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D&D’s TRIUMPHANT RETURN

Eventually the Satanic Panic faded away. The FBI concluded that there is no hidden network of Satanic cults. Innocent people who were falsely accused of being Satanists were released. In one such case, a couple was finally declared innocent after 21 years in prison. They were paid more than three million dollars to help make up for the unfairness of their treatment.

Fears about D&D also faded. Pulling passed away in the 1990s. Parents worried instead about violent video games.

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