Uncovering the Shawano Wisconsin Cult: Why Her Family was TARGETED and TORTURED by Sadistic Leader

Uncovering the Shawano Wisconsin Cult: Why Her Family was TARGETED and TORTURED by Sadistic Leader

The Samanta Roy Institute of Science and Technology, known also simply as SIST, is a secretive fundamentalist Christian-like group based in Shawano, Wisconsin. The group was founded by Rama Behera, a Hindu who converted to Christianity, who later changed his name to Dr. Rama Chandra Samanta Roy. Born and raised in the insidious cult, Elisabeth Gronval and her 8 other siblings went through hell at the hands of the leader. He would isolate and torture chiIdren with hard manual labor, disturbing physical punishments and verbal ab*se. Elisabeth was publicly humiliated when her home was ransacked at the leader’s command and extremely private belongings were passed around to hundreds of members. Excommunicated from her church and her family, she was left alone to navigate an unknown world.

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00:00:00 Intro

00:05:07 Who is Rama Behera and why do people follow him?

00:08:16 Elisabeth and her family traveled to the compound every weekend for his sermons

00:09:48 The torture that Elisabeth witnessed

00:13:16 In Rama's mind, what was meriting this type of torture to chiIdren?

00:17:04 Some of Elisabeth's chiIdhood memories in the cult

00:20:37 Were parents isolated and kept away from seeing the chiIdren tortured?

00:21:47 What was Rama saying to convince people he had authority?

00:27:25 Sticking out like a sore thumb in public school

00:29:19 Why Elisabeth started to "rebel" in her teen years

00:38:15 What made Elisabeth want to escape?

00:43:03 The beginning of when it seemed it was time for Elisabeth to leave

00:48:11 Elisabeth going back and meeting Rama's wrath (he shared n*de photos of her to everyone)

00:56:35 Elisabeth's final escape

01:01:44 When Elisabeth's family decided to leave the cult

01:04:45 Elisabeth opens up about her father and his vulnerabilities

01:10:19 Elisabeth feels Rama has mental illness

01:14:31 Has Rama seen consequences?

01:19:35 What brings Elisabeth joy now?

01:27:25 Linda, listen

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