Murder at Ryans Run: exposing the cult of John Africa

No one joins a cult. 17 year old John Gilbride gets lured into MOVE in the summer of 1985 after the deadly confrontation with police that resulted in a fire that destroyed 61 homes and took the lives of 6 adult MOVE members and 5 children who were inside MOVE headquarters on May 13, 1985.   It would be years later when John's parents even discover that he has become a MOVE member which prompts them to seek out cult interventionists in the hopes of getting John to leave MOVE before it is too late.   

Joe Kelley Cult Interventionist
International Cultic Studies Association
Cult News 101
Cult Recovery
Psychology Today article on Coercive Control
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) - Red Queen

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The crowds at John Gilbride's wake had the funeral director asking if he was someone famous, maybe a major league baseball player.  John was a regular guy like by everyone but he before he died he was keeping his personal life a secret because it involved a notorious local organization known as MOVE. 
 

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After decades of fear and silencing, members born into MOVE come forward with allegations that their "revolutionary family" is a cult that abused, terrorized and threatened them.  Pixie Africa, daughter of globally known MOVE and Mumia Abu Jamal spokesperson Pam Africa, is escaping with her 5 children and shared her life story in order to expose the group so that she can leave without retaliation.

Leaving MOVE blog with group statement 

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Kevin got into the Philadelphia based group known as MOVE at at the age of 14 because he wanted to fight for equality and justice.  Now, 24 years later Kevin is betraying MOVE by going public putting himself and his family at risk.

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34 year old John Gilbride was murdered on September 2002 and to this day the case is unsolved.  Many people claim this case will never be solved because John was once a member of the radical group known as MOVE.  This series will take you down the dark and twisty investigative rabbits holes that will expose the true nature and history of The Move Organization as  a deceptive, violent cult with a history of silencing critics.  

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