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This has to be the most bizarre topic on the album. I somehow had never heard of this case and somebody asked me on Facebook if I was going to do a song about it. I said What? Huh? I asked my mom, who lived here when it happened and who subscribed to The Olympian where it was front page news, if she had ever heard of it – she said nope. So there’s yer facts and if you want to learn more, the Remembering Satan book is pretty good.
I asked Nick to sing it and he did an impressive job. Virginia is great on this as well. My old radio sidekick pal Rockin’ Stevie T. came over and spanked some soulful guitar licks straight on down.
Burns, Carol. Crimes of Imagination (1996) Retrieved from: https://vimeo.
com/454840100
Wright, Lawrence. (1994) Remembering Satan. New York: Knopf, 1994

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In 1988, Thurston County Deputy Sheriff Paul Ingram was charged
and convicted on six counts of third-degree child rape, supposedly
committed during Satanic rituals. He pled guilty and served his full twenty-year sentence, despite, or perhaps because of, his attempt to change his plea to “not guilty” before sentencing.
Thirty years later, many experts question whether any crime actually
took place or if this case, based on recovered memories, was simply a
case of implanted hysteria.

Paul and his family were fundamentalist Christians
His twenty-two-year-old daughter first spoke of her dad’s abuse while at Bible camp
Six weeks later, her nineteen-year-old sister said Paul and other sheriff’s deputies had been abusing her since she was young
The sheriff called Paul into his office and told him of the charges
Paul said his daughters would not lie, so he confessed
Even though he could not remember any abuse. He said, (quote)
“There must be a dark side of me that I don’t know about"

He confessed he did it
Though he could not recall he did it
He confessed he did it, yes,
He confessed to it all

The investigators asked Paul if he’d ever had to choose between
the Devil and God
Then pictures of crimes they spoke of started appearing in Paul’s head
Now anything they asked about he would see
Like a satanic cult raping and killing animals and babies and burying them in his yard
And he confessed

They said: Satan made him do it, and now he recalled he did it
Satan made him do it, he confessed
Satan made him do it
He told the cops he did it
Satan made him do it, he confessed

A cult expert was brought in for the prosecution but switched to the defense
Because he thought the daughters were lying and Paul’s confession
had been coerced
Paul went to trial and tried to change to not guilty - the judge said too late
He thought that Paul could not be rehabilitated and sentenced him to twenty years

In 1988 Americans were freaked out about satanic pedophile covens that they believed were everywhere
Here in Thurston County, police dug up Paul’s yard to look for bodies, but they never found one, no, not even one

Satan made him do it
Satan made him do it, he confessed
He said Satan made him do it,
but he probably didn’t do it
But the judge ruled that he did it
because he confessed
He’s Washington’s one and only
convicted satanist sex criminal
He served his twenty years with no
parole and now he’s free
Satan made him do it,
Satan made him do it,
he confessed

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from Olympia - A True Story, released October 14, 2022
The True Olympians + Steve Trettevik - Lead Guitar, Nick - Lead Vocal, Virginia - introduction

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Tom Dyer and The True Olympians Olympia, Washington

The True Olympians were formed shortly after Tom Dyer moved back to his hometown Olympia in 2006. Their focus is primarily recording, though they do play yer occasional live show. Current members: Tom - vox, guitar etc,, Gene Tveden- bass, b-vox, Joe Cason - keys, b-vox, Lisa Ceazan- vocals, and Jeff Parkhurst - drums, b-vox. Jeff is the band's 4th drummer. ... more

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