Best of 2020: Deadly Cults

Crime Countdown

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True Crime, History

4.4 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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The Manson Family. Jonestown. Waco. So many cults end in tragedy. But it may be the cults you haven't heard of that are the most brutal. Ash and Alaina explore famous, infamous and lesser-known cults to determine the deadliest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey all you weirdos, it's Ashina Alina, the host of Crime Countdown.
0:08.4	It has been such a fun year of doing this amazing show.
0:12.2	We've had some crazy and interesting countdowns, the fun, the wild, and the downright macabre.
0:19.0	We'll be back on Monday, January 4th with a brand new episode.
0:22.5	But until then, here's one of our personal favorites we wanted to share with all of you.
0:26.7	Enjoy!
0:30.4	Everyone wants to be part of the club.
0:35.1	The Girl Scouts, Phi Beta Kappa, the local golf course.
0:38.4	There's just something about the feeling of belonging, of being part of a group.
0:42.0	Sure, clubs bring like-minded people together.
0:44.9	But unfortunately, sometimes that leads to dangerous groupthink.
0:48.8	And sometimes, groupthink leads to murder.
0:51.8	Today's crimes were all committed by clubs, but you probably know them by a different name.
0:56.7	Cults.
0:57.5	Deadly cults that is.
0:59.2	We love a good cult.
1:00.4	The thing about cults is, they're never initially supposed to be about killing.
1:04.7	But somehow, in so many cults, people wind up dead.
1:08.4	It's horrifying, but it keeps happening.
1:10.7	Like I said, everyone just wants to be part of the club.
1:29.0	Hey, all you weirdos.
1:33.2	Welcome to the podcast original, Crime Countdown.
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