127: Cults: The Family (Anne Hamilton-Byrne)

A woman who always longed for a family lost her husband and suffered a series of miscarriages after her first born. She went on to start a family of her own, only... not the kind you're probably thinking. Believing she was Jesus reincarnated, she formed "The Family", which aimed to raise perfect children who would take over the world after an impending apocalypse. Content warning: This episode does discuss abuse. To access earlier episodes of Corpus Delicti and to help support the show, please visit patreon.com/corpusdelictiOur merch store can be found at corpusdelicti.threadless.comMusic by:Kai Engel"Daemones"Blooper music by:Art of Escapism"Coal Miners"This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.Transition Music by:Nick ScarantinoScarytino.comSources:https://wrldrels.org/2018/01/03/the-family/https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/the-family-cult/7686506https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7140809/Australias-notorious-cult-leader-Anne-Hamilton-Byrne-dies-age-98.htmlhttp://www.leavingsiddhayoga.net/unseen.htmhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_(Australian_New_Age_group)https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-49400118https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/nov/20/growing-up-with-the-family-inside-anne-hamilton-byrnes-sinister-culthttps://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/why-infamous-cult-leader-never-saw-jail-time/ar-AACXfjthttps://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/not-the-messiah-anne-hamilton-byrne-s-legacy-of-ruined-childhoods-20190615-p51y1u.htmlhttps://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/anne-hamilton-byrne-obituary-dg9fxbhdqhttps://culteducation.com/group/1191-anne-hamilton-byrne-the-family/29882-inside-the-bizarre-1960s-cult-the-family-lsd-yoga-and-ufos.htmlhttps://culteducation.com/group/1191-anne-hamilton-byrne-the-family/27738-read-the-secret-diary-that-reveals-the-bizarre-beliefs-of-aliens-super-human-powers-and-twisted-child-mind-control-inside-the-family-cult.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFFAJkTRmWc