TIL The costliest trial in US history was the McMartin Preschool Trial, a case of satanic abuse hysteria. The investigator's bias resulted in children recalling stories of witches flying, travelling in hot-air balloons, being flushed down the toilet, and having been assaulted by Chuck Norris.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMartin_preschool_trial



Submitted March 24, 2015 at 05:48AM by master_blast3r http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/302rdl/til_the_costliest_trial_in_us_history_was_the/