was the first thing that everybody started saying, that it was a ritualistic killing, satanic killing. i overheard people saying that they d been trying to let the police know there s been groups of teenagers out there practicing satanic rituals and things like that. satanic killing? an idea not so farfetched for the time. this is a community steeped in religion. a church is never far away. and it was a time before the goth look or the notion of a romantic teenage vampire became fashionable. and this was a crime so horrendous it was easy to believe it was committed by a monster. when you re hearing all of this, what s going through your mind? exactly the same thing, that that s what happened. that the devil actually come and
security? why was there no military response? why were assets not time why were aircraft not put e into air. why was there no effort to get assistance on the ground.e was who was responsible for the whoa security at the consulate. there s a lot of questions lefto unanswered. we may have one more chance fore them to be answered during the hearing on victoria newland. the country went around the r country talking about phoney his scandals and you don t have to scratch very far in the white house to find people who say this is just this is it. d this is a partisan effort by republicans to exploit a tragedy. do you agree with that? yeah. th look there s not one shred of evidence that thelo white house knew about this beforehand.knew that they covered up anything. knew about what? knew about this attack. all sorts of allegations up on b
of teenagers out there practicing satanic rituals and things like that. satanic killing? an idea not so farfetched for the time. this is a community steeped in religion. a church is never far away. and it was a time before the goth look or the notion of a romantic teenage vampire became fashionable. and this was a crime so horrendous it was easy to believe it was committed by a monster. when you re hearing all of this, what s going through your mind? exactly the same thing, that that s what happened. that the devil actually come and got my baby. everybody was a suspect. i would have thought you did it back then. i mean, anybody i looked at i was mad at. i went into a world of my own, and i hated people. damien echols tells me he was also in his own world. the three 8-year-old boys just beginning, he says, to hear about the three young boys
the time. this is a community steeped in religion. a church is never far away. and it was a time before the goth look or the notion of a romantic teenage vampire became fashionable. and this was a crime so horrendous it was easy to believe it was committed by a monster. when you re hearing all of this, what s going through your mind? exactly the same thing, that that s what happened. that the devil actually come and got my baby. everybody was a suspect. i would have thought you did it back then. i mean, anybody i looked at i was mad at. i went into a world of my own, and i hated people. damien echols tells me he was also in his own world. the three 8-year-old boys just beginning, he says, to hear about the three young boys found in west memphis. tonight investigators found the children beaten to death. do you remember the first time you heard about this murder? getting up that morning. i mean, it was everywhere. you couldn t not hear it.
the boys were nude and bound with their own shoelaces. i run up there and one look at my ex-husband and i knew it was stevie and i hit the ground screaming, god, no. almost immediately, word spread that these murders were the work of the devil. that was the first thing everybody started saying, that it was a ritualistic killing, satanic killing. i overheard people saying they d been trying to let the police know there s been groups of teenagers out there practicing satanic rituals and things like that. satanic killing? an idea not so farfetched for the time. this is a community steeped in religion, a church is never far away. and it was a time before the goth look or the notion of a romantic teenage vampire became fashionable. and this was a crime so