Ash and Dawn Brody of the hilarious and insanely informative HILF: History I'd Like to Fuck podcast start to wrap up the Jonestown saga.

The People's Temple members who go to Guyana first soon find out just how hard that jungle is to clear and how much effort and time it will take to grow crops to sustain the congregation. Meanwhile, back in California, Jones makes Jonestown out to be a paradise with propoganda videos that he ordered the members in Guyana to make. He also starts introducing a lot of talk about sacrifice and death at this point. And when a defaming article comes out about him, he quickly moves the rest of the congregation to what would become their Guyanese jungle hell.

Find Dawn from HILF: History I'd Like To Fck here:

• https://www.dawnbrodey.com/

Follow HILF: History I'd Like To Fck on:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/HILFpodcast/
• Dawn's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawn_brodey/

-Join us for as little as $5 a month on Patreon!
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-We have awesome new merch, go take a look!
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-Audio editing by Gaytrice Perdue and Malissa Coulson.
-Research assistance by Fallon Morey.
-Sources:

• Forty years after the Jonestown massacre, a new book chronicles the deep ties between the depraved cult leader Jim Jones and prominent Democratic politicians. | City Journal (city-journal.org)
• Jonestown - Wikipedia
• https://www.hulu.com/series/truth-and-lies-jonestown-paradise-lost-fd3b83b5-35dc-4089-bd74-a11b1697ee86
• https://www.amazon.com/Undaunted-Surviving-Jonestown-Summoning-Fighting/dp/1503903605
• https://www.amazon.com/Road-Jonestown-Jones-Peoples-Temple/dp/1476763828
• https://www.lesliewagnerwilson.org/
• https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=28703
• https://time.com/6120017/jonestown-massacre-survivors/
• https://time.com/longform/jonestown-aftermath/

This week, Ash proves that the 'ol saying "the higher the hair, the closer to God" might not be so true.

Gwen Shamblin, subject of HBO's The Way Down, was a tiny woman with huge hair full of secrets. She started as a weight loss guru with her Christian diet program, The Weigh Down Workshop and skyrocketed to success with her book The Weigh Down Diet. Both focus on "praying the pounds away”! As Gwen gained more power and her hair grew taller, she started to get that God complex thing going on, and of course, stuff gets abusive and MAGA weird (easter egg!).


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-Research assistance by Toni Wormold.
-Audio editing by Gaytrice Perdue.
-Sources:

• The Way Down Docuseries
• Reality Life with Kate Casey Podcast: Episodes: 396 & 498
• Dirty Money Moves: Women in White Collar Crimes Podcast ; Gwen Shamblin Lara MIni Series Episodes 1-5
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_Shamblin_Lara
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churches_of_Christ
• https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/gwen-shamblins-will-potentially-worth-millions-leaves-nothing-to-her-remnant-fellowship-church
• https://www.cbs58.com/news/christian-diet-guru-and-tarzan-actor-are-among-7-presumed-dead-in-plane-crash-near-nashville
• https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/29/us/plane-crash-tennessee.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Lara
• https://gossipnextdoor.com/joe-lara-daughter-age-custody-name-is-she-still-alive/

It's time for another edition of.... Ash and Alex Do Scientology! Ash again teams up with Apostate Alex, former Church of Scientology's Director of Public Book Sales in London, and current dope ass whistleblower and YouTuber, to dive deep into the mysterious world of the "Church" of Scientology. And get ready y'all, because we're coming at you every week!

Alex takes Ash deeper into the insanity of his own experiences, soup cans that read your emotions, thetans... and then they start to climb The Bridge with the "Purification Rundown".


Find Alex on his YouTube channel to hear soooo much more about Scientology and to see all of the amazing guests he's had on! And as always, don't forget to subscribe to his channel, and like and comment on his videos! And if you haven't yet... please go rate and review us on Apple (you can update old reviews so they come to the top again), or just give us 5 stars on Spotify!
IT'S SO VALUABLE AND APPRECIATED FRIENDS!

-We'd love to see you in our Discord, come hang out. Seriously, it's a blast, get in there!!
-Follow us on Instagram and Twitter!
-We have awesome new merch, go take a look!
-Research and storytelling by Apostate Alex.
-Audio editing by Ryan Pregent.

This month, TSFU Presents: Jonesin' for Jonestown! Ash and Dawn Brody of the hilarious and insanely informative podcast HILF: History I'd Like to Fuck, take a hard look at how Jones' "church" began and the events that led up to its tragic end.

Things get cultier, as they tend to do, when Jones starts encouraging followers to immerse themselves more fully by giving over their material wealth and possessions over to the church... as well as volunteer/work for free in their spare time. Jones begins to lose it and starts publicly beating people bloody during services. He starts doing a ton of drugs, gets even more controlling and sexual abuse within the church begins.

