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Eye-opening episode delving into some of the most disturbing cults in history.

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Kyle

Not gonna lie. I was expecting this interview to start with a big "HUUUHHH" "big black ***** with an icy watch"...

Amy J Keel

Love this interview! Had no clue how much I NEEDED to see this and didn’t even realize how much! Thanks once again for opening up my eyes! 👀

BelfastBilly

In the late 70’s I worked in a travel center off a major interstate. The moonies were around and bunch of other groups. Personally I thought their recruiting was lame! Just spaced out people. Things like, “Flowers for sale, $1.50 for one, special deal, two for $3.00”. WTH

High speed Chase

I drive by the scientology compound in Hemet ca almost every day. The compound is huge. Apparently they have armed guards according to some people I spoke with. Bunch of whackadoo's if you ask me.

Joshua

Freeway Rick Ross next lol thought that’s what I was going to be watching. This one is pretty dark though.

TheHoff

Interesting topic. I would include Catholicism, Mormonism, and Islam as major cults. Each has their own brand of "our way is the only way" and point to some spiritual leader (Pope, Joseph Smith, or Mohammed) as their Oracle of divine inspiration and catechism. I think there are also "cults" in education, government, and business also...look no farther than the neocons, vax disciples, and Swamp monsters.

B R

This is 3 hours that will fly by at work...Thank you SRS for making my work less arduous!

iRgrunt

The yellow deli has some good sandwiches. There’s one in Oneonta, New York. I ordered the queen, but with a small adjustment. When the gentleman delivered my sandwich, he made a comment along the lines of here’s your sandwich the way it’s supposed to be made, Nobody messes with the queen.

Desert Traveller

I thought it was freeway Rick Ross or the rapper when the audio released earlier 😅. Still going to watch it as you never disappoint with your guests.

Jesse

I don't think I will ever look at religions and/or "cult" like behaviors the same. There is soo many guises that wacko's try to use to justify their sick ideals. Great show @SRS

iRgrunt

I just had a wild thought. I want to know more about this reprogramming… I wonder if it can be tailored and applied to veterans

Big Game Diver

Looking forward to it but not sure what to expect. I know this subject can get swampy for the lack of a better word. Makes me uneasy just like the mind control groups.

Len Marchewka

It's "Don't drink the Kool-aid!"

Jennifer Kessenich

I had to take a break from Superbad to listen to this. Crazy world when the cult pod is like a warm hug. Great podcasts one after the other! Love them all.

Erika Selene

A man recently arrested for murder in Tennessee & he claims to be of the Twelve Tribes … now I’m hearing about the Twelve Tribes (which I did find out started near Chattanooga.. maybe 1969). A lot of fringe groups per se originated in Tennessee & a lot near the Chattanooga area. I plan on exploring more!!

Mike G

Jesus answered: “Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and will deceive many.” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭24‬:‭4‬-‭5‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Colonel James Marye

For a longtime I considered myself a Christain and was on this search for the perfect denomination. I started as a Presbyterian, then went to the episcopal church when I got married and then on to Catholicism, none ever seemed true and real. Now I only claim that I am a follower of the teachings of Jesus and I do my best to lead a good life without the hokuspokus metaphysical aspect of it.

Katy Allison

Crazy how many cults are still fully functioning underneath our nose(s). I still cannot for the life of me, understand while child SA is encouraged, if not propagated throughout most of these groups. Intriguing, yet disgusting & mind-blowing subject. Shawn, you should see if Leah Rhemini would visit your show—she’s a TROVE of insider info on ‘Scientology’.

Ronald E Stevens

We see this in our own politics and government. I truly believe our government is a cult. Great show Shawn as always. Happy Holidays from another Delta soldier living in a nightmare. My best friends are seals and we all help to keep each other on track and we all follow you. Thank you 🙏🪶

James Scott Haberer

Epoch Times? Or Epic Times? (In regards to the CFO who is being charged with money laundering)

