Initially, the alleged perpetrators of such crimes were labelled "witches," although the term "Satanist" was soon adopted as a favoured alternative, and the phenomenon itself came to be called "the Satanism Scare."
[64] Ekuqaleni, abasolwa abenza ubugebengu obunjalo babebizwa ngokuthi "abathakathi," yize igama elithi "Satanist" lasheshe lamukelwa njengenye indlela ethandwayo, [64] futhi lesi simo ngokwaso sabizwa ngokuthi "yiSatanism Scare."