128: Cults: Tony Alamo Christian Ministries

Corpus Delicti

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🗓️ 19 May 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Tony Alamo, who was born with a different name, allegedly ruled the entertainment world by representing famous clients like the Doors, even recording at least one hit himself. That is, until God spoke to him during an investment meeting encouraging him to leave behind his false lifestyle. After that, he met his soul mate, Susan, and the two entered the evangelical lifestyle to spread the word. Only, they put their own spin on things, leading to a long list of criminal charges.

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Sources:
https://time.com/4766223/tony-alamo-evangelist-dead-prison/
https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/tony-alamo-4224/
https://www.religionnewsblog.com/8506
https://web.archive.org/web/20061014173009/http://www.pfo.org/rememberalamo.htm
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2008/christhiaon-coie-speaks-out-about-her-stepfather-tony-alamo
“If Alamo convicted, cult will fail” by Greg Downs - The Tennessean - July 7, 1991
“Alamo bridge charged with child stealing” by Ray Waddle - The Tennessean - Feb 26 1986
“Alamo church: Here to Arkansas - and Back” by Sharon Hormell - The Signal - Sept 4, 1987
“Former member claims child abuse” by John Green - The Signal - Apr 17, 1988

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone's Jen.
0:25.4	And this is Lindsay.
0:27.0	And this is Corpus to Lutti.
0:28.7	Welcome back.
0:30.1	Yeah, it feels like it's been a long time since we recorded because normally I edit on Saturdays, but it's Sunday and we haven't even recorded yet.
0:37.6	So we're a little bit behind.
0:40.1	But it has been a little bit crazy for us, so we had to keep pushing things back.
0:45.5	And finally, we decided we got a release soon, so we've got to record.
0:50.4	But tonight we're bringing you another cult, and this one was actually provided to us by Tracy.
0:58.4	She recommended it during our Instagram live.
1:01.0	So we were like, you know what?
1:02.2	That's such a great idea.
1:03.3	She sent us a few links.
1:04.6	So huge shout out to Tracy.
1:06.2	Thank you so much.
1:07.6	And I really hope we give it justice.
1:10.5	Yeah, she gave us a lot of information, but there's also
1:13.5	so much out there. There was just so much to digest. And fair warning, it's not quite as heavy
1:22.2	as last weeks, but there are still a few little heavy parts with kids, so just know that going into it. But without
1:31.2	further ado, let's go ahead and get started. Bernie Lazar Hoffman was born in September 20th,
1:38.1	1934. Now, it was to a Jewish family, and later in life, he worked in Hollywood as a pop singer under two different
1:45.6	names, Mark Hoffman and Marcus Abad. His background was speculative. At best, he was known to fluff
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