Hello Cult Babes, and happy Friday!!! This week I’ve got some good ones. From a 1711 graveyard mishap to a body in a freezer in a storage unit…I’ll explain. 

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https://fox4kc.com/news/trial-set-for-missouri-man-accused-of-keeping-wifes-body-in-freezer/

‘The Silent Patient’ by Alex Michaelides 

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Hello Cult Babes! This week we’re headed to Connecticut to hear all about how Julius Schacknow’s come to Jesus moment led to him starting a whole ass cult. We’ve got a pretty standard cult on our hands, annoying cult leader,  7 wives, and more visions than every season of that’s so raven combined.  

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Sources: 

https://buffalonews.com/news/ex-cultists-blast-leader-as-charlatan-brother-julius-cited-in-abuse/article_e47a3e0e-f185-5e3f-8245-7fe577bb5218.html

https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/id-shows/sinful-messiah-the-work-cult-multiple-wives-exploitive-labor-murder

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-time/severed-leg-connecticut-cultist-murder-charges

People Investigates [on amazon prime] CULTS: The Sinful Messiah 

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Happy Monday Cult Babes! This week we’re diving into a case that the 1960s press dubbed ‘the Kiss and Kill murder.’ Aligned with stories of Cult Liter past, such as  Death of a Cheerleader, we have a real life story of high school horror centering around 17 year old Betty Williams. What happened on the night of her disappearance from her conservative town of Odessa, Tx? There’s only one way to find out! 

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Sources: 

‘A Crime to Remember’ S2 E8 ‘Bye, Bye Betty.’ 

https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/a-kiss-before-dying/

https://www.amazon.com/Washed-Blood-Shelton/dp/097775586X

https://medium.com/of-misdeeds-and-mysteries/killer-claims-girl-begged-him-to-shoot-her-6824335131b

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In perhaps the most exciting little liter to date, my older sister Olivia is joining the cult once again and boy did she deliver...a story about a murderer in our own family! We’ve of course got some cult babe stories; a Synanon connection, and a grandma with a 6th sense! 

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Oh yes cult babes, yes I did, I mean how could I not? This week we’re covering the real life story behind Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do it. The trial of Arne Johnson was the first case in the American court system in which the defense cited ‘demonic possession’ as an argument against murder charges. We’re discussing how 11 year old David Glatzel got possessed, and more importantly how he passed it on to Arne Johnson leading to the death of 40 year old Alan Bono. 

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Sources: 

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

‘Devil In Connecticut’- Gerald Brittle w/ contributions from Ed and Lorraine Warren

Season 2 ‘A Haunting..’ Episode ‘Where demons dwell.’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9Be1Q_X_AQ

https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/conjuring-3-where-arne-johnson-is-now/

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Hello Cult Babes! This week we’re talking all about Synanon, not to be confused with cinnamon. Listen in on how cult leader Charles Dederich took the principles of a 12 Step program and created a rehab from hell. We’ve got shaved heads, rattlesnakes, and a whole lotta bullshit. 

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Sources: 

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

https://gizmodo.com/synanons-sober-utopia-how-a-drug-rehab-program-became-1562665776

http://www.paulmorantz.com/the_synanon_story/the-birth-of-charles-dederich-and-synanon-foundation-inc/

http://www.paulmorantz.com/the_synanon_story/the-true-history-of-synanon-violence-and-how-it-started/

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/04/us/charles-dederich-83-synanon-founder-dies.html

https://www.thetrevorproject.org

https://charleyproject.org/case/rose-lena-cole

https://www.healthline.com/health/what-is-benzedrine

https://www.ptreyeslight.com/article/doris-gambonini-ranch-woman-who-comforted-synanon-refugees-dies-80

Rachael’s podcast: 

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TGIF Babes, in this week’s little liter we chat about the Daybell/Vallow saga, some Casey Anthony drama, a visit to the scientology center and more! 

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Moidah Monday! This week we’re talking about the Excedrin murders of 1986 in Auburn, WA. When Sue Snow collapsed in her bathroom on a normal morning in June of ‘86 it was just the beginning of a very twisted tale. 

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Sources: 

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/cold-cases/chicago-tylenol-murders/

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/1404-N-St-NE_Auburn_WA_98002_M23256-29340

https://people.com/archive/killing-her-husband-wasnt-enough-for-stella-nickell-to-make-her-point-she-poisoned-a-stranger-vol-30-no-1/

https://www.amazon.com/Bitter-Almonds-Mothers-Daughters-Seattle

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

KILLER WOMEN- S4 EP 9 

My Favorite Murder Episode 43-Tylenol Murders [Mentioned in Tylenol recap]

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TGIF CULT BABES! On this week’s little liter we’ve got some bizarre letters I found in a box, a spoOoOky cabin story, and a moidah connection. Love you!

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Happy Monday cult babes! This week we’re getting crazy with the carnies talking about the absolute insanity behind the Stile’s family. Grady Stiles Jr. a.k.a. ‘Lobster Boy’ was born into the carnival life, and while carnivals tend to be looked at with a smile, you won’t be by the end of this story. We’ve got claw hands, moidah, and a whole lotta bullshit. 

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Sources: 

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

https://www.thehumanmarvels.com/grady-stiles-jr-the-murderous-lobster-man/

https://morbidology.com/the-lobster-boy-grady-stiles-jr/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/international-independent-showmen-s-museum

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2631452/Infamous-freak-attraction-Lobster-Boy-drunken-bastard-killed-wife-got-fight-son-says.html

https://odditiesbizarre.com/grady-stiles-lll-interview/

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-28-mn-20902-story.html

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