“The Christmas Rapture” from Cults
On Christmas Eve nearly seventy years ago, Dorothy Martin and the Seekers stood outside in Chicago and sang carols. They were waiting for a spacecraft that would shepherd them away from Earth — and th...
21 Dec 202142min
“The Escape Artist” Audrey Marie Hilley Pt. 2
By the end of 1979, Marie was facing a life behind bars. But before authorities could lock her up for good, she made a run for it. When she resurfaced, the escape artist had a new name, a new look… an...
15 Dec 202142min
“The Escape Artist” Audrey Marie Hilley Pt. 1
Ever since childhood, Audrey Marie Hilley loved being in command. But when she started losing control over her family, she turned to a bottle of arsenic… and poured it down their throats. Learn more a...
8 Dec 202144min
“La Pistolera” Sharon Kinne
Kansas City, Missouri’s most infamous femme fatale was a woman dubbed “La Pistolera” by Mexican newspapers in the 1960s. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
1 Dec 202152min
Yoga Cults Pt. 3
In Japan, a yoga teacher named Shoko Asahara claimed he had special DNA, developed the battery-powered “Perfect Salvation System,” and directed his cult, Aum Shinrikyo, to carry out chemical attacks i...
23 Nov 202144min
Yoga Cults Pt. 2
Hosts Vanessa Richardson and Lanie Hobbs explore the story of Geshe Michael Roach and Christie McNally — the so-called king and queen of Diamond Mountain who used tantric yoga to lure hundreds to thei...
23 Nov 202143min
Yoga Cults Pt. 1
How do quests for enlightenment get so sinister? In this three-part special from Cults, a Spotify Original from Parcast, we’re looking at three stories of yoga gurus who were loved — then loathed — fo...
23 Nov 202135min
“Lady Gucci” Patrizia Reggiani
After marrying the heir to the Gucci empire, Patrizia Reggiani was living the dream. Almost overnight, she became a jet-setting socialite, rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous. But when her husb...
17 Nov 202147min
