Cults
Doomsday predictions. Religious doctrines. Extraterrestrial orders. What really goes on inside a cult? Step into the minds of those who led and joined the most controversial organizations in history. Cults is a Spotify Original from Parcast.
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Inside CULTS: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
4 min
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Inside CULTS: Adolfo Constanzo
5 min
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Inside CULTS: Charles Manson
6 min
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Cults Summer Road Trip: Branch Davidians
40 min
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Cults Summer Road Trip: House of David
35 min
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Cults Summer Road Trip: Church of Jesus with Si...
37 min
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Cults Summer Road Trip: Twelve Tribes
35 min
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The Downfall (Ordo Templi Orientis Pt. 3)
38 min
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Jack Parsons (Ordo Templi Orientis Pt. 2)
37 min
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Aleister Crowley (Ordo Templi Orientis Pt. 1)
36 min
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The Magnificat Meal Movement Pt. 2
35 min
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The Magnificat Meal Movement Pt. 1
34 min
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Reverend Okjoo Shin Pt. 2
34 min
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Reverend Okjoo Shin Pt. 1
35 min
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Conspiracies of the Grateful Dead Pt. 2
32 min
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Conspiracies of the Grateful Dead Pt. 1
37 min
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William Kamm & The Order of St. Charbel Pt. 2
33 min
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William Kamm & The Order of St. Charbel Pt. 1
38 min
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Heaven’s Gate Pt. 4: The Exit
41 min
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Heaven’s Gate Pt. 3: The Pivot
The group’s belief system had never been infallible. There had been adjustments along the way; revisions meant to keep the wheels turning whenever prophecies didn’t manifest. But then, in 1985, Bonnie Lu Nettles died. And her passing threw Heaven’s Gate’s whole world askew.
34 min
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Heaven’s Gate Pt. 2: The Class
1976 was a turning point for Heaven’s Gate. The spaceship that was promised had not arrived. Members were defecting. Nettles and Applewhite gathered their truest believers in Wyoming and made it clear: Things were going to be different from here on out. Much different.
36 min
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Heaven’s Gate Pt. 1: The Two
When Bonnie Lu Nettles and Marshall Applewhite meet in Houston in 1972, it’s not for the first time — at least, not according to their birth charts. They’ve known each other in a past life. And in this lifetime, they have a joint mission. They set out, amid a wave of social and political upheaval, to find it.
41 min
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Alice "Lakwena" Auma Pt. 2
In 1986, Alice Lakawena formed the Holy Spirit Mobile Force. Their goals were utopian and their tactics were nonviolent.
38 min
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The Mills Family Murders
On February 26, 1980, three former members of Jim Jones’ Peoples Temple were shot and killed in their California home. Many believed it was an act of revenge by their former cult, but police suspected somebody else.
8 min
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Alice "Lakwena" Auma Pt. 1
In 1985, when Alice Auma was 29 years old, her life changed forever. The spirit Lakwena told her that she had to lead her followers to a new Uganda that was free from corruption. But in order to do that, she would need to create a holy army and take the country by force.
32 min