In the 80’s and 90’s the US was going through a moral panic. In this chapter of Cult Chronicles, we learn about Satanic Panic and the McMartin Preschool Abuse.

https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2016/11/30/satanic-panic-americas-war-on-heavy-metal-in-the-1980s/

https://www.vox.com/2021/5/25/22356338/satanic-panic-america-sarah-marshall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plEImKEIRm8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R21tWs-qCw

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mcmartin/mcmartinaccount.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyAlUrIgV2g

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There is a cult buying up the town of Bixby, OK. In this chapter of Cult Chronicles we are learning about blue flame 47.

https://www.blueflame47.com/about/about-us/

https://assessor.tulsacounty.org/Property/Search?terms=blue%20flame%2047&filterTag=null

https://www.acts29.com/biblical-qualifications-of-a-pastor/

https://www.reddit.com/r/tulsa/comments/165qdlb/i_live_in_tulsa_ok_and_i_have_seen_what_looks/

http://www.blessedquietness.com/journal/housechu/terra_forming.htm

https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model-pdf-download/

https://www.readfrontier.org/stories/promised-land-oklahoma-has-few-restrictions-on-religious-property-tax-exemptions/

And other sources

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Meditation can help you get through a lot. But you shouldn’t have to pay for it. In this chapter of cult chronicles we are learning about transcendental meditation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCUZXQ0b-MA

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

Movie – David Wants to Fly

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

https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AHelena+Olson&s=relevancerank&text=Helena+Olson&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1

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

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Not all cults are the same. In this chapter of Cult Chronicles, we are learning about the different types of cults.

https://www.apologeticsindex.org/267-categories-of-cults

https://www.masterclass.com/articles/what-is-a-cult

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

https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/legal-and-political-magazines/anti-cult-movement

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sect

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

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We’ve cover white separatist groups, and this week we cover a black separatist group that somehow got in bed with the Proud Boys. In this chapter of cult chronicles, we learn about the Black Hammer Party.

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

https://www.britannica.com/topic/communism

https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2022/08/22/gazi-kodzo-black-hammer

https://coloradosun.com/2022/02/08/black-hammer-utopia-norwood-colorado/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cACNONIPTnE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PbeOD2Kcvo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXGRHdwH4Ak

https://www.telluridenews.com/news/article_6dd61fba-f91b-11ee-bd54-039af2989553.html

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Taking advantage of people who trust you? In this chapter of Cult Chronicles we are learning about the Birmingham Bathing Cult.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-51767053

https://saharareporters.com/2024/05/10/uk-based-nigerian-self-styled-prophet-oluronbi-jailed-34-years-raping-female-male-church

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/how-depraved-birmingham-pastor-made-17565245

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

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Disguising your perversions as a church? In this chapter of Cult Chronicles, we are learning about the Satanic Black Magic Cult.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/bristol-prostitutes-satanic-sex-cult-2262149

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/mar/11/sex-cult-leader-colin-batley-sentenced

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

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Another far-right survivalist group connected to Waco and the Oklahoma Bombing? In this chapter of the Cult Chronicles, we are learning about The Covenant, the Sword and the Arm of the Lord.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Covenant,_the_Sword,_and_the_Arm_of_the_Lord

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/covenant-the-sword-and-the-arm-of-the-lord-4031/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ellison_(white_supremacist)

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

https://vault.fbi.gov/The%20Covenant%20The%20Sword%20The%20Arm%20of%20the%20Lord%20/The%20Covenant%20The%20Sword%20The%20Arm%20of%20the%20Lord%20Part%201%20of%202/view

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elohim_City,_Oklahoma

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As a direct result of the Waco Massacre, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was bombed. In this chapter of the Cult Chronicles, we learn about the Oklahoma City Bombing.

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

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/oklahoma-city-bombing

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-27-mn-59616-story.html

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIYohleLlWw

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

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/world-trade-center-bombing-1993

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-04-26-mn-59097-story.html

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

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This week, I had the privilege to interview a surviving Branch Davidian, Kevin Jones. He shares his insight on what it was like to live at Mt. Carmel Center. He also goes over the siege.

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