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Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

149: Doomsday Duds

Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

Spencer Henry | Morbid Network | Wondery

True Crime, Exhibit C, Society & Culture, Comedy

4.95.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Woohoo! It’s Monday! What do the year 1666, a psychic chicken, a 1950’s housewife, and a 64 year old pregnant woman have in common? Doomsday! This week we’re covering some of the most insane doomsday failures in history. Let’s have a good week, love you!
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https://www.lansingcitypulse.com/stories/martians-east-lansingrsquos-other-green-men,1354
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/darwins-subterranean-world/202102/qanon-cognitive-dissonance-and-facts
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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:31.0

Welcome back to Cult Leader. I'm your Cult Leader Spencer Henry and this week is different.

0:42.0

We're doing things a little different. I'm really excited about it. It's gonna be a good one. You're in for a treat this week. We are shaking things up.

0:49.0

Last week we talked about Theta Barra, who was Hollywood's OG VAM, such an icon of her time, and sadly sort of forgotten about.

0:58.0

But you'll understand why if you've listened to the episode, her legacy really couldn't continue because of her films.

1:04.0

But I think there's a story to tell there and I'll say it again. They need to make a mini-series out of her life.

1:10.0

On obituary we talked about, what do we talk about? Madison talked about some strange deaths, and I talked about galvanic reanimation, which is really, really wild.

1:20.0

I highly recommend listening to learn about that. I've had some a little bit of extra time lately. I'm caught up on everything work wise.

1:29.0

It's really a huge relief right now. I'm in this new schedule now since we added obituary where I'm recording three episodes a week, the regular Cult Leader obituary, and then the little leaders.

1:42.0

And then in addition to that, obviously on the backside there's a lot of writing, editing, research, there's emails, and whatnot.

1:51.0

Listen, it takes a lot of work to keep a cult running, but it's my favorite thing in the world.

1:56.0

So I've been watching some lifetime movies with my free couple hours that I have now, and I want to tell you I'm trying to find a texted Olivia, one of them.

2:06.0

Oh, it's called 10 year reunion, and that was if you follow me on Instagram, I posted the car explosion because it looked so.

2:14.0

It looked a little fake. I'll say it. Maybe they maybe the budget they ran through the budget before shooting that scene, but highly recommend it.

2:21.0

If you guys don't already, there's the Lifetime Movie Club. I think it's like $10 a month or something, and you know, I pay it.

2:28.0

Alright, because guess what, I watched a lot of lifetime movies. I watched another one. I'm in the middle of it actually. It's called Bad Stepmom.

2:36.0

Really outrageous. Let me on a cliffhanger. We was stressing me out last night. I had to turn it off before I went to sleep. Alright.

2:42.0

Let's move into things. Long time listeners already know I like to switch it up every once in a while.

2:47.0

I used to do more multi-story episodes, I feel like, like the celebrity series or strange motives episodes.

2:55.0

Well, I guess some recent ones too. Like forever Valentine's where we talked about a few people who kept their loved ones post mortem.

3:02.0

The one I did with Tina, I guess would also classify as like a multi-story episode.

3:08.0

You know what this is? This is me trying to keep our romance alive. I don't want you to fall out of love with me, so I'm keeping things fresh.

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