Paul Ingram

Paul Ingram was the county Republican Party Chairman of Thurston County, Washington and the Chief Civil Deputy of the Sheriff's department, accused by his daughters of sexual abuse, by at least one daughter of satanic ritual abuse cite web |url=http://members.aol.com/ingramorg/ofsherep.htm |title=Ofshe Report on the Ingram Case |first=Richard |last=Ofshe ] , and later accused by his son in 1988.Fact|date=December 2007 During interrogation he confessed to many crimes, despite the lack of any confirming physical evidence. He originally pled guilty, but has henceforth maintained his innocence. After pleading guilty, he attempted to withdraw his plea and requested a trial or clemency. These requests were refused. He was released in 2003.

Doctor Richard Ofshe claimed that Ingram was hypnotized during the interrogation, although no mental health professionals were present, and that the confessions were the result of false memories being implanted with suggestion.Fact|date=December 2007. In attempt to demonstrate this, Ofshe performed an experiment where he convinced Ingram to believe that he made his daughter and son have sex. [See Richard Ofshe, 'Inadvertent Hypnosis During Interrogation: false confession due to dissociative state; misidentified multiple personality and the satanic cult hypothesis', "International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis", 1992; R. Ofshe and E. Watters, "Making Monsters", New York, 1994.] Although no such allegations were made either of them, after repeated interrogation, Ingram came to believe it actually happened. However, this information was not considered in his hearing. [cite book |author=Wright, Lawrence |title=Remembering Satan |publisher=Vintage |location=London |year=1995 |pages= |isbn=0-679-75582-9 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=]

His story became the basis of the book "Remembering Satan" by Lawrence Wright. The Ingram case was also the basis for the TV-movie "Forgotten Sins", in which John Shea played "Sheriff Matthew Bradshaw". Richard Ofshe, the only individual whose name was not changed for the movie, confirms that it is based on the Ingram case. [cite news |title=Sociology Professor Featured In TV Movie 'Forgotten Sins' |url=http://www.berkeley.edu/news/berkeleyan/1996/0306/memory.html |work=The Berkleyan |publisher=Office of Public Affairs at UC Berkeley |date=1996-03-06 |accessdate=2007-04-24 ] Lawrence Wright, the author of "Remembering Satan", received a "Story by" WGA credit for the movie. [cite web| url = http://www.lmn.tv/movies/credits.php?id=MOVE+2622| title = LMN.tv Movie Credits| accessdate = 2007-04-24| work = LMN.tv Movie Credits| publisher = LMN]

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* [http://members.aol.com/ingramorg/ Ingram Organization] with details of case
* [http://members.aol.com/ingramorg/hearing.htm Audio of Paul Ingram Pardon Hearing]
* [http://imdb.com/title/tt0119143/ "Forgotten Sins" in the Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.rickross.com/reference/false_memories/fsm66.html Imagining Satan] by Tom Grant