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This Sounds Serious

3: The Cult

This Sounds Serious

Kelly&Kelly

Comedy, Comedy Fiction, Fiction, Audio Fiction, True Crime

4.72.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In the 1990s, a cult known as “the Mandala” was infamous for trying to rebuild the lost city of Atlantis. Was Daniel Bronstadt a key member?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Kelly and Kelly

0:06.4

Previously on this San Sirius. I would you want to comb a mini horse?

0:12.4

I went to visit Daniel Bronstadt in Florida and he turned out to be even stranger than I expected.

0:17.8

I just feel more comfortable sleeping in small spaces and so I actually sleep in this tub.

0:22.9

I learned about Chuck and Daniel's childhood.

0:25.5

This is the only picture of a band we had called the doppelgangers.

0:28.8

We were trying to germinate here.

0:32.0

And I learned about their falling out.

0:33.6

He was beating himself up as well as me.

0:36.8

But maybe the most important thing that I learned was that after Chuck and Daniel's fight.

0:41.6

He joined a fucking cult.

0:43.0

Daniel joined a cult.

0:45.4

It's this San Sirius, the case of Daniel Bronstadt, a cast box original.

0:58.1

Join me for a journey inside the mind of the most fascinating 911 caller I've ever encountered.

1:09.2

I couldn't shake what Karen said about Daniel being in a cult.

1:12.6

And I knew Daniel wouldn't talk about where he was for those years.

1:15.8

Where'd you go?

1:18.8

I don't want to talk about it.

1:21.1

So I set to work researching religious cults of the 1990s.

1:24.8

And yeah, of course I was alive in the 90s.

1:27.3

I remember hearing about the super famous cults on the news.

1:30.3

The 39 people found dead were wearing Nike sneakers, believing their spirits would ride

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