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'''Hell Minus One''' is Anne Johnson Davis’s (yyyy) memoir of being subjected as a child to [[satanic ritual abuse]]. Confessions from her mother and stepfather were released by police and news media, and there are media reports, but no details, of physical abuse. The matter has never been adjudicated in a court.  
'''"Hell Minus One"''' is the memoir of Anne Johnson Davis published by [http://www.manta.com/coms2/dnbcompany_xsrr6 Transcript Bulletin Publishing] in December, 2008.  In the book, Ms. Davis alleges that she suffered [[child abuse]], specifically  [[satanic ritual abuse]] and gives graphic details about reportedly [[traumatic amnesia|repressed memories]] of incidents that she endured and the recovery process that followed. Confessions from her mother and stepfather were released by police and news media, and there are media reports, but no details, of physical abuse. The matter has never been adjudicated in a court, and no details are available about the circumstances under which the confessions were made.


==History==
==Author's statements about book==
Ms. Davis states was abused from the ages of 3 to 17 sexually abused, tortured and forced to hurt her siblings in satanic rituals. She runs an advocacy site for the book and allegations of ritual abuse.<ref name=hell>[http://www.hellminusone.com/  Hell Minus One website]</ref>
News reports described it as <blockquote> From age 3 until she ran away at 17, she said she was sexually abused, tortured, bathed in blood and forced to hurt her siblings in Satanic rituals<ref name=Winslow>{{cite news 
| last =Winslow   
| first =Ben   
| title =Woman revisits the 'Hell' of ritual abuse 
| work =Deseret News   
publisher =Deseret News  | date =2008-12-10  | url =http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705269563,00.html }}</ref></blockquote>


Another news account alleges <blockquote> The confessions offer much greater detail of events Rachel could not have ever known. Hopkins’ (an  alias) parents also confessed in detail to two investigators from the Utah Attorney General’s Office and to the leaders of the church they attended.<ref name=Spangler>{{cite news    | last =Spangler    | first =Jerry    | coauthors =    | title =Ritual abuse does exist, victim says   | work =newspaper  | pages =    | language =  | publisher =Deseret News  | date =1995-04-25  }}</ref></blockquote>
Davis wrote that her faith in God gave her the courage to write her book, which took her seven years to write. <ref name=book>{{cite book
|last=Johnson Davis 
|first =Anne
| title =Hell Minus One - My Story of Deliverance From Satanic Ritual Abuse and My Journey to Freedom    
| publisher =Transcript Bulletin Publishing   
| date =2008    
| location =Tooele, Utah    
| pages =247   
| url =http://www.hellminusone.com/   
| isbn =978-0-9788348-0-7}}</ref> She stated she felt good about telling her story under her real name. She hoped that the book would empower other abuse victims.<ref name=Miley>{{citation
| title = ''Hell Minus One'' website links page
| contribution = Memoir of satanic abuse a first for Transcript-Bulletin
| url = http://www.hellminusone.com/Links.html
| author = Sarah Miley}}</ref>


At the age of 17, she ran away from home.<ref name = Winslow/> Ms. Davis went public with her story in 1995, during the time a study by the Utah Attorney General's Office on ritual abuse was taking place.<ref name = Winslow/><ref name=Carlisle>{{cite news     | last =Carlisle   | first =Randall     | coauthors =Perkins, Kimberly     | title =Transcript of ABC News, KTVX Channel 4, Salt Lake City, UT broadcast   | work =Television  date =1995-04-25   | url =http://www.hellminusone.com/Links.html     }}</ref><ref name=Spangler/> Davis states that her statements come from [[recovered memory technique]]s outside of therapy in her 30's.<ref name=hell/> Her mother and stepfather also agreed to pay for her therapy bills.<ref name=Carlisle/>.
==Editor's statements about book==
The editor in chief for Transcript Bulletin Publishing, David Bern wrote that as a journalist, he found her story to be "beyond compelling" and that it was unlike anything he had ever heard before. The original form of the manuscript was more than 120,000 words. From September 2007 until August 2008 Davis and Bern wrote and rewrote the material until the book reached its final form. He wrote that "her choice not to live in the past, or have her character and soul defined by it, is a lesson from which all of us are students." <ref name=book/>
 
