S5E21 | Mary Knight - Am I Crazy? The False Memory Syndrome Foundation's War on Survivor Disclosures

Today I’m honored to introduce you all to: Loving mother, grandmother, foster parent, and devoted wife, ritualistic child abuse, sex trafficking, religious abuse, and incest survivor, published writer and author of the book “My Life Now: Essays by a Child Sex Trafficking Survivor”, podcast host and content creator on YouTube, psychotherapist, social worker, keynote speaker, writer and director of three feature-length films and numerous short films, and an absolute inspiration: Mary Knight

I came across Mary’s story and content about 2 years ago when I stumbled across a YouTube channel called ‘Real Women, Real Stories’. Premiering on that channel at the time I discovered it was a documentary featuring Mary where she took us on a journey of discovering if her memories were real by examining the False Memory Syndrome Foundation and its implications on the survivor movement and community through it’s ‘false memory’ doctrine. Also on this YouTube channel were some Q&A’s where Mary spoke about and answered questions from the audience regarding her harrowing testimony as a child who was pimped out by her abusive, racist, pedophilic, and incestuous parents to church and community pedophiles or - as Mary puts it in her gut-wrenching and inspiring book she authored, “My Life Now”: she was “Rented by the Hour”. I will have Mary’s documentary listed in the show notes for you to check out along with her YouTube channel and book - which are both incredible resources for understanding more about ritualistic abuse, familial sex trafficking and other forms and characteristics of organized abuse. I encourage you all to check out her free videos on her YouTube channel and head to Amazon to purchase her memoir as well, and those links will also be in the show notes!

Mary’s work uncovering the myths and realities behind the False Memory Syndrome Foundation has been ground-breaking. Quoted from Wikipedia: “The False Memory Syndrome Foundation was created by Pamela and Peter Freyd, after their adult daughter Jennifer Freyd accused her father of sexual abuse when she was a child. The FMSF described its purpose as the examination of the concept of false memory syndrome and recovered memory therapy and advocacy on behalf of individuals believed to be falsely accused of child sexual abuse.” In Mary’s documentary, she actually was able to get in-person interviews with FMSF founder Jennifer Freyd as well as Elizabeth Loftus - who was involved with the FMSF and is an American psychologist who is best known in relation to the misinformation effect, false memory and criticism of recovered memory therapies. Loftus has testified on behalf of pedophiles and predators such as Ghislane Maxwell and Bill Cosby. In today’s episode, Mary will be doing a deep dive with us into the FMSF, its history, founders and board members, her work uncovering the truth about memory, and the impact the ‘false memory’ lies have had on survivors, therapists, and the progress being made to expose organized abuse to the masses. I ask you all to please put away whatever you’re doing and give Mary your full attention as we go down the false memory rabbit hole and learn from an amazing woman who has bravely stepped up to use her voice for the voiceless and to be a light in the darkness.

Before i finish introducing today’s guest, I wanted to give just a couple quick reminders and updates: If you’d like to be on the show, share any information privately with me or send me a written testimony for my upcoming book series or to be written in a Substack article, you can email me at: [email protected] or [email protected]. I’ve also partnered with a couple of my favorite brands to get you guys discount codes on some of my favorite products including: Rife Technology frequency machines and blockers, and CZTL’s high quality Methylene Blue. Treat yourself to holistic health at a better price with brands you can trust! All the rest of my links are in the show notes as well - and I’d love your support across all platforms. THANK YOU all for helping to make The Imagination the safest space on the internet for survivor, whistleblower, advocate, and educator disclosures.

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