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Cults

Summary: Mystery. Manipulation. Murder. Cults are associated with all of these. But what really goes on inside a cult? More specifically, what goes on inside the minds of people who join cults and leaders who start them? Every Tuesday, Greg and Vanessa (co-hosts of the podcast Serial Killers) explore the history and psychology behind the most notorious cults. Cults is part of the Parcast Network and is a Cutler Media production. 

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 E5: Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:43:12

In a country torn apart by civil war, Credonia Mwerinde and Joseph Kibwetere were united by their desire for power and reverence. Claiming that they were messengers of God called upon to save the world from its impending apocalypse, Mwerinde and Kibwetere preyed upon the vulnerable and passionately religious in Ugandan society. Greg and Vanessa investigate the lives of these cult leaders, and how they began to build what would become one of the deadliest cults in history.   SPONSORS! Mindhunter - Watch MINDHUNTER. October 13, Only on Netflix. Historical Figures - Listen to Parcast's new Podcast Historical Figures now! Subscribe on your favorite podcast directory!

 E4: “Heaven’s Gate” Pt.2 - Marshall Applewhite & Bonnie Nettles | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:58:21

Members of the Heaven’s Gate UFO cult believed they were meant to shed every scrap of humanity they had. Paradoxically, they ran a promotional website and made videos promoting their beliefs. Greg and Vanessa dig into the minds of members who joined and later left the cult, as well as those who followed cult leaders Nettles and Applewhite’s shared delusion from the 1970’s until the cult’s dark end in 1997--the largest mass suicide on US soil. Survey - Go to podsurvey.com/CULTS and you could win $100 to Amazon!

 E3: “Heaven’s Gate” - Marshall Applewhite & Bonnie Nettles | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:43:38

Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettle believed their bodies were merely hosts for extraterrestrial angels, and that they would one day ascend on a UFO to the “kingdom-level-above-human.” How did they come to believe this? Greg and Vanessa dig into the early lives and first meetings of “the UFO Two”, comparing Applewhites nomadic, musical Christian background to Nettles’ New Age Spiritualism, and then recounting the Near Death Experience that eventually led to 39 suicides. SPONSORS! Survey - Go to podsurvey.com/CULTS and you could win $100 to Amazon! Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories - Listen and subscribe to Parcast’s other podcast, Unsolved Murders, on your favorite podcast directory! Hunt a Killer -  To help support our show, Hunt A Killer is offering our listeners 10% off when you go to www.huntakiller.com and use the code CULTS !

 E2: "The Manson Family" Pt. 2 - Charles Manson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:53:13

Before, during, and after the Manson Family Murders, Charles Manson used psychological warfare to control his “Family”. But who was drawn into this “Family” and how? Greg and Vanessa explore several of Manson’s techniques, including mystical manipulation, group LSD trips, and the way Manson would break members down psychologically until they were terrified of leaving--so terrified, they would commit murder to stay in Manson’s good graces. SPONSORS! Hunt a Killer - To help support our show, Hunt A Killer is offering our listeners 10% off when you go to www.huntakiller.com and use the code CULTS ! Audible - go to audible.com/CULTS for a free audiobook with a 30-day trial.

 E1: “The Manson Family” - Charles Manson | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:47:15

In the first episode of “Cults” Greg and Vanessa explore the life of Charles Manson: how he turned from a troubled “callous and unemotional” child into an infamous cult leader, where Manson got his inspiration, and what psychological factors molded a murderer so charismatic and manipulative that his murder weapon of choice was not guns, knives, or axes, but other human beings. SPONSORS! Serial Killers -  Listen and subscribe to Greg and Vanessa’s other podcast Serial Killers on your favorite podcast directory today! Hunt a killer - To help support our show, Hunt A Killer is offering our listeners 10% off when you go to www.huntakiller.com and use the code CULTS Stamps.com - Use code CULTS to get a 4 week trial that includes postage and a digital Scale. Click on the Radio Microphone at the top of the Homepage and type CULTS.

 Welcome Trailer! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:01:25

Mystery. Manipulation. Murder. Cults are associated with all of these. But what really goes on inside a cult? More specifically, what goes on inside the minds of people who join cults and leaders who start them. Every Tuesday we take a psychological approach to analyzing a cult and its founder. Cults premieres Tuesday September 26th. Here is a sneak peak. 

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