1957 "Three Faces of Eve", Thigpen & Cleckley (Popularized the notion of multiple personality disorder.)
1957 "Three Faces of Eve", movie
Late 1960s and Early 1970s Rumors about dangerous religious cults, including teenage "Devil worshippers" and Charles Manson's "Devil" cult.
1970s Rumors about cattle mutilations and Satanic cult ritual animal sacrifices in the West and Midwest.
1973 "Sybil" The book by Flora Rheta Schreiber about Cornelia Wilbur, psychiatrist, and her patient, Sybil. (This book introduced the notion of child abuse as a cause for multiple personality disorder.)
1977 "Sybil", movie
1977 Trial of Billy Milligan in Ohio. Milligan was the first person in U.S. History to be found not guilty of major crimes by reason of insanity because he possessed multiple personalities. A movie based on this case, "The Crowded Room" is to be produced for New Regency Productions and Warner Brothers.)
1980 Rumors accusing Procter & Gamble Company of promoting Satanism, claiming that the company logo is a Satanic symbol.
Early 1980s Missing children kidnapping scare.
1980 "Michele Remembers" by Smith and Panzer (First satanic cult "survivor" story.)
1980 DSM-III - recognized MPD
1982-84 Satanic cult rumor-panics begin.
1983 - McMartin day care case entered the news (media sensationalism). For the rest of the decade, similar day care cases involving claims of satanic ritual abuse appeared regularly in the news from around the country (i.e. Country Walk, Little Rascals, Kelly Michaels, Amiraults)
1984 Founding of the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation. (SSMPD) (Many of the beliefs of the recovered memory movement spread through the seminars and writings of members of this organization.)
1985 (May 16) 20/20 segment "The Devil Worshippers" - (This was the first television show to bring claims about criminal Satanic cults to a national audience according to Jeff Victor in "Satanic Panic." Victor wrote "The historical importance of this television program is that it lent credibility to what had previously been merely local rumors. .."
1986 Oprah program (Sept 30) "Satanic Worship"
1988 "Courage to Heal" by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis. (This book has been called the "Bible" of the recovered memory movement)
1988 "Satan's Underground" by Lauren Statford
1988 Geraldo program "Devil Worship"
1988 Geraldo program (Oct 24) "Satanic Breeders: Babies for Sacrifice"
1989 Sally Jesse Raphael program (Feb 28) "Baby Breeders"
1989 Geraldo program (March 1) "Satan's Black Market: Sex Slaves, Porno and Drugs"
1989 Oprah program (May 1) "Headlines That Shocked the Nation: Mexican Satanic Cult Murders" (This was about the drug murders in Matamoros, Mexico.)
1990-91 "Ritual child abuse" scare and arrests in England
1991 Sally Jesse Raphael program (July 24) "Devil Babies"
1991 Geraldo program (Sept 10) "Investigating Multiple Personalities: Did the Devil Make Them Do It"
1992 Satanic "ritual abuse" scare in San Diego.
1993 HBO "Search for Deadly Memories" (Based on an idea by and narrated by Gloria Steinem, this documentary shows techniques used in effort to find memories that are unknown to the patient. The program features many doctors, experts, who provide creditility for the notions.)
1994 TV movie March 25, "Ultimate Betrayal" (This movie is about a daughter in the Rogers family who sues her father for childhood abuse based upon her recovered memories.)
1997 Leeza program (November" "Loving Someone Who has Multiple Personalities" and (December) "Raylynne." (These two programs are both about Raylynn, a woman who claimed to have multiple personalities and who in February 1998 died shortly after the airing. Raylynne's doctor, an expert, appeared on the program and validated her condition.)
1998 Prime Time Live (March 4) (A segment of this program featured a woman who claimed to have MPD and her doctor, the expert, who validated it.)