Donald Barnett’s Community Chapel
Strict rules, “spiritual connections,” and promiscuous dance rituals were the hallmarks of a bible school in Washington that fell deeper into notoriety after a string of deaths and sexual assault accu...
17 Maj 202235min
Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker’s Evangelical Empire
Two televangelists built a sprawling empire complete with a television network and a Christian theme park. Hannah and Suruthi cover the spectacular rise and fall of Tammy Faye and Jim Bakker, whose fu...
10 Maj 202237min
Terri Benson’s Conscious Development
A housewife in the 1950s starts studying the occult, then hosting meditations for a group of like-minded people. It seems harmless enough... until the supernatural battles, bloodletting, and mysteriou...
3 Maj 202231min
The Church of Wells
A polarizing church in Wells, Texas, is known for its aggressive street preaching, the death of a newborn, and members cutting contact with their families. Hannah and Suruthi look closely at the origi...
26 Apr 202228min
James King’s New Gnostic Church
James King was a self-empowerment guru working around Seattle in the 1990s. His ideas about “God-life” and enlightenment attracted a small band of followers who underwent an intense recruiting process...
19 Apr 202226min
Korea’s “Little Child” Tycoon
The mysterious death of a South Korean business tycoon was the closing chapter of a bizarre saga dotted with the start of a church, maritime disasters, and a mass killing-suicide. Hannah and Suruthi d...
12 Apr 202235min
18 Texts From God
In the early 2000s, a small Pentecostal sect in Sweden began adopting unconventional beliefs and practices on their way to cult infamy. Hannah and Suruthi discuss Knutby Filadelfia, its leaders — the ...
5 Apr 202232min
King Ben’s House of David
A preacher and his wife establish the House of David in 1902 after coming to believe they are the fated “seventh messenger” of God. The Purnells relocate to Lake Michigan, get an influx of money from ...
29 Mars 202234min