==Background==
Ms. Davis' story began at age of three, when she states she was forced to endure [[child sexual abuse]] and torture, as a part of alleged [[satanic ritual abuse]].  The abuse continued well into her teens and  included being forced to hurt her siblings. At the age of 17, she ran away from her home and began a long road to recovery, which included [[recovered memory | recovered memories]] outside of therapy in her 30's.
<ref name=hell>{{citation
| url = http://www.hellminusone.com/ 
| title = ''Hell Minus One'' website main page}}</ref> Ms. Davis went public with her story in 1995, just as an investigation by the Utah Attorney General's Office on ritual abuse was taking place.<ref name=Winslow>{{cite news 
| last =Winslow   
| first =Ben     
| title =Woman revisits the 'Hell' of ritual abuse 
| work =Deseret News   
| publisher=Deseret News 
| date =2008-12-10 
| url =http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,705269563,00.html }}</ref>
<ref name=Carlisle>{{cite news | last =Carlisle | first =Randall | coauthors =Perkins, Kimberly | title=Hell Minus One website | publisher=Transcript of ABC News, KTVX Channel 4, Salt Lake City, UT broadcast | date=1995-04-25 | url =http://www.hellminusone.com/Links.html}}</ref>
<ref name=Spangler>{{cite news   
| last =Spangler   
| first =Jerry   
| title =Ritual abuse does exist, victim says 
| publisher =Deseret News 
| date =1995-04-25}}</ref> Her mother and stepfather, who participated in the abuse, corroborated her story and agreed to pay for her therapy bills.<ref name=Carlisle/>.
   
   
==Confessions==
Presently, Ms. Davis runs an advocacy site for victims of [[ritual abuse]] and the book.<ref name=hell/>
Both Anne’s mother and stepfather confessed in writing to  Matt Jacobson, Lieutenant, Detective, Utah State Attorney General’s Office and his partner Mike King, with Jacobson stating “we found the contents of their confession letters to be true.”  <ref name=about>[http://www.johnsondaviscommunications.com/about.htm  Statement of Matt Jacobson  Lieutenant, Detective, Utah State Attorney General’s Office (retired)]</ref><ref name=Winslow/><ref name=Links>[http://www.hellminusone.com/Links.html Foreword for Hell Minus One by Lieutenant Detective Matt Jacobson Utah Attorney General’s Office (retired)]</ref><ref name=Spangler/><ref name=Carlisle/> Her mother and stepfather also confessed to the leaders of the church they went to.<ref name=Spangler/><ref name=Carlisle/> There was also physical evidence that proved that she was physically abused.<ref name=Carlisle/><ref name=hell/>  
 
{{cquote  | Paul Murphy: One woman who came forward to tell about ritual abuse brought something no one else has - a confession from the perpetrators. “Jenny” was only three years old when her parents started sexually abusing her. The bruises in this picture show she was physically abused as well.”
 
 
Jenny: “They would go through these very formal satanic rituals and I would be abused and tortured and threatened with my life and used as a sacrifice.”
 
Paul Murphy: “And most people would be skeptical of Jenny’s story of satanic ritual abuse, except for one thing - her parents confessed.  In these letters the parents ask for forgiveness and describe the abuse in detail. Her mother wrote: ‘He cut off your nightclothes and panties.  A dog was hung by the back feet, throat cut and disemboweled and hind legs cut off. You were hung by your feet after being bound.’ Others have told similar stories, but had no physical proof.”


Paul Murphy: Her father wrote: ’I performed the same sexual acts on you at home. The sexual acts on you at home.  The sexual abuse in our home was a repeat of the ritual.’
==Reported confessions==
Reports from the author and media sources claim that both Anne’s mother and stepfather confessed in writing to Matt Jacobson, Lieutenant, Detective, Utah State Attorney General’s Office and his partner Mike King, with Jacobson stating “we found the contents of their confession letters to be true.” 
<ref name=about>{{citation
| title = Anne Johnson Davis professional website
| contribution =  Statement of Matt Jacobson  Lieutenant, Detective, Utah State Attorney General’s Office (retired)
| url = http://www.johnsondaviscommunications.com/about.htm }}</ref>
Her mother and stepfather also confessed to the leaders of the church they went to.<ref name=Spangler/><ref name=Carlisle/>


