Today I’m filling you in on something you might have seen in the headlines recently—the death of Love Has Won leader Amy Carlson, also known as Mother God. The bizarre circumstances reported by the media have put the spotlight on this group for the public, but for cult watchers, this group has been on their radar for a while now. What is this group all about, and what could have led to the remains of its leader being discovered decomposing in a house in Colorado, decorated with glitter and string lights, and the arrests of seven cult members?

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Links & Resources

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255

Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741 741

Domestic Violence Helpline: 1-800-799-7233

VictimConnect, a referral helpline for victims of crime: 1-855-484-2846

For veterans, Make The Connection

• Rising Above Love Has Won support website
• Live Science’s Mummification: The Lost Art of Embalming the Dead
• Stimmel Law’s Rights and Obligations As To Human Remains and Burial
• Frazer Consultants’ Grief and Loss: How Long Can You Keep a Loved One’s Body at Home?
• FDA and FTC warning letter to Gaia’s Whole Healing Essentials, LLC
• Season Two of Up and Vanished

Written and produced by Anna Roberts

Burning palm tree artwork by Perry Vasquez

Intro music by Elliot Middleton