Once Upon a Cult
By Shawn Porrett
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Episodes: 100
Description
Rachael, Allan and Shawn explore the dark alleys and twisted turns that some groups take. Every group starts with a good intention, but what separates a group from a cult? Come hear us tell the tale of different groups as we discuss if they should be considered a cult or not.
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The Big 1-0-0! A Reunion Years in the Making!
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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OneTaste and the Art of Oming
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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New Testament Christian Churches of America, Phew, That's a Mouthful
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Satine Phoenix and Jamison Stone: Scourge of the Dungeons and Dragons Community
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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We Don't Need Food! For We Are Breatharians!
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Screw the Arrows, This Quiver is Full of Children!
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Jenova's Toxic Final Fantasy VII Family
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Andrew Tate and His Army of Tater Tots
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Walt Disney: The Man, The Myth, The Cult Leader?
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Gwen Shamblin Ain't Shamblin' Around, But is She Healthy?
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Bonus: The Case of the OG Baddie…The Millerites
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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John Frum… America? Broom? Soldier?
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Suffism Reoriented, It's Like Suffism, but Reoriented
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Murdercide in the Order of the Solar Temple
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Hugh Hefner: Playboy Philanthropist Cult Leader?
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Ex-Member Helen Zuman Spills the T on Zendik Farms!
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Something Something Trigger Warning Something Colonia Dignidad
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Submitted for Your Approval...The Mystery of Mount Shasta
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Oh You’ve Only Read Through the New Testament? How About the Church of the Last Testament?
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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To Buddha or Not to Buddha, Sokka Gakkai
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Teal Swan: A Spiritual Influencer that May Be to Die For
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: Gadgetology
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Confessions of an Ex-Cult Member
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Hellfire Club... Fact, Fiction, or Both?
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Larry Ray and His 19 days of Being a Marine
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Livin that Game of Thrones Life on a Flat Earth
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Angel’s Landing, But Maybe Without the Angels?
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Let’s Get Rael About Raelism
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Super Happy Fun America, Only... It’s Opposite Day
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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What’s Aleph This Talk About Aum Shinrikyo
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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A Mark, A Mission, A Drug Cartel, A Deadly Group Called Palo Mayombe
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Look How Helpful They’re Being, What an Odd Fellow
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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A Murder Mystery Holiday
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Does The Process Church Rhyme with Son of Sam?
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Golden Dawn III: In the Wake of the Beast
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Sherry Shriner and Her Adventures in Reptilianing
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Dylan Hafertepen and the Pup Patrol
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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How Celestial is This Celestial Seasonings Tea Any Way?
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Golden Dawn II: Aleister Crowley v Rita Repulsa
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The Unscientific Science of Happy Science
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Love Has Won Does a Crossover with The Mummy
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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3HO! Not 3OH!3
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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A New Day, An Old Golden Dawn
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Jared Leto and His Island of Adventure
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Hippies, Hang Gliders, Musicians and The Source Family
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Falun Gong: A Tale of Church Not Being Separated from State
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Purple People, Doctors of Sex
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Vampires, Intrigue and Murder with the Vampire Clan
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Shaved Heads,Yelling Games and a Made Up Word... Synanon
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Dr Kellogg's Bowl Full of Abstinence and Sorrow
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Jediism vs Jediism: Yoda's Reckoning
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The One Where Jack Parsons Plays With His Rocket... Like a Lot
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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NXIVM Part 2: The Sequel...Again
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Spooning Andrew Keegan in a Full Circle
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Paris Hilton at Provo Canyon, That's Not Hot
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Britney, Not So Lucky, But Still Our Star
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The Cult of Trump
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Amy Coney Barrett Under His Eye in People of Praise
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Captain Kirk's Adventures with United Sciences of America
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Murder She Wrote! While Creating Abundance
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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A MiniQuest through the Life of John Africa
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Sorcerer Young and his Magic Oils
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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James Arthur Ray: Journey to the Sweat Lodge
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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LuLaRoe and the Secret Life of the Other Brady
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The Bromance that Birthed Amway
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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BIM and the Many Adventures of Baron KitKat
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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A Not So Flawless Victory Outreach
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The Uncreative Creativity Movement
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The Manly Man Men's Mankind Project
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The Anonymous Q and his Adventures in Non Information
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Cultie's Playhouse: Welcome the Subgenius
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Resident Cultie: Cult Mom and the Woke
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Hungry? Here's a Religious Buffet Called Quan Yin Method
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Welcome to the Tony Spelling Bee. Your word is ... Cult
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Shincheonji And The Tale of Patient 31
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Poppy: Popstar, Metalhead, Cultist?
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Shawn V. Catholicism: Dawn of Justice
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Tiger King, Tiger King Burning... Well Maybe Not So Bright
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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No Cute Title, This is Straight Up Scientology and It Scary!
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The One Where Victoria Finds Her New Religion (Kabbalah)
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Stop Me if You've Heard It. A Roman and a Witch Walk into a Cult... (Children of God)
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Skulls, Secret Islands and Presidents... Oh My! (Skull and Bones)
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The Secret Childhood of a Renowned Puppy Thief (Moral Re-Armament)
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Yeezus and His Adventures on Tatooine (Kanye West)
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The Case of the Pied Piper Who Believed He Could Fly (R. Kelly)
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Aiming High in the Name of Science, or Something that Barely Resembles It (Christian Science)
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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The Pursuit of Happyness and Rocks, Lots of Rocks (Orgonites)
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Sex Trafficking and Racketeering in Smallville (Nxivm)
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Charles Manson and The Beautiful People, The Beautiful People
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Mankind United and the People From the Center of the Earth
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Ma Jaya: A Tale of Yoga and Intrigue
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Go! Go! Mighty Morphin' Knights of the Crystal Blade!
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Between a Roch and a Hard Place
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Waco Up and Smell the Coffee People!
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Knock, Knock, Knockin on Heaven's Gate
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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We Love Rajneesh Osho Much
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Let's Celebrate With Jehovah's Witness
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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OMG The People's Temple
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Why Hello, We're Once Upon a Cult
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Dec 14, 2023 |