Robert Diggins

I've taken care of a family member who has severe schizophrenia and the most traumatic and sad story I've ever seen. This reminds me of the disease, where the "leader" is in his own mind. He spent the prime of life not knowing how to tell what was real, with both auditory and visual hallucinations and delusions. Can you imagine being ordered around by "God" or "The Devil"? He is one of my personal heroes, because, when he had moments of peace, he was humble, not angry. He would smile, laugh, and be grateful, in general. When I think about how mad and frustrated I get at my problems I'm life, I think of him and remember that I don't have it so bad. He never hurt a fly and it stings when I hear that all crazy people are violent, scary people. That's definitely not true, but I understand the fear. The problem with the stigma and fear is that states have put all their long term care hospitals hundreds of miles away from cities, where family members live. Contact with family is one of the only things that is known to help. There is an extremely disappointing truth about how much help people (don't) get at these warehouses, who run like a business and once they get the SSDI Checks, they choose to give the ppl patients regular electroshock treatments, "for maintenance". My family member has now been a ward of the state (because we didn't know the unwritten rule at the local hospital, for episodes we couldn't handle - 3 strikes and you're out - to the state hospital, hundreds of miles away, with very little contact with family and having now received around 500 ECTs (electroshock), which might help depressives, short term, but there is no evidence that they help schizophrenics. He's been under their control for 15 years now. He was an intelligent musician and artist when he went there. Now, he can no longer write his name, he rarely speaks, and is now basically bedridden and they're moving him to a nursing home. Your guest is awesome and he reminds me of the group therapy we used, before the state took him for good, called Voice Busters. They would try to help deprogram sick people and help them be less afraid of the voices. This was helpful. We need people like him in our mental hospitals. The "doctors" don't even spend one on one time with the patients and I have nothing but disdain for the state hospital. This varies by state and some are better. But there is a pattern of removing mentally ill, non-violent, non-criminal, patients from society, and from their families. We really need an overhaul, and it's not as simple as removing people, out of sight - out of mind. I know this is adjacent to the main topic, but it's very applicable. P.S. This is one of the reasons I don't involve myself with religion, at all. I know it helps a lot of people, but I've seen the extremes of belief, to the point where it's REALITY and it is like a bunch of twisted stone age cults, with mind control up the wazoo, to me. I went to a nice congregational church as a kid and I think the social aspects for the community are great. Sort of like the public schools once were for kids. I've lived another way and I don't feel the need to know all the answers to the universe. I think anyone who relies on any such answers, through religion or scientific "consensus" are delusional, to some degree. I'm very anti-authoritarian and protective of critical thinking, with respect for authoritative sources and people. People can't seem to discern the difference between those words. I also appreciate prayers, as I am open minded and don't rule out the power of intention or even physical effects of thought. My neighbor started his own church and is the pastor. After his first attempts to reel me into it, I gave him an earful of my experience and Reason. He is a great neighbor and doesn't try to get me into his little church group anymore. And we exchange "prayers" and well wishes, without the need for discussion of the framework. It's normal, if odd. This is a great interview. Thanks for bringing the guest and thanks for letting me express my perspective about how this interview relates to our mental health disaster. BTW, "schizophrenic" doesn't mean you vacillate between two opposing opinions. That's just a process of thinking and validation. Changing ones mind. Schizophrenia involves delusional thinking with auditory and/or visual hallucinations. People can become schizophrenic in their late teens and 20s (usually). They CAN get better and live without it. If they don't, it's usually life long and really rough, with very high rates of suicide. Family is really important!

Jade Stanley

I live in rural Virginia, and for at least the first 5 years I lived here (been here almost12 years now) these jehovas kids kept showing up at my door despite me telling them no repeatedly. I didnt want their info or pamphlets. then I noticed they were riding bikes here no car, no adult, these were like little kids skinny looking pitiful kids. I never met or saw an actual adult. So theres that. seems like they only want the kids to make them work for the cult.

Michael Anthony

I seen Rick Ross and subscribed to watch it

Orlando Romero

I’m dealing with some Jehovah witnesses at work now. It’s a super depressing cult. No grace at all in it.

Jimmy Wusinich

Excellent episode! There are some really evil cults out there.

Benjamen King

When you say "legal in all 50 states" I think it makes people wonder what's really in those gummies lol. Maybe re word that to something more clear like "just plain candy"

Julie Clark

Shawn, This guy has been bashing Christian organizations for over 35 years. He does not budge from his judgments against Christian ministries because this is how he makes his $$. You really need to call Jewish Voice Ministries. Give them a chance to share their side of the story I know for sure what he is saying is misconstrued information. You have a lot of Christians in your support group. I sat on a talk show with Rick Ross in Chicago & he is not credible! He never budges from his mantra ~ He is clueless about Christianity, & judges Christians because he doesn’t understand what Christianity is all about. He, like most peoples, judges what he doesn’t understand. ( I am not talking about Jehovah witness, Everyone should know that they are a cult ) But don’t let him bash your own tribe! I am a “ Messianic”” Jew ~ you should invite Lance Wallnau to come on your show. He will enlighten you. There are always two sides to every story.

Cory

Had a few try it on me 😂 married to one for a while

Tim

So……I know some people that follow the QAnon crap that is going around. They are being indoctrinated by their own TV.

Christopher McKechney

You'll see the 12 tribes at festivals preying on drugged up hippie kids. They have a fancy bus called the peacemaker that they'll lure you in. Some people have been reported kidnapped by them from festivals.

Marissa Hernandez

The Scientology facility he mentions is actually in San Jacinto, CA not Hemet. I used to drive by that facility when I commuted to San Jacinto community college nearby. Just driving by it is eerie!!!! You can feel the dark energy. Creepy.

acruhl

“I myself was to experience how easily one is taken in by a lying and censored press and radio in a totalitarian state. Though unlike most Germans I had daily access to foreign newspapers, especially those of London, Paris and Zurich, which arrived the day after publication, and though I listened regularly to the BBC and other foreign broadcasts, my job necessitated the spending of many hours a day in combing the German press, checking the German radio, conferring with Nazi officials and going to party meetings. It was surprising and sometimes consternating to find that notwithstanding the opportunities I had to learn the facts and despite one’s inherent distrust of what one learned from Nazi sources, a steady diet over the years of falsifications and distortions made a certain impression on one’s mind and often misled it. No one who has not lived for years in a totalitarian land can possibly conceive how difficult it is to escape the dread consequences of a regime’s calculated and incessant propaganda. Often in a German home or office or sometimes in a casual conversation with a stranger in a restaurant, a beer hall, a café, I would meet with the most outlandish assertions from seemingly educated and intelligent persons. It was obvious that they were parroting some piece of nonsense they had heard on the radio or read in the newspapers. Sometimes one was tempted to say as much, but on such occasions one was met with such a stare of incredulity, such a shock of silence, as if one had blasphemed the Almighty, that one realized how useless it was even to try to make contact with a mind which had become warped and for whom the facts of life had become what Hitler and Goebbels, with their cynical disregard for truth, said they were.” ― William L. Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

Ben S.

Really enjoyed this episode. Thanks a lot.

Sup Bruv

This was a great episode, as most are. Rick Ross is doing great work!