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I Wish You Were Here

28 Children Born Into A Cult: The Family

I Wish You Were Here

Michelle Cuervo

True Crime

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we dive into The Family—the eerie Australian cult led by the chillingly serene Anne Hamilton-Byrne. On the surface, it looked like a spiritual retreat… but behind closed doors, children were stolen, identities were erased, and obedience was beaten into them. This is the story of how one woman convinced her followers she was the reincarnation of Jesus—and how her “family” unraveled into one of the darkest cult cases in modern history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Have you ever wondered what a sandwich sounds like?

0:03.0

Not much to it, is there?

0:06.0

Unless, of course, it's a Walker's sandwich.

0:10.0

Mmm, that is good.

0:13.0

Now that's what Asani should sound like.

0:16.0

Go all crisp in with walkers.

0:18.0

Delicious.

0:20.0

When you think of Australia,

0:21.7

odds are that your mind goes to a happy place.

0:24.5

Maybe you think beach, surfing, sunshine,

0:28.0

and actually in 2023,

0:29.8

it ranked as one of the best countries

0:31.8

to live in the world by international comparisons

0:34.6

of wealth, education, health, and quality of life. So there are so many

0:39.5

positives to such a beautiful place, but just like any other thing in life, where there is good,

0:45.5

there is also bad. And unfortunately, today we're going to be focusing in on the bad.

0:50.9

Today's case is about an Australian colt. I actually think we're yet to cover a Colts

0:56.6

on the podcast. I've done plenty of cases of Colts over on TikTok. I actually covered this specific

1:02.5

story over on TikTok not too long ago. But don't worry if you watch that video. Consider this to be

1:07.8

a much deeper dive on this case because we'll be talking about some things that

1:11.9

I didn't have time to mention over on TikTok. This cult is referred to as the family. And it is

1:18.7

widely considered to be one of the most notorious and significant cults in Australian history.

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