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Once Upon a Cult — 100 episodes

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The Big 1-0-0! A Reunion Years in the Making!

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2

OneTaste and the Art of Oming

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3

New Testament Christian Churches of America, Phew, That's a Mouthful

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4

Satine Phoenix and Jamison Stone: Scourge of the Dungeons and Dragons Community

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5

We Don't Need Food! For We Are Breatharians!

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6

Screw the Arrows, This Quiver is Full of Children!

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7

Jenova's Toxic Final Fantasy VII Family

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8

Andrew Tate and His Army of Tater Tots

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9

Walt Disney: The Man, The Myth, The Cult Leader?

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10

Gwen Shamblin Ain't Shamblin' Around, But is She Healthy?

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11

Bonus: The Case of the OG Baddie…The Millerites

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12

John Frum… America? Broom? Soldier?

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13

Suffism Reoriented, It's Like Suffism, but Reoriented

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14

Murdercide in the Order of the Solar Temple

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15

Hugh Hefner: Playboy Philanthropist Cult Leader?

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16

Ex-Member Helen Zuman Spills the T on Zendik Farms!

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17

Something Something Trigger Warning Something Colonia Dignidad

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18

Submitted for Your Approval...The Mystery of Mount Shasta

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19

Oh You’ve Only Read Through the New Testament? How About the Church of the Last Testament?

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20

To Buddha or Not to Buddha, Sokka Gakkai

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21

Teal Swan: A Spiritual Influencer that May Be to Die For

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22

Bonus Episode: Gadgetology

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23

Confessions of an Ex-Cult Member

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24

Hellfire Club... Fact, Fiction, or Both?

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25

Larry Ray and His 19 days of Being a Marine

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26

Livin that Game of Thrones Life on a Flat Earth

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27

Angel’s Landing, But Maybe Without the Angels?

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28

Let’s Get Rael About Raelism

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29

Super Happy Fun America, Only... It’s Opposite Day

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30

What’s Aleph This Talk About Aum Shinrikyo

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31

A Mark, A Mission, A Drug Cartel, A Deadly Group Called Palo Mayombe

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32

Look How Helpful They’re Being, What an Odd Fellow

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33

A Murder Mystery Holiday

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34

Does The Process Church Rhyme with Son of Sam?

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35

Golden Dawn III: In the Wake of the Beast

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36

Sherry Shriner and Her Adventures in Reptilianing

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37

Dylan Hafertepen and the Pup Patrol

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38

How Celestial is This Celestial Seasonings Tea Any Way?

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39

Golden Dawn II: Aleister Crowley v Rita Repulsa

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40

The Unscientific Science of Happy Science

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41

Love Has Won Does a Crossover with The Mummy

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42

3HO! Not 3OH!3

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43

Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism

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44

A New Day, An Old Golden Dawn

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45

Jared Leto and His Island of Adventure

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46

Hippies, Hang Gliders, Musicians and The Source Family

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47

Falun Gong: A Tale of Church Not Being Separated from State

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48

Purple People, Doctors of Sex

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49

Vampires, Intrigue and Murder with the Vampire Clan

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50

Shaved Heads,Yelling Games and a Made Up Word... Synanon

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51

Dr Kellogg's Bowl Full of Abstinence and Sorrow

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52

Jediism vs Jediism: Yoda's Reckoning

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53

The One Where Jack Parsons Plays With His Rocket... Like a Lot

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54

NXIVM Part 2: The Sequel...Again

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55

Spooning Andrew Keegan in a Full Circle

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56

Paris Hilton at Provo Canyon, That's Not Hot

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57

Britney, Not So Lucky, But Still Our Star

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58

The Cult of Trump

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59

Amy Coney Barrett Under His Eye in People of Praise

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60

Captain Kirk's Adventures with United Sciences of America

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61

Murder She Wrote! While Creating Abundance

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62

A MiniQuest through the Life of John Africa

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63

Sorcerer Young and his Magic Oils

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64

James Arthur Ray: Journey to the Sweat Lodge

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65

LuLaRoe and the Secret Life of the Other Brady

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66

The Bromance that Birthed Amway

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67

BIM and the Many Adventures of Baron KitKat

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68

A Not So Flawless Victory Outreach

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69

The Uncreative Creativity Movement

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70

The Manly Man Men's Mankind Project

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71

The Anonymous Q and his Adventures in Non Information

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72

Cultie's Playhouse: Welcome the Subgenius

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73

Resident Cultie: Cult Mom and the Woke

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74

Hungry? Here's a Religious Buffet Called Quan Yin Method

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75

Welcome to the Tony Spelling Bee. Your word is ... Cult

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76

Shincheonji And The Tale of Patient 31

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77

Poppy: Popstar, Metalhead, Cultist?

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78

Shawn V. Catholicism: Dawn of Justice

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79

Tiger King, Tiger King Burning... Well Maybe Not So Bright

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80

No Cute Title, This is Straight Up Scientology and It Scary!

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81

The One Where Victoria Finds Her New Religion (Kabbalah)

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82

Stop Me if You've Heard It. A Roman and a Witch Walk into a Cult... (Children of God)

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83

Skulls, Secret Islands and Presidents... Oh My! (Skull and Bones)

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84

The Secret Childhood of a Renowned Puppy Thief (Moral Re-Armament)

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85

Yeezus and His Adventures on Tatooine (Kanye West)

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86

The Case of the Pied Piper Who Believed He Could Fly (R. Kelly)

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87

Aiming High in the Name of Science, or Something that Barely Resembles It (Christian Science)

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88

The Pursuit of Happyness and Rocks, Lots of Rocks (Orgonites)

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89

Sex Trafficking and Racketeering in Smallville (Nxivm)

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90

Charles Manson and The Beautiful People, The Beautiful People

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91

Mankind United and the People From the Center of the Earth

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92

Ma Jaya: A Tale of Yoga and Intrigue

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93

Go! Go! Mighty Morphin' Knights of the Crystal Blade!

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94

Between a Roch and a Hard Place

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95

Waco Up and Smell the Coffee People!

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96

Knock, Knock, Knockin on Heaven's Gate

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97

We Love Rajneesh Osho Much

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98

Let's Celebrate With Jehovah's Witness

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99

OMG The People's Temple

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100

Why Hello, We're Once Upon a Cult

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