Crime & Justice

The Satanic Child Sex Abuse Case That May Have Inspired ‘True Detective’

Monsters

The Hosanna Church was the heart of a child sex abuse scandal shrouded in reports of devil worship and rituals with cat blood. Is this the case behind 'True Detective'?

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