Crossover Week: Female Criminals (Linda Hazzard Pt. 2)
If you enjoy the stories told in Cults, check out this episode from our series Female Criminals: In 1911, Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard took her cruel alternative medicine practices to a new level by ope...
30 Apr 202051min
Crossover Week: Female Criminals (Linda Hazzard Pt. 1)
If you enjoy the stories told in Cults, check out this episode from our series Female Criminals: She was a turn-of-the-20th century medical practitioner who preached starvation as a method of curing d...
30 Apr 202053min
Cults Daily: "True Russian Orthodox Church " Pyotr Kuznetsov
According to leader Pyotr Kuznetsov, the world would end in May 2008, so in November 2007 he proposed his group move to an underground cave and wait out the apocalypse. Learn more about your ad choice...
30 Apr 20205min
Cults Daily: "The Brethren" Jimmie T. Roberts
Based on his belief that religious institutions had been sullied by modern practices, this apocalyptic cult aimed to cleanse themselves by abandoning their families and possessions, and living as a ro...
30 Apr 20206min
Cults Daily: "The Manson Family" Charles Manson
In the late 60s, Charles Manson preached that the end of the world would come about due to an apocalyptic race war, which he dubbed "Helter Skelter." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastcho...
30 Apr 20205min
Cults Daily: “Chen Tao” Hong-Ming Chen
What do UFOs, Abraham Lincoln, and God making his television debut have in common? They’re all strangely linked to the Chen Tao cult, and the imminent nuclear apocalypse prophesied by leader Hon-Ming ...
30 Apr 20207min
Cults Daily: “The Millerites” William Miller
He gave numerous dates for the apocalypse, but none resulted in the end of the world. But it did result in the eventual formation of the Seventh-day Adventist movement. Learn more about your ad choice...
30 Apr 20207min
Cults Daily: “Family Radio” Harold Camping
He said that life on earth would end on May 21st, 2011. When it didn’t, he amended his date to October 21st, 2011. It didn’t end then either. Meet Harold Camping, a Christian radio evangelist Learn mo...
29 Apr 20208min
