Seven Deadly Sinners

Coming off the troubled teen series we felt compelled to cover what happens when teens are actually dangerous.  We utilize the Columbine School Shooting in Colorado and the mental states of Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris to explore this.

Written and Voiced by: Rachael O'Brien
Research and Writing Assistance by: Kate Kodman
Produced by: Rachael O'Brien and Greg Hunter
Music by: Greg Hunter featuring John Christy


Sources:
American Tragedy Documentary Amazon PrimeNPRhttps://www.slice.ca/10-signs-your-kid-might-be-a-psychopath/WikipediaThe Atlantichttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/when-your-child-is-a-psychopath/524502/https://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia/guide/shared-psychotic-disorder https://www.columbine-guide.com/columbine-dylan-yearbook

Washington PostTime Magazinebiography.comABC NewsThe Guardian

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Today, Ash and Alaina from The Morbid Podcast (our podcast goddesses) chat with beautiful, hilarious and spicy Tyler Hyde and Johnny Cann from That's Spooky. If Tyler and Johnny's personalities don't immediately make you fall for them, their ability to tell a story with compassion, spice and lighthearted humor in all the right places will have you swooning in seconds. We chatted with these about their relationship, their favorite paranormal happenings and how That's Spooky came to be. Come on in, friends. The water is fabulous.

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Today is the final episode on the Pride filled out-of-control billion-dollar Troubled Teen Industry. WWASP, deaths and lack of regulation - all stops along the winding road from Synanon. We’re not talking about insects, but an organization that runs dozens of troubled teen camps across the country and the world. Their sting? Just as painful, and sometimes, even deadly.
And like, Chuck Dietrich of Synanon, we have another unqualified man ready to carry the torch of attack therapy and abuse all the way to the bank. A man by the name of Robert Litchfield, who without the benefit of a college degree, parlayed his work into a multi million dollar industry.

And inspired scores of programs like his that are responsible for many horrific deaths of children, a few of which we will hear about today.

We will also hear about what Breaking Code Silence and celebrities like Paris Hilton are doing to shut these facilities down.
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SOURCES:http://narvinlichfield.com/Rolling Stone magazineThe Doctor’s talk showwww.news.com.auwww.tierrablancaranch.comwwaspsurvivors.comwww.santafenewmexican.comsfreporter.comBBC America “Locked in Paradise”New York Times “Skeletons in the Classroom”The Hartford CourantBangor Daily Newsbreakingcodesilence.net

Spencer is hilarious, magnificent and is waiting to be cast in the next Lifetime flick, so please get your people to talk to his people.  Ash and Alaina from Morbid talk to him about his favorite cult leaders, what brought him to true crime and which killer he thinks kept it the most weird! 

Link to his podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cult-liter-with-spencer-henry/id1436376574

From Circle of Hope Girls Ranch to Escuela Caribe we are discussing the Troubled Teen Industry's widespread abuse and we have cult leader Charles Dietrich of Synanon to thank for the inspiration of self help through shame and berating for it. On the flip side, we also have Paris Hilton for helping to expose it!

Sources:
-Nbcnews.com
-New York Times 
-Indoctrination podcast “Troubled Teen Industry” episode
-Kansas City Star
-60 Minutes
-Dr Phil Talk show
-The Doctors talk show
-Kidnapped For Christ documentary

A cult that has been described as one of the Most Violent and Dangerous Cults in American History, Synanon, which started as a rehab turned self help group and eventually compound based religion would go on to influence an entire industry that still operates today.  This is truly one of the most wild stories ever!

SOURCES:

LA MAG

PAULMORANTZ.COM

CABINET MAGAZINE

LA TIMES

THE NEW YORKER 

WIKIPEDIA

YOUTUBE

CULTEDUCATION.COM

In part 3 Tony escalates into the true monster he would live to be until his dying day.  Once Susan Alamo was gone, Tony was left to run the cult with reckless abandon, ordering the followers to pray over Susan's dead body 24 hours a day for a year straight, in order to "resurrect her", her body, not buried.... just sitting open casket in a room.  Tony also begins the most brutal beatings the cult had ever seen, went on the run after feds tried to arrest him for that and tax evasion, before being caught.  And so much more evil ensues! 

Sources:
tonyalamonews.com

alamoministries.com

Ministry of Evil Documentary on Sundance

Tulsa World

Texarkana Gazette

Susan and Tony Alamo are, the over confident duo, who managed to lure hundreds of people into their cult to work for free, sign their outside paychecks over to them, and worship the ground they walked on.  In this episode we cover how they lured them in, how they kept them brainwashed and a huge surprise at the end where Susan Alamo's grift comes back to haunt her. 

www.tonyalamonews.com

www.alamoministries.com

Rolling Stone

Ministry of Evil Documentary 

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