171: The Ant Hill Kids Cult of Roch Thériault | Canada

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

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🗓️ 20 February 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

**Warning: This episode contains descriptions of brutality against adults and children. Listener discretion is advised.
** A direct quote from Roch Thériault contains a slur.

Thériault promised his loyal followers that he would save them from the apocalypse. He convinced them that the only way to survive the end of the world was by following his teachings and living out their days in isolation from the outside world. But the Ant Hill Kids Cult was a dangerous and violent commune, under the rule of a violent alcoholic, one of the cruellest sadists in Canadian criminal history: Roch Thériault.

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Evidence Locker.
0:09.4	Our cases have been researched using open source and archive materials.
0:12.9	It deals with true crimes in real people.
0:15.2	Some parts are graphic in nature, and listener discretion is advised.
0:18.9	Each episode is produced with the utmost respect to the victims, their families, and loved
0:23.4	ones.
0:24.4	Warning.
0:26.2	Today's episode deals with brutality including the death of a child, and a such it may not
0:30.8	be suitable for sensitive listeners.
0:35.6	When visitors came, there was harmony in the commune of the Ant Hill kids.
0:41.0	Rocketerio's wives served up a banquet of natural and organic food, and the large group
0:46.2	of children were remarkably well-behaved.
0:50.2	From the outside in, it appeared like a peaceful setup, a religious group living in alternative
0:55.7	lifestyle.
0:57.7	Although it was unusual perhaps, the group was god-fearing and lived off the land.
1:03.7	All the members chose to live there out of their own free will.
1:07.9	But when their guests left, and their leader opened up his first bottle of booze for the
1:12.4	night, everything changed.
1:15.9	They feared his violent outbursts, and did whatever was necessary to appease him.
1:21.1	From experience, they knew not to try and escape.
1:25.8	The ones who had tried to run away were ordered to break their own legs.
1:31.0	One man was forced to chop off his wife's toes with an axe.
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