In response, dozens of people arrived in Bodegraven in spring 2021 to express their sympathy for the children they believed, without evidence, had been murdered, leaving flowers along the long path leading from the road to the local graveyard. “I lay these flowers in honor of Joost Knevel (hero of heroes!) and the other victims of satanic abuse,” read one message left at the children’s graves, which has since been removed. They signed off their message with the hashtag #StopVanDissel. 

“I was really angry,” says Ida Bromberg, describing…