![]() ![]() In the wake of a tragic murder/suicide in November of 1984, police wondered whether D&D was somehow connected to the deaths of two Colorado brothers. Hop into the Reference Library Time Machine with me and enjoy. So I figured it'd be fun to round up some real 80s media mentions of the game, highlighting the weirdest bits. That D&D media coverage was, in retrospect, a form of moral panic. (I found videos of that old report - see the end of this article to check it out.) The controversy came to a head when, again kind of weirdly, CBS aired a 60 Minutes segment about the issue. ![]() Weirdly, this was all going on while CBS aired a Saturday morning cartoon version of D&D. ![]() In the wake of various suicides and even murders linked (however tenuously) to the game, D&D started popping up everywhere in popular media, often linked by reporters to Satanism, witchcraft, and the presumed dark side of youth culture. and Canadian media were up in arms over Dungeons & Dragons and the problem of teen suicide. ![]()
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