#309 The Archangel's Farm

True Crime Guys

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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In the 80’s, Michael Wayne Ryan was a nobody, a high school dropout, who couldn’t hold down a job. But to hear him tell it, he’s one of the greatest human beings to ever walk the face of the earth. He's a Vietnam war vet (not really), where he lost two toes( that part's true). He’s also been a hitman for the CIA(nope), and a mafia hitman as well(not a chance), all this before the age of 40. So it's no wonder this man thought he was “Michael” from the bible, the archangel reincarnate. All he needed now was a few people who shared his vision and hung on every word…yep, we're doing some cult shit. Check out Patreon and our other shows!: Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS: https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com Special thanks to "Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio" for the intro music! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de68pYYHbks&list=PLLEnbi5KRv6Z8CMUtLiA81-wQCLVUOKYs&index=13 Sources: https://www.oxygen.com/deadly-cults/crime-time/yahweh-nebraska-farmers-cults-slavery-torture-sodomy-murder Book: “Chambers of Horror” by John Marlowe

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to True Crime Guys podcast.
0:07.3	I'm your host Michael and Andy's back here with me.
0:09.7	I am here, Michael. I am at peace. I am calm.
0:13.1	Yes.
0:13.6	It's a good episode today.
0:15.2	It is, well, it's going to be kind of brutal, actually.
0:17.9	But we are doing some of our favorite shit, Michael.
0:20.3	Oh, yes, we are. We are doing cult shit. Yes. But yeah, it's not going to be, it's not to be too calm. There'll be a little bit of kumbae, yeah, I'm sure, right? You know, there'll probably be a little music at the beginning, you know. I always got a little, I got lull them in. They got to lure them in. Right? You got to have a tactic to get people to join your cult.
0:54.7	You can't just start off with the rough stuff. Yeah. You know, you got to give them the honey at the beginning. That's what Michael Ryan did, at least. But before we get into that, I want to remind you guys to check out Patreon. patreon.com slash true crime guys,
0:59.5	where you can get access to these episodes early ad free with bonus content.
1:02.4	All right. The link is right below the description of the episode.
1:07.9	In the 80s, Michael Ryan was a nobody. He was a high school dropout who couldn't hold down a job.
1:31.2	But to hear him tell it, he's one of the greatest human beings ever to walk the face of the earth. He's a war vet, Vietnam, of course, where he lost two toes. Oh, damn. He's also been a hitman for the CIA and a mafia hitman as well, Andy. Okay, pretty interesting. All of this before the age of 40, by the way. What is this, Woody Harrelson's dad? Yes. So it's no wonder this man thought he was Michael from the Bible. Okay, well. The Archangel reincarnate, yes. That was him. That's a jump, but you know what? This escalated quickly, right? I don't remember anywhere in the Bible saying Michael had eight toes, but let's go. You could be anything you want. all you need is a few people who share your vision. Right? That's all you need, dude.
1:47.0	Just a few people who share your vision.
1:45.2	Right?
1:45.8	That's all you need, dude.
1:47.0	Just a few.
1:48.1	Just a few people.
1:49.1	So you can do some cold shit.
1:50.7	Oh, Michael.
1:51.7	Mm-hmm.
1:53.4	So, uh, yeah.
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