#240 The Ant Hill Kids

In the 1970s, Roch Theriault convinced a small group of people to abandon their lives and possessions and go with him to an isolated community in rural Quebec. After attaining absolute control over his followers, Theriault dictated every part of the Ant Hill Kids' existence, including their clothing, diet, thoughts, communication… and probably most disturbingly, their medical treatments... Which were administered by Teareo himself… The cruelness of Roch’s teachings extended even to the children of the cult. They suffered beatings, starvation, and relentless labor, while adults took the brunt of - but not ALL of - his sexual abuses.   This episode brought to you by Songfinch: songfinch.com/CREEPER True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS:   https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify   OhMyGaia.com Code: Creeper       Patreon.com/truecrimeguys   Sources: https://morbidology.com/the-ant-hill-kids/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/ant-hill-kids https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23978/4-cults-you-might-not-know-about https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/cult-killers-prison-art-for-sale-on-u-s-website/article_3d7aca63-62fa-5d5b-8312-51929cb7f6f7.html https://wrldrels.org/2019/02/25/holy-moses-mountain-family-2/ https://www.cultfacts.com/cults/ant-hill-kids https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/chilling-insight-doomsday-cult-members-13995059 https://www.toronto.com/news/crime/behind-the-crimes-murder-mutilation-abuse-part-of-life-at-ant-hill-kids-commune/article_70440d6e-a838-5b34-856d-b696402a10c9.html https://culteducation.com/group/1289-general-information/8025-killed-cult-leaders-sons-speak-out.html https://revue-ndc.qc.ca/je-suis-vraiment-heureuse-maintenant/ (google translated to English) https://www.religionnewsblog.com/20841/roch-theriault https://www.reddit.com/r/ClassicDepravities/comments/y4rfvj/today_on_classic_depravities_of_the_internet_the/ https://infosect.freeshell.org/infocult/phenomene/English/HTML/doc0007.htm https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cults_Uncovered/yc68DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Gabrielle+Lavall%C3%A9e%22&pg=PT76&printsec=frontcover Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.