![]() ![]() But when you finally go to trial, almost a whole year from now, you’ll learn better, and feel trapped. There are just the stories people tell each other, who knows why. How, in this age, are grown-ups still afraid of a witch? Spells, curses, bloody sacrifices: none of them really believe in any of that, do they? It’s just for fun, that stuff. She was convicted and sent to the gas chamber by a jury composed of people in the grip of the Satanic Panic that was sweeping over 1980s America.Īs a college undergraduate, Gage was understandably infuriated on Diana’s behalf, writing: The prosecution instead wove a legend from the presence of various occult items in her home, painting her as a supernatural temptress whose murderous ways were finally ended when she was found with the dismembered remains of Gene Cupp and Jesse Jenkins. Her inexplicable decision to get rid of the bodies instead of calling the cops led to the state refusing to countenance her claim of self-defense. Gage had been three years old when high school teacher Diana Crane killed two students who had broken into her house and assaulted her. Gage Chandler is a true crime writer whose first big success came fairly early on in life, covering the details of the case that came to be known as the White Witch of Morro Bay. ![]()
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