9- Behind the Rustic Charm: The Twelve Tribes ‘Cult’ Explained

welcome investigators! Today it's a pretty rough episode, Hatter covers the twelve tribes, a group that started as a bible study and evolved into a world wide "cult" as the FBI calls it. They own several businesses including the Yellow Deli and have been known to even follow the Grateful Dead band around with the tribe's own bus. The history is deep, but the allegations run deeper. This is a dark case and covers things like misogyny, homophobia, racism, mass suicide, sexual assault, child abuse and sexual assault, so please be aware and proceed with caution. If this is not your cup of tea that's okay!

within this episode:

- the history of the twelve tribes [7m 16s]

- the twelve tribes spoken beliefs and ideologies [17m10s]

- the real beliefs of the group and the allegations brought against the "cult" [23m20s]

-recruitment tactics and businesses tied to the twelve tribes [56m56s]

Resources mentioned in this episode:

-fbi report [3m 52s]:

https://vault.fbi.gov/twelve-tribes/Twelve%20Tribes%20Part%2001%20%28Final%29/view

- article referencing mass suicide [23m38s]: https://theprofilehhs.com/4538/uncategorized/the-yellow-deli-a-cult-disguised-as-a-sandwich-place/#:~:text=The%20Yellow%20Deli%20is%20seen,the%20topic%20of%20their%20religion

-quotes about their homophobia [30m12s]:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/twelve-tribes-homophobic-cult-owns-california-restaurants/

-one of the groups teachings(the story of ham (otherwise called cham)) [30m59s]:

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21274078-cham-20050300-t12/?responsive=1&title=1

pardon's work and Colucci's statements [33m13s]:

https://www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/darkness/

CBSN Boston interview [40m13s]:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKF2Cmngxfs

the list of businesses currently owned by the twelve tribes [58m54s]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Tribes_communities

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