In this episode, we unpack the shocking true crime case of Brendan Luke Stevens and the Australian religious group known as The Saints — a fringe faith community linked to one of the most disturbing deaths in recent memory.

In January 2022, eight-year-old Elizabeth Rose Struhs died in Toowoomba, Queensland, after members of the sect deliberately withheld her prescribed insulin for six days. As she suffered from type 1 diabetes, the group chose prayer over medical treatment — with fatal consequences.

This case exposes the terrifying dangers of extremist belief, coercive control, and cult-like ideology in modern Australia.

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