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Welcome to TrustMe, at the podcast about cults, extreme belief, and manipulation from two trash

talkers who've actually experienced it. I am Lola Blonk, and I'm Megan Elizabeth. And today,

I guess is Cheryl Nichols. She is a filmmaker and she is the subject of freeforms new

docuseries Keep This Between Us. She'll share how her high school teacher groomed her when she was

16, isolating her from those closest to her, creating an environment of secrecy, and slowly testing

the waters with e-mails that grew more sexual in nature until they began a relationship. We'll

also have a conversation about the societal expectations of teenage girls, the patriarchal

culture where she grew up in Texas, how passing the trash keeps predators at schools from

facing consequences, and how Cheryl learned she wasn't the only one. That's right. I really like her.

I mean, she's in here for your group of friends, as we discovered later.

Yeah, I didn't even realize that it was, yeah, I know her. So, took us to the end of the interview

for me to figure that out, but she's freaking great. Yeah, super, super cool. Before we dive in with

her, I would love to know, Megan, what is their cultiest thing that's happened to you this week?

Oh, this comes out of a Canadian Bible camp, which usually you don't hear much out of those,

but some man started working there and uploaded a video of himself to YouTube being like,

I just gave one of the best exorcisms of my life. The boy was twitching and bleeding and

finally free of his demon. And everyone was like, oh my god, no, you just tortured him.

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