Uncovered: The McMartin Family Trials

On March 22, 1984, seven employees of the McMartin Preschool — including teacher Raymond “Ray” Buckey — were indicted on molestation and conspiracy charges. 

In one of the longest and costliest criminal trials in U.S. history, seven employees from the McMartin Preschool were arrested on more than 300 total charges of child molestation and conspiracy. 

At 2 years old, Elizabeth Cioffi was allegedly abused by employees at the McMartin Preschool in Manhattan Beach, California. 

In the summer of 1983, Judy Johnson reported that her son had been sexually abused at the McMartin Preschool in Manhattan Beach, California.

Rife with accusations of Satanic rituals, animal sacrifices and child sex abuse, the McMartin Preschool case was one of the most infamous criminal trials of the 1980s.

Accusations of child sexual molestation and Satanism at the McMartin Preschool resulted in one of the longest, costliest and most controversial trials in U.S. history.

Over the course of a decade, seven teachers were arrested on more than 300 charges of child molestation and conspiracy, leading to the longest and costliest criminal trial in U.S. history.

Oxygen will debut a gripping two-hour special on the shocking McMartin Preschool trials, that captured the attention of a nation at the height of the Satanic Panic.