Episodes
November 16, 2021
The Lafferty Brothers' School of Prophets | A Family Cult
When Allen Lafferty walked into his home on the evening of July 24, 1984, he never expected to find the carpet and drapes soaked in blood. Nor did he imagine that he would be the first to find the corpses of his beloved wife ...
October 19, 2021
Saul Newton and The Sullivan Institute
After graduating from Harvard University in the early 1970s, Paul Sprecher decided to head to the Big Apple, in search of exciting opportunities. Instead, he stumbled upon a group led by an increasingly erratic authoritarian,...
October 05, 2021
Multi-Level Marketing | The Cults Of The Business World
In today’s episode of Let’s Start a Cult we will be discussing Multi-Level Marketing companies or pyramid schemes. From leggings to essential oils and kitchen knives, these p...
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September 21, 2021
The Church of Almighty God | China's Most Dangerous Cult
The Chinese government is often criticized for its harsh policies against groups that undermine it. However, many have welcomed the measures that it has taken to repress the Church of Almighty God, due to the cult’s involveme...
September 07, 2021
Colonia Dignidad | Chile's Secret Nazi Cult
In today’s episode of Let’s Start a Cult – the story of Colonia Dignidad, a religious commune established on the foothills of Chile’s Andes Mountains. To outsiders, it seemed like a self-sustaining Christian community that st...
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August 27, 2021
The Ripper Crew | Chicago's Satanic Cult
The Ripper Crew, a group that terrorized Chicago with a series of abductions and horrific killings between 1981 and 1982. Later, it would be revealed that they would eat the amputated breasts of their victims as part of their...
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August 10, 2021
The Family An Australian New Age Cult
In this episode, we are talking about an Australian New Age Group called The Family. This group forcefully adopted children and raised them on a compound in Australia. Sponsored by Db Journey: https://bit.ly/37cP8YP Our Socia...
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August 09, 2021
The Cult Of Podcasts Presents: Exercise Tiger
Thank you everyone for such a huge success in our first week! Keep the reviews and tweets coming, they help blow up our egos. For today's episode, we will be discussing Exercise Tiger, a WWII training exercise for D-Day that ...
July 27, 2021
The Children Of Thunder
In this episode of Let’s Start a Cult – the story of the Children of Thunder, a trio led by a fanatic who believed that it was his mission to kill the leaders of the Mormon Church. To carry this out, he brainwashed his younge...
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July 13, 2021
The House Of David
Unlike the majority of other cults, the House of David didn’t isolate itself from the rest of the world. In fact, its members even opened their commune to visitors, welcoming up to half a million of them during peak season. T...
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June 29, 2021
Let's Start A Cult Presents: Reddit On Wiki - What Are Aswang?
Aswang are horrible shape-shifting creatures from Filipino folklore! Listen to this test episode as John gives Josh and Sean an in-depth look into these terrible creatures! Get ready to listen weekly starting August 2nd! Subs...
June 15, 2021
Charles Manson And The Family
He may be long dead, but Charles Manson continues to strike fear in the hearts of many. This gaunt, unshaven man with wild eyes can be seen in dozens of photographs from the late 1960s and early 1970s – a period in American h...
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June 01, 2021
The Cult Of QAnon
In this episode of Let’s Start a Cult – we will be talking about QAnon, a movement born from an Internet messaging board that – in the space of four years – managed to infiltrate the United States Presidency, leading to a sle...
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May 18, 2021
Cult News: Love Has Won
In today’s episode of Let’s Start A Cult we are talking NEWS! That's right we are a news channel now... Just kidding but in there has been a recent incident involving the cult Love Has Won. We will dive in and find out how a ...
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March 23, 2021
Part 2: Adolf Hitler And The Nazi Party
In today’s episode of Let’s Start A Cult we continuing our discussion of Adolf Hitler and The Nazi Party and how this terrible cult nearly destroyed the world. Our Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/lets_cult Facebook: htt...
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March 20, 2021
The Dumbfound Dead Clip - Attacks On Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Use this link to donate: https://aapifund.org/ And check out The Dumbfound, Dead Podcast here: https://www.thedumbfounddeadpod.com/ This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Dynamo - https://www.voxne...
March 09, 2021
Part 1: Adolf Hitler and The Nazi Party
In today’s episode of Let’s Start A Cult we will be telling the story of a young boy from an impoverished Austrian family, who managed to crawl his way to the top of an organization that would later terrorize the entire Europ...
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February 23, 2021
The Order of the Solar Temple
Perhaps no other cult has fascinated people more than the Order of the Solar Temple – a group that began in the late 1980s as a community of people who sought to live out New Age philosophies. For some, the organization is in...
February 09, 2021
The Church of Bible Understanding
Currently fueled by the millions of dollars that they earn through their several business ventures, many of its members continue to see it as a legitimate Christian group, rather than a cult. Today we will be talking about Th...
January 26, 2021
The Ant Hill Kids | Roch Thériault
The 1970s was a time of searching and exploration around the world. Following decades of war and unrest, young people yearned for happiness, for meaning, and for peace. They wanted to be enlightened, spiritually awakened. The...
January 12, 2021
The Nation of Yahweh
The Nation of Yahweh, an organization that started out as a charitable movement to help the impoverished citizens of Miami and then turned onto the residents, subjecting them to a series of violent attacks and murders that le...
December 29, 2020
The Christmas Cult
Christmas - a time for joy, a time for cheer, a time for beatings? That's right the beloved holiday that billions around the world celebrate might be a front for that jolly old man. Behind that white beard lies a dark past th...
December 15, 2020
The Freedomites
On today's episode of Let's Start A Cult we will be talking about The Freedomites also called The Sons of Freedom, and their fight to save their children from the government. The Freedomites were a religious, extremist cult t...
December 01, 2020
The Matamoros Cult
Unlike other cults, the Matamoros Cult was never in the mainstream; it didn’t amass thousands of followers nor was it a subject of controversy in its heyday. In fact, it was even trusted by the elite and high society of Mexic...
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