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Doomsday predictions. Religious doctrines. Extraterrestrial orders. What really goes on inside a cult? Step into the minds of those who led and joined the most controversial organizations in history. Cults is a Spotify Original from Parcast.

Cults

While on a nature walk in his native France, 27-year old Claude Vorilhon saw a small, alien spacecraft land in front of him. A four foot tall affable humanoid named Yahweh emerged and told Vorilhon to relay the encounter to all mankind — who will be judged for eternity based upon their reaction. But, who would believe him without any proof?
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Raëlism - Claude Vorilhon

Raël recruited members through his media appearances. The more appearances he made, the more books he sold, and the more followers he got. Controversy over sexual practices at Raelian events crossed the line for some, and drove interest for others. But what would his members do when they learned of his quest to make human clones? 
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Raëlism Pt. 2 - Claude Vorilhon

Also known as “Raël,” Claude Vorilhon created a movement in 1974 founded on his communication with a highly advanced race of aliens—an atheist religion known as Raëlism.
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Cults Daily: “Raëlism” Claude Vorilhon

Chapter 5 of Parcast’s new book features the French sports writer who began communing with ancient aliens. Listen to this clip from our episode on Claude Vorilhon, and preorder your copy of CULTS: Inside the World’s Most Notorious Groups and Understanding the People Who Joined Them at parcast.com/cults! 
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Inside CULTS: Claude Vorilhon

Mystery. Manipulation. Murder. Cults are associated with all of these. But what really goes on inside a cult? More specifically, what goes on inside the minds of people who join cults and leaders who start them. Every Tuesday we take a psychological approach to analyzing a cult and its founder. Cults premieres Tuesday September 26th. Here is a sneak peak. 
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Welcome Trailer!

In the first episode of “Cults” Greg and Vanessa explore the life of Charles Manson: how he turned from a troubled “callous and unemotional” child into an infamous cult leader, where Manson got his inspiration, and what psychological factors molded a murderer so charismatic and manipulative that his murder weapon of choice was not guns, knives, or axes, but other human beings.
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“The Manson Family” - Charles Manson

Before, during, and after the Manson Family Murders, Charles Manson used psychological warfare to control his “Family.” But who was drawn into this “Family” and how? Greg and Vanessa explore several of Manson’s techniques, including mystical manipulation, group LSD trips, and the way Manson would break members down psychologically until they were terrified of leaving--so terrified, they would commit murder to stay in Manson’s good graces. 
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"The Manson Family" Pt. 2 - Charles Manson

Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettle believed their bodies were merely hosts for extraterrestrial angels, and that they would one day ascend on a UFO to the “kingdom-level-above-human.” How did they come to believe this? Greg and Vanessa dig into the early lives and first meetings of “the UFO Two”, comparing Applewhite's nomadic, musical Christian background to Nettles’ New Age Spiritualism, and then recounting the Near Death Experience that eventually led to 39 suicides. 
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“Heaven’s Gate” - Marshall Applewhite & Bonnie Nettles

Members of the Heaven’s Gate UFO cult believed they were meant to shed every scrap of humanity they had. Paradoxically, they ran a promotional website and made videos promoting their beliefs. Greg and Vanessa dig into the minds of members who joined and later left the cult, as well as those who followed cult leaders Nettles and Applewhite’s shared delusion from the 1970’s until the cult’s dark end in 1997--the largest mass suicide on US soil. 
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“Heaven’s Gate” Pt. 2 - Marshall Applewhite & Bonnie Nettles

In a country torn apart by civil war, Credonia Mwerinde and Joseph Kibwetere were united by their desire for power and reverence. Claiming that they were messengers of God called upon to save the world from its impending apocalypse, Mwerinde and Kibwetere preyed upon the vulnerable and passionately religious in Ugandan society. Greg and Vanessa investigate the lives of these cult leaders, and how they began to build what would become one of the deadliest cults in history. 
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Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God

His cult coordinated a deadly bioterrorism attack in America. But their beginnings are rooted in a spiritual ashram in India. Revisit a clip from our episode on Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, then go to parcast.com/cults to preorder Parcast’s first book — where you’ll find a compelling deep dive into this leader’s history and motivations, including details never covered on the podcast before. 
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Inside CULTS: Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

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