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 “Bride of Christ” Åsa Waldau and predatory pastor Helge Fossmo — and how “texts from God” manipulated one vulnerable member into committing murder.

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