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Paul: The Secret Story of Olympia's Satanic Sheriff

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An essay documentary about Paul Ingram, the former sheriff of Olympia, Washington. Paul was sent to jail in 1988 for sexually assaulting his daughters in satanic rituals. He is the only person in the modern era to be accused of and confess to being a part of a satanic ritual abuse cult. The film explores the complexities of the criminal case through primary police documents, recordings of Paul's interrogations and speculative dramatizations, finally probing at the unsettling symmetry between Paul's unstable memory and our own civic forgetfulness. Through archival newscasts and a 16mm historical walking tour, the film is ultimately concerned with the occult nature of memory and the very real monsters within ourselves.

Directed byNik Nerburn

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 37m
Language
EN
Released
June 6, 2012
Studios
Evergreen State College

Featuring

Cast & crew

9 credited
Starring

Paul Ingram

Ex. County Deputy Sheriff

Nik Nerburn

Narrator

Ericka Ingram

Daughter of Paul Ingram

Ted Gundersen

Ex. FBI Special Agent

Richard J. Ofshe

Professor Emeritus of Sociology U.C. Berkley

John Bratun

Pastor / The Church of Living Water

Ross Ingram

Father of Paul Ingram

Mark Papworth

Chief Deputy Coroner

Gary Tabor

Deputy Prosecutor

Creative team
Directed by
Nik Nerburn
Written by
Nik Nerburn

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