In May 1989 a woman only introduced as “Rachel” appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and described, in explicit detail, long-running ritual abuse and sacrifice allegedly conducted by her Jewish relatives and their larger community.
The fallout within hours:
AIPAC-affiliated watchdog groups reportedly lobbied Harpo Studios for immediate retraction, the segment never saw reruns.
- “Rachel” herself gave a vague printed apology in the Chicago Tribune three weeks later, but never recanted on camera.
- The episode (Season 3, Episode 164) has never been released on Oprah’s YouTube archive or on DVD “Best of Oprah.”
Why it matters now:
- Same tactics used in the 2022 Balenciaga backlash and the Epstein files, memory-holing once an inconvenient angle emerges.
- Mirrors the long-suppressed 1950s Hungarian “Blood Libel” trial transcripts, later de-classified in 2005. Both cases share details about “Talmudic” citations used to justify ritual blood use. If anyone can dig up the complete, uncut tape, please DM.
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