Creative Cults 2.0
EP 63
Oops - we did it again!! We got caught up in cults!
Let’s start with Heaven’s Gate. This is the story of a boy who met a married girl, she left everything behind and the two began to spread the good word about being Jesus UFOs. Don’t miss all the high tech website design left from the 90s.
Then we will meet Keith Raniere who, in Sam’s opinion, took a horrible page out of L. Ron Hubbard’s books and not only started a vile MLM but also created a sex traffic win that could rival anyone out there.
We did create a bingo card for different cult identifiers but Sam isn’t smart enough to randomize it… So we will figure that out for Cults 3.0 :-) Thanks for playing!
Stay Spooky
Sources
Sam’s Case
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group)
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/heavens-gate-cult-members-found-dead
https://www.sdsheriff.gov/bureaus/media-relations/common-questions/heaven-s-gate-case
https://academic.oup.com/jcmc/article/3/3/JCMC334/4584381
Jenn’s Case
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXKJyh_rl0I
wiki- NXIVM
-wiki- Keith Raniere
-esquire.com "How NXIVM Secuded Hollywood Stars and America's Most Powerful lite Into A Barbaric 'Sex Cult'
-timesunion.com "NXIVM"
-HBO Docuseries "The Vow"
-the-independent.com "NXIVM guru to pay for victims' brand removal as restitution"
-the-independent.com "Keith Rainer slammed as "entitled little princess" by former NXIVM member India Oxenberg at sentencing hearing"
