#216 We Remember The (Tony)Alamo

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🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Tony Alamo - AKA Bernie Hoffman - was a cult leader in the 1960s through the early 2000’s. Although his empire crumbled in the early 90’s and he died, in 2017, some of his followers are still running around America, putting flyers on windshields advertising his usual talking points of fire and brimstone, and of course the old adage, “follow me (and only me) or perish in eternal flames, get saved and of course, SEND MONEY.” Tony was a prominent leader in the "Jesus Freaks" movement of the 1960s. He gained a significant number of followers and amassed a substantial fortune. However, he was later arrested for committing tax evasion and child trafficking for nefarious purposes. Hence why he is the subject of our show today. This episode brought to you by: Better Help: betterhelp.com/creeper EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS: https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAjIZ9HLjnSzaJonmb72Ygw OhMyGaia.com Code: Creeper https://www.tonicvibes.com Code: Creeper Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to True Crime Guys Podcast.
0:08.0	Man it feels good to say those words again, Andy.
0:10.0	I was kind of expected like some fanfare, like some...
0:13.0	Yeah, maybe we'll add that in person.
0:16.0	It would have been good for the energy to have it at the beginning.
0:19.0	I'm Michael by the way.
0:20.0	I totally just threw the whole intro out.
0:21.0	I'm still Andy, I haven't changed yet.
0:23.0	I called you by name, so maybe they called on to that.
0:25.0	You may have more facades.
0:27.0	Yeah, I may have forgotten who we were.
0:28.0	For the first time in the history of True Crime Guys, we took a break.
0:32.0	A long ass break, mind you.
0:34.0	But we really needed it.
0:35.0	When you haven't taken a break from True Crime in six years, you need a few months.
0:40.0	Yeah, as soon as I came on, we had to unionize.
0:43.0	As soon as I came on, I was like, this is not his working conditions.
0:47.0	I am striking immediately.
0:49.0	This is unacceptable.
0:51.0	I need a break now.
0:53.0	Exactly, exactly.
0:55.0	But I've had enough of a break, to be honest.
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