The fire was an accident, but the girl admitted her fascination with the movie spurred her interest in magic, Cruz said. An ancient burial vault in a Norfolk cemetery robbed of a child's remains and the skull of an adult two months ago. What's most troubling, said Rimer and Cruz, are the kinds of information available to children on the Internet. The Satanic Bible is so popular that some local bookstores can't keep it on the shelves, Rimer said. Online chat rooms on vampire Web sites allow novices to find out about rituals.
Some sites promote suicide as a way to be elevated to a higher state of consciousness.
Rock star Marilyn Manson for example, was baptized as a Satanist and is an honorary priest in the Church of Satan, Rimer said. Novak was obsessed with Dungeons and Dragons. His attorneys argued that his mixture of fantasy and reality took over his world. A character from the game, they said, became the boy's alter ego. The girls, from across the region, were promised acceptance and power by Bush, who dressed in black capes and wore heavy white makeup and fangs, Rimer said.