Paul Murphy: “Confessed, and even paid up.  The parents settled out of court to pay Jenny’s therapy bills.”<ref name=Carlisle/>}}
One media article, by Paul Murphy, who interviewed Davis as a news reporter for station KTVX, reports that: <blockquote>One woman who came forward to tell about ritual abuse brought something no one else has - a confession from the perpetrators. “Jenny” (Jenny is an alias) was only three years old when her parents started sexually abusing her.” “And most people would be skeptical of Jenny’s story of satanic ritual abuse, except for one thing - her parents confessed.  In these letters the parents ask for forgiveness and describe the abuse in detail." "Her father wrote: ’The sexual abuse in our home was a repeat of the ritual.’"<ref name=Carlisle/></blockquote>
Her mother and stepfather also wrote letters confessing to each of their children “confirming everything in explicit detail.”<ref name=Spangler/>


==Media coverage==
==Media coverage==
Anne's story has been discussed in the media several times.<ref name=Winslow/><ref name=Spangler/><ref name=Carlisle/><ref>{{cite news      | last =   | first =    | coauthors =    | title =Park City Television, Mountain Morning Show broadcast  | work =Television  | pages =    | language =  | publisher =Park City Television  | date =12-12-2008  | url = http://www.hellminusone.com/Links.html  | accessdate = }}</ref><ref>{{cite news     | last =     | first =    | coauthors =    | title =Fox 13 News broadcast | work =Television  | pages =    | language =  | publisher =Fox News   | date =2008-12-11 | url =http://www.hellminusone.com/Links.html   | accessdate =  }}</ref> She testified to investigators of the Ritual Abuse Task Force of the Utah State Attorney General’s Office investigating ritual abuse. <ref name=about/><ref name=Winslow/><ref name=Links/><ref name=Spangler/><ref name=Carlisle/> The Ritual Abuse Task Force of the Utah State Attorney General’s Office investigating ritual abuse 59 page report found that ritual abuse existed in Utah, but it was difficult to prosecute.<ref name=Carlisle/>
Anne's story has been discussed in the Utah media.<ref name=Winslow/><ref name=Spangler/><ref name=Carlisle/>
 
<ref name=Park>{{cite news       
{{cquote  | “And I’m Kimberly Perkins. The report is final. Ritual abuse exists in Utah, but its hard to prosecute.” 
| contribution =Park City Television, Mountain Morning Show broadcast  
 
  | title = ''Hell Minus One'' website links page
Randall Carlisle: “After spending three years and $250,000 the Attorney General’s office has finished its probe into ritual abuse.  Now the 59-page report says investigators found evidence of ritual abuse, but nothing that can be prosecuted at this time.” 
| publisher =Park City Television
  | date =12-12-2008   
| url = http://www.hellminusone.com/Links.html   
  }}</ref>
<ref name=Fox>{{cite news | contribution =Fox 13 News broadcast | title =''Hell Minus One'' website links page | publisher =Fox News | date =2008-12-11   | url=http://www.hellminusone.com/Links.html}}</ref> She testified to investigators of the Ritual Abuse Task Force of the Utah State Attorney General’s Office investigating ritual abuse.<ref name=about/><ref name=Winslow/><ref name=Spangler/><ref name=Carlisle/>


News reports described it as <blockquote> From age 3 until she ran away at 17, she states she was sexually abused, tortured...and forced to hurt her siblings in Satanic rituals<ref name=Winslow/></blockquote>


Kimberly Perkins: “The lack of prosecution of such reports does not mean that the reports are fictitious.”<ref name=Carlisle/>}}
Another news account alleges <blockquote>The confessions offer much greater detail of events Rachel (Rachel Hopkins is an alias) could not have ever known. Hopkins’ parents also confessed in detail to two investigators from the Utah Attorney General’s Office and to the leaders of the church they attended.<ref name=Spangler/></blockquote>


==References==
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"Hell Minus One" is the memoir of Anne Johnson Davis published by Transcript Bulletin Publishing in December, 2008. In the book, Ms. Davis alleges that she suffered child abuse, specifically satanic ritual abuse and gives graphic details about reportedly repressed memories of incidents that she endured and the recovery process that followed. Confessions from her mother and stepfather were released by police and news media, and there are media reports, but no details, of physical abuse. The matter has never been adjudicated in a court, and no details are available about the circumstances under which the confessions were made.

