The Doomsday Prophet Behind Uganda's Kanungu Massacre

Credonia Mwerinde, a former barmaid in southwestern Uganda, claimed visions of the Virgin Mary and helped found the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God.This episode examines how she built a doomsday movement, extracted followers' land and wealth, and orchestrated the deadly aftermath of her failed end-of-the-world prophecy.The trauma and instability of her early life and marriagesRecruiting figurehead Joseph Kibweteere for patriarchal legitimacyIsolation tactics including fasting, vows of silence, and selling landThe failed January 1, 2000 apocalypse predictionThe March 2000 Kanungu church fire and hidden mass graves