Find Dawn from HILF: History I'd Like To Fck here:

• https://www.dawnbrodey.com/

Follow HILF: History I'd Like To Fck on:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/HILFpodcast/
• Dawn's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawn_brodey/

-Join us for as little as $5 a month on Patreon!
-We'd love to see you in our Discord, come hang out!
-We have awesome new merch, go take a look!
-Follow us on Instagram and Twitter!
-Audio editing by Jennifer Chen.
-Research assistance by Fallon Morey.
-Sources:

• Forty years after the Jonestown massacre, a new book chronicles the deep ties between the depraved cult leader Jim Jones and prominent Democratic politicians. | City Journal (city-journal.org)
• Jonestown - Wikipedia
• https://www.hulu.com/series/truth-and-lies-jonestown-paradise-lost-fd3b83b5-35dc-4089-bd74-a11b1697ee86
• https://www.amazon.com/Undaunted-Surviving-Jonestown-Summoning-Fighting/dp/1503903605
• https://www.amazon.com/Road-Jonestown-Jones-Peoples-Temple/dp/1476763828
• https://www.lesliewagnerwilson.org/
• https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=28703
• https://time.com/6120017/jonestown-massacre-survivors/
• https://time.com/longform/jonestown-aftermath/

Hey-ohhh, here to totally bum you out again as Ali tells Ash about the death of Tamla Horsford.

This week, Ali talks about the extremely tragic and totally fcked up death of Tamla Horsford. On the night of November 3, 2018, a group of women who knew each other from the local youth football league that their sons played in gathered for a "slumber party" to watch the LSU-Alabama game and have some girly fun. Tamla was the only POC invited, and the only one who was found murdered the next morning. Accidental death?? We think not.


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-We'd love to see you in our Discord, come hang out. Seriously, it's a blast, get in there!!
-Follow us on Instagram and Twitter!
-We have awesome new merch, go take a look!
-Research assistance by Toni Wormold.
-Audio editing by Nicole Peek.
-Sources:

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Tamla_Horsford
• https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/mynews/cumming/accusations-fly-about-mothers-death-at-overnight-party-in-forsyth-county/85-01df50ce-6523-4b30-8f38-7758c07b585a
• https://www.wgauradio.com/on-demand/beyond-criminal-headlines-mike-petchenik-death-tamla-horsford/T6TJ2D5TOZBJBJLSYVA5SGHJGE/
• https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tamla-horsford-death-georgia-bureau-investigation-report-1231479/amp/
• https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/mynews/cumming/tamla-horsford-case-could-be-reopened/85-cab93d29-bd3a-4cd3-bf9b-6fe122adb23b?fbclid=IwAR3ujEAKT5myGJxPhCmgxlvxtzSr5lE-ZR2h7IuSInCxtRaQCiRjSuFe4jA&mibextid=Zxz2cZ
• https://www.11alive.com/article/news/investigations/tamla-horsford-investigation-independent-autopsy/85-a7ad99b5-58f9-4c18-8be8-a0172aa8fbd7
• https://www.vibe.com/features/lists/six-things-to-know-about-mysterious-death-of-tamla-horsford-list-636063/amp/

OMG we are soooo excited to present TSFU's new segment, Ash and Alex Do Scientology!

Ash is teaming up with Apostate Alex, former Church of Scientology's Director of Public Book Sales in London, and current dope ass whistleblower and YouTuber. As with the Bible, Ash knows nothing and Alex knows it all! Ummmm Skrillex is a Scientologist you guys! Who knew that?! Probably not us! In our first episode, we introduce Alex and talk about some of his experiences in the "church", we learn some fun facts, and tell you where we're going with this wild adventure!

Find Alex on his YouTube channel to hear soooo much more about Scientology and to see all of the amazing guests he's had on! And as always, don't forget to subscribe to his channel, and like and comment on his videos! And if you haven't yet... please go rate and review us on Apple (you can update old reviews so they come to the top again), or just give us 5 stars on Spotify!
IT'S SO VALUABLE AND APPRECIATED FRIENDS!


-We'd love to see you in our Discord, come hang out. Seriously, it's a blast, get in there!!
-Follow us on Instagram and Twitter!
-We have awesome new merch, go take a look!
-Research and storytelling by Apostate Alex.
-Audio editing by Malissa Coulson.

This month, TSFU Presents: Jonesin' for Jonestown! Ash and Dawn Brodey of the hilarious and insanely informative podcast HILF: History I'd Like to Fuck, take a hard look at how Jones' "church" began and the events that led up to its tragic end.

