William Miller Pt. 2: The Great Disappointment
As the Adventist movement spread across the United States, and as the date of Miller’s predicted apocalypse approached, his followers prepared to leave the world behind. With the fervor came scorn and...
6 Jul 202145min
William Miller Pt. 1: Grandfather of the Adventist Movement
The origins of the 19th-century preacher who founded Millerism, revived belief in Jesus’ imminent return, and landed himself at the center of a historic religious crisis in America. Learn more about y...
29 Jun 202143min
Jeong Myeong-seok: The Bride Collecting Messiah Pt. 2
By the late 1990s, the Providence movement had expanded its reach internationally. But when word got out about Jeong Myeong-seok abusing his “spiritual brides,” he fled. The prophet was exposed as a p...
22 Jun 202142min
Jeong Myeong-seok: The Bride Collecting Messiah Pt. 1
After cutting his teeth in the rapidly growing unification movement in South Korea in the 1970s, Jung Myung-seok began having grander ambitions — as the new messiah of a religious movement. Learn mor...
15 Jun 202142min
Faizrakhman Sattarov and the Underground Russian Cult
In the 1960s, Faizrakhman Sattarov experienced a holy vision when sparks shot down from a trolley car in Russia. Having been raised a devout Muslim, Sattarov went against his upbringing by calling him...
8 Jun 202143min
“Jesus Army” Noel Stanton Pt. 2
By the late ‘80s, Stanton had fully embraced military metaphors in the Bible, mobilizing his Jesus Army to wage war against sin and save British souls. Their recruiting tactics earned them the nicknam...
1 Jun 202142min
“Jesus Army” Noel Stanton Pt. 1
During WWII, while serving in the British Royal Navy, Noel Stanton had an encounter with an evangelist that changed his life. He started on a path toward Christian devotion that became increasingly di...
25 Mai 202144min
Serial Killers Crossover: “The Narcosatanist” Adolfo Constanzo Pt. 2
After amassing wealth and influence as a spiritual advisor in the 1980s, Adolfo Constanzo set his sights on the lucrative drug trade in Matamoros. To claim a piece for himself, he needed more power. A...
20 Mai 20211h 1min
