Hey folks, Aaron here. Welcome to Deeper Lour, a bonus episode that's designed to be a topical

guide to the most recent episode of lore. Some folks have favorites they like to revisit over and over

again. Others enjoy listening to certain topics. They hear a new episode on one subject,

and it sparks an interest in other stories on the same topic.

The trouble is, with over 300 episodes to pick from, it's kind of hard to track down specific

ones now. So, this little bonus episode is here to help, offering a guide to folks who want

to go a bit deeper into the lore, thus deeper lore. This week for episode 266, What's in the Box, we get to meet a very interesting individual,

self-proclaimed prophetess and cult leader Joanna Southcott.

This episode is wild, partly because of the things that Joanna believed about herself,

and partly because of just how long her followers were willing to go along with it all.

Honestly, cults and folklore pair up like peanut butter and chocolate,

which is why Joanna's story isn't the first time we've covered wacky leaders and their gullible followers here on lore.

So here are three more episodes that resonate well with that particular theme.

First up, episode 84 of Family Affair.

At first glance, this one seems like a family drama, not a cult story, but looks can be

deceiving.

This spiritualism-obsessed family in Vermont drew such a following that it also brought in

investigators.

It's a wild story from all the wacky and weird claims they were making

to the drama of getting to the bottom of it all, and I think you'll love it. Next, download episode

116, Something Blue. Some cults are more dangerous than others, and the story of Linda Hazard and

her fasting cult off the coast of Seattle ranks toward the top.

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