Author's statements about book

Davis wrote that her faith in God gave her the courage to write her book, which took her seven years to write. [1] She stated she felt good about telling her story under her real name. She hoped that the book would empower other abuse victims.[2]

Editor's statements about book

The editor in chief for Transcript Bulletin Publishing, David Bern wrote that as a journalist, he found her story to be "beyond compelling" and that it was unlike anything he had ever heard before. The original form of the manuscript was more than 120,000 words. From September 2007 until August 2008 Davis and Bern wrote and rewrote the material until the book reached its final form. He wrote that "her choice not to live in the past, or have her character and soul defined by it, is a lesson from which all of us are students." [1]

Background

Ms. Davis' story began at age of three, when she states she was forced to endure child sexual abuse and torture, as a part of alleged satanic ritual abuse. The abuse continued well into her teens and included being forced to hurt her siblings. At the age of 17, she ran away from her home and began a long road to recovery, which included recovered memories outside of therapy in her 30's. [3] Ms. Davis went public with her story in 1995, just as an investigation by the Utah Attorney General's Office on ritual abuse was taking place.[4] [5] [6] Her mother and stepfather, who participated in the abuse, corroborated her story and agreed to pay for her therapy bills.[5].

Presently, Ms. Davis runs an advocacy site for victims of ritual abuse and the book.[3]

Reported confessions

Reports from the author and media sources claim that both Anne’s mother and stepfather confessed in writing to Matt Jacobson, Lieutenant, Detective, Utah State Attorney General’s Office and his partner Mike King, with Jacobson stating “we found the contents of their confession letters to be true.” [7] Her mother and stepfather also confessed to the leaders of the church they went to.[6][5]

One media article, by Paul Murphy, who interviewed Davis as a news reporter for station KTVX, reports that:

One woman who came forward to tell about ritual abuse brought something no one else has - a confession from the perpetrators. “Jenny” (Jenny is an alias) was only three years old when her parents started sexually abusing her.” “And most people would be skeptical of Jenny’s story of satanic ritual abuse, except for one thing - her parents confessed. In these letters the parents ask for forgiveness and describe the abuse in detail." "Her father wrote: ’The sexual abuse in our home was a repeat of the ritual.’"[5]

Media coverage

Anne's story has been discussed in the Utah media.[4][6][5] [8] [9] She testified to investigators of the Ritual Abuse Task Force of the Utah State Attorney General’s Office investigating ritual abuse.[7][4][6][5]

News reports described it as

From age 3 until she ran away at 17, she states she was sexually abused, tortured...and forced to hurt her siblings in Satanic rituals[4]

Another news account alleges

The confessions offer much greater detail of events Rachel (Rachel Hopkins is an alias) could not have ever known. Hopkins’ parents also confessed in detail to two investigators from the Utah Attorney General’s Office and to the leaders of the church they attended.[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Johnson Davis, Anne (2008). Hell Minus One - My Story of Deliverance From Satanic Ritual Abuse and My Journey to Freedom. Tooele, Utah: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, 247. ISBN 978-0-9788348-0-7. 
  2. ↑ Sarah Miley, Memoir of satanic abuse a first for Transcript-Bulletin, 'Hell Minus One website links page
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Hell Minus One website main page
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Winslow, Ben. Woman revisits the 'Hell' of ritual abuse, Deseret News, Deseret News, 2008-12-10.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Carlisle, Randall, Perkins, Kimberly. Hell Minus One website, Transcript of ABC News, KTVX Channel 4, Salt Lake City, UT broadcast, 1995-04-25.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Spangler, Jerry. "Ritual abuse does exist, victim says", Deseret News, 1995-04-25.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 , Statement of Matt Jacobson Lieutenant, Detective, Utah State Attorney General’s Office (retired), Anne Johnson Davis professional website
  8. ↑ Hell Minus One website links page, Park City Television, 12-12-2008.
  9. ↑ Hell Minus One website links page, Fox News, 2008-12-11.
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