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Introducing: The Shrink Next Door Nov 24, 2021

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Veteran journalist Joe Nocera’s neighbor in the Hamptons was a therapist named Ike. Ike counted celebrities and Manhattan elites as his patients. He’d host star-studded parties at his eccentric vacation house. But one summer, Joe discovered that Ike was gone and everything he’d thought he’d known about his neighbor -- and the house next door -- was wrong. From Wondery, the company behind Dirty John and Dr. Death, and Bloomberg, “The Shrink Next Door” is a story about power, control and turning to the wrong person for help for three decades. Written and hosted by Joe Nocera, a columnist for Bloomberg. The Shrink Next Door is now an Apple Original series, starring Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd. Watch now only on Apple TV+.
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Mormon Manson: The Cult Leader's Hitlist Nov 23, 2021

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It’s Monday cult babes, and we’re nearing the end of Cult-vember! In this week’s episode we are primarily focusing on the deadly aftermath of Ervil LeBaron’s cult which were covered in ‘Mormon Manson’ and ‘Mormon Manson: Ervil’s Revenge.’ This is our ‘finale’ of the LeBaron family coverage. It’s been said that violent death seems to follow these people, and that much I know to be true.

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Sources:

https://www.newspapers.com/image/213689944/?terms=Eric%20lebaron&match=1
https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/houston/press-releases/2011/jacqueline-lebaron-sentenced-to-prison
https://www.deseret.com/1997/6/13/19317679/lebaron-gets-45-year-sentence
https://www.newspapers.com/image/612939402
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ervil_LeBaron
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1989/10/14/slayings-linked-to-sect-revenge/60fa8703-6346-4c19-913c-c429fc10a6c8/
https://murderpedia.org/male.L/l/lebaron-ervil.htm
https://apnews.com/article/f07ddd7af185959a0c0d31d715ef3368
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2004407/Daughter-polygamous-sect-leader-pleads-guilty-24-years-murders-ordered-father-jail-cell.html
https://www.deseret.com/1989/1/30/18793337/chynoweth-death-probed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeBarón_and_Langford_families_massacre

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Little Liter Ep-43 Nov 19, 2021

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T.G.I.F. It’s Friday babes, that means we’ve got some cult babe stories to share! This week we’re talking MLM’s, cat fishing, another John Wayne Gacy connection, and even a lil arson.

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Mormon Manson: Ervil's Revenge Nov 16, 2021

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This week we are getting into the real story behind the death of Dr. Rulon Allred, as it turns out it was less of a murder…more of an assassination. We’ll touch on some of the many other murders ordered by Ervil LeBaron and talk about the history of ‘blood atonement’ and embezzlement in the churches.

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Sources:

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/09/777957221/the-history-of-mormons-in-mexico
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ervil_LeBaron
VICE Docuseries: Drug Cartels vs. Mormons
Oxygen: Deadly Cults S2E6
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38526255
https://www.famous-trials.com/mountainmeadows/926-atonement
https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1828.pdf
http://www.ruthwariner.com/the-sound-of-gravel/history
://www.bbc.com/news/stories-47675301
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/joel-osteen-preacher-luxury-lifestyle-b1888237.html
‘The Polygamist’s Daughter’ by Anna LeBaron
‘The Sound of Gravel’ by Ruth Wariner
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-20-vw-1753-story.html

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Little Liter Ep-42 Nov 12, 2021

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T. G. I. F. This week’s little liter has everything from multiple John Wayne Gacy connections, a killer classmate, and a family scandal. Tune in!

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The Mormon Manson Nov 09, 2021

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Cult Babes! We’re kicking off week 2 of Cult-vember with a wild story, no really there is so much going on that we have to pick up next week with the rest of the story. Today we’re discussing some culty cult cults who were live laugh loving polygamy a little too much. When a small town doctor in Murray, Utah was moidahed in their office, it led to the discovery of a cult rivalry between false prophets.

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Sources:

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/09/777957221/the-history-of-mormons-in-mexico

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ervil_LeBaron

VICE Docuseries: Drug Cartels vs. Mormons

Oxygen: Deadly Cults S2E6

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-38526255

https://theconversation.com/explaining-polygamy-and-its-history-in-the-mormon-church-81384

https://kutv.com/news/local/mormons-in-mexico-a-brief-history-of-polygamy-cartel-violence-and-faith

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Dayer_LeBaron_Sr.

http://archives.lib.byu.edu/agents/people/4225

Investigation Discovery UK: The Wives Did It Episode: The Polygamous Profit

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Little Liter Ep-41 Nov 05, 2021

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It’s Friday, I’m in love. This week’s little liter has everything from a John Wayne Gacy update, a murderous yoga teacher, an Amway moidah, and so much more.

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Mankind United Nov 02, 2021

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Welcome to Cult-vember babes. Imagine, a utopian future, where everyone was equal. Same house, same furnishings, same 4 hour workday, 4 day work week, 8 month work year, and even the same salary? Cult leader Arthur Bell attempted to bring the idea to fruition through a community he created known as ‘Mankind United.’ Listen in on the bizarre origins and ultimate failure, stay tuned through the end to hear a shocking cult connection.

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Sources:

‘Mankind United’ -Author: Arthur Bell

‘Mystics & Messiahs’-Author: Philip Jenkins

https://www.newspapers.com/image/136076561/?terms=mankind%20united&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/524582820/?terms=mankind%20united&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/183954733/?terms=mankind%20united&match=1

https://www.newspapers.com/image/148017544/?terms=mankind%20united&match=2

https://www.laphamsquarterly.org/roundtable/mankind-unite

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Little Liter Ep-40 Oct 29, 2021

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TGIF Cult Babes! This week’s little liter has a creepy coworker, some cult connections, and some follow up to Monday’s Pastor with a Past episode!

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Pastor with a Past Oct 26, 2021

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Happy Halloween Cult Babes! Well…almost. This week’s episode has so many twists and turns you’ll feel like you’re lost in a corn maze. Picture it, Halloween 2012, an unsuspecting city infiltrated by a pastor with a taste for moidah. It’s nothing like you’ve heard before.

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Sources:

http://www.mt-pleasant.org/our_city/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/205819521/?terms=Theresa%20etherton&match=2

https://www.mlive.com/news/saginaw/2013/08/former_friend_of_convicted_mur.html

Investigation Discovery: Sinister Minister Season 1 Episode 2

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/ourmidland/name/rebekah-gay-obituary?id=20271096

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/murder/pastor-john-d-white-murder-sex-with-dead-bodies

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2311765/Michigan-minister-killed-fiancees-daughter-fulfill-fantasy-having-sex-dead-body-sentenced-56-years.html

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