I decided to pick one to fact check myself at random.  Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.  Searched for this person, found near the top of DDG: http://www.religioustolerance.org/ra_ingra.htm  The "Paul Ingram" ritual abuse case, Olympia, WA. "This inmate is innocent. There has never been any credible evidence that he led a satanic cult that murdered 25 babies. There has never been any credible evidence that he abused his children. Paul Ingram is simply the victim of Washington State's most successful witch-hunt." Tom Grant  When I saw that, I was like.. woah! It continued...  The 1988 charges against Ingram caused an absolute sensation among people who follow ritual abuse cases. This was the first known instance of a person actually pleading guilty to Satanic Ritual Abuse. Ingram was a sheriff's deputy in Olympia, WA, and local official in the Republican party.  So this is a liberal website that appears to be off the beaten path. What's interesting is that they're portraying him not as someone who was blackmailed or part of a satanic cult. They're portraying him as someone who is very susceptible to suggestions / hypnosis. It somehow reminds me of things I've heard about MKUltra / Monarch.  The prosecutors hired Dr. Richard Ofshe to help them with the case. Dr. Ofshe is a world-class memory researcher, and a specialist in the tactics of coercion. He has studied Chinese Communist brainwashing techniques and recruitment methods of political groups and religious sects. He began to suspect that Ingram was delusional. Ofshe designed a test: he confirmed with Ingram's son and two daughters that at no time had their father forced them to have sex with each other. He asked their father whether he had done such an act. He also denied it. Dr. Ofshe then asked him to go back to his cell and think about it. Ingram did this. He entered a trance-like state, generated a detailed scenario about how he might have forced his children to have sex with each other, composed a multi-page confession, and signed it. This convinced Dr. Ofshe that Ingram was delusional.  Regardless of who's right (blackmailed vs mind controlled) it's really really bad to have someone like this in a position of power/authority.