In their first episode, Ash tells Dawn about the beginnings of The People's Temple (hint: it was originally called something much sillier), and how it looked really groovy and progressive at first! Ash talks about how she probably would have joined, and tries very hard, but unsuccessfully, to get Dawn to join the TSFU cult.

Find Dawn from HILF: History I'd Like To Fck here:

• https://www.dawnbrodey.com/

Follow HILF: History I'd Like To Fck on:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/HILFpodcast/
• Dawn's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawn_brodey/

-Join us for as little as $5 a month on Patreon!
-We'd love to see you in our Discord, come hang out!
-We have awesome new merch, go take a look!
-Follow us on Instagram and Twitter!
-Audio editing and research assistance by Fallon Morey.
-Sources:

• Forty years after the Jonestown massacre, a new book chronicles the deep ties between the depraved cult leader Jim Jones and prominent Democratic politicians. | City Journal (city-journal.org)
• Jonestown - Wikipedia
• https://www.hulu.com/series/truth-and-lies-jonestown-paradise-lost-fd3b83b5-35dc-4089-bd74-a11b1697ee86
• https://www.amazon.com/Undaunted-Surviving-Jonestown-Summoning-Fighting/dp/1503903605
• https://www.amazon.com/Road-Jonestown-Jones-Peoples-Temple/dp/1476763828
• https://www.lesliewagnerwilson.org/
• https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=28703
• https://time.com/6120017/jonestown-massacre-survivors/
• https://time.com/longform/jonestown-aftermath/

This week, Ash covers cult leader Teal Swan. She tells Ali about Teal's early life, and how it connects to the Satanic Panic of the 80's, the death of one of her followers and how she became known as "The Suicide Catalyst", her compound, her recent documentary The Deep End and more.


-Join us for as little as $5 a month on Patreon!
-We'd love to see you in our Discord, come hang out. Seriously, it's a blast, get in there!!
-Follow us on Instagram and Twitter!
-We have awesome new merch, go take a look!
-Audio editing by Gaytrice Perdue and Jennifer Chen.

It's True Crime Tuesday over on the TSFU Patreon, two episodes every Tuesday... this week's wild episode on Teal Swan is out to Patrons today!

This week Emily and Ash wrap up the Murdaugh saga with Alex Murdaugh's trial and demise... finally!


-Join us for as little as $5 a month on Patreon!
-We'd love to see you in our Discord, come hang out!
-We have awesome new merch, go take a look!
-Follow us on Instagram and Twitter!
-Audio editing by Jennifer Chen.
-Research and storytelling by Emily Springer.
-Sources:

• https://murdaughmurderspodcast.com/
• https://www.netflix.com/title/81519789
• https://www.fitsnews.com/2020/10/27/sc-fatal-boat-crash-lawsuit-could-mallory-beachs-death-have-been-prevented/
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11796695/Murdaugh-shamelessly-exploited-quadriplegic-client-hed-cheated-1MILLION-commercial.html
• https://youtu.be/tMG9At0vLTc
• https://youtu.be/tMG9At0vLTc

Why does the name Stayner ring a bell? Because last week Ash and new co-host Ali talked about the story of Steven Stayner, who was just 7 years old when he was kidnapped by 2 men while he was walking home from school. If you haven't listened to episode 138 yet, make sure you do that before you jump into this one!

This week Ali tells Ash about Steven Stayner's older brother Cary, who grew up to be a serial killer. Yes, you read that right. How much can one family take?! Also, ooo Cary would hate this description because it mentions Steven so much, and Cary had a tiny problem with jealousy.


We're releasing this 2 days early because we're so excited for Ali's first story to air and we know y'all have probably been on the edge of your seats since last week! ALSO, we wanted to give you a little taste of what Patrons get... but they got it YESTERDAY! Join us for as little as $5 a month on Patreon!

-We'd love to see you in our Discord, come hang out. Seriously, it's a blast, get in there!!
-Follow us on Instagram and Twitter!
-We have awesome new merch, go take a look!
-Research assistance by Emily Springer.
-Audio editing by Gaytrice Perdue.
-Sources:

• https://www.hulu.com/series/captive-audience-a-real-american-horror-story-d840873f-211e-47a8-864b-8aa7c54d193c
• https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/amp/steven-cary-stayner-family-documentary-17090766.php
• https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/a-look-back-at-steven-stayner-kidnapped-child-who-escaped-to-the-ukiah-pol/
• https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/serial-killer/heroism-and-horror-one-brother-was-kidnapped-the-other-became-a-serial-killer
• https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/cary-stayner-35132.php
• https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Stunning-details-in-Stayner-s-confession-In-2908761.php
• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-aug-27-me-stayner27-story.html
• https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/yosemite-killer-now