The Hampstead hoax was a series of false allegations starting in 2014 that a Satan-worshipping paedophile ring of about "175 parents, teachers and religious leaders" had been abusing children in the Hampstead area of north London.[1] Police found no evidence of paedophilia or abuse, let alone of murder or Satanism, but the alleged abusers were subjected to harassment, death threats and online abuse that continued until at least 2022.[1] It later emerged that the two children who had made the allegations had been threatened and abused by adults into making them.[1]
- ^ a b c Montali, Stefano (22 September 2022). "Hoaxed: a podcast investigation of Hampstead's satanic paedophile ring – which doesn't exist". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 January 2024.