Encore: The Hare Krishna Murders | Go West, Old Man | 1
American Scandal
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4.5 • 19.6K Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
An elderly swami from India captures the zeitgeist of 1960s counterculture in America, with his message of peace and love. But his western disciples are hungry for power, and one of his most trusted devotees betrays him.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Prime Members, you can listen to American Scandal add-free on Amazon Music, download |
| 0:05.8 | the app today. |
| 0:08.9 | This is a special encore presentation of our series on the Harry Krishna murders, which |
| 0:13.3 | originally aired in 2019. |
| 0:15.5 | It's an incredible story that spans decades and followed a spiritual group that took a surprisingly |
| 0:20.8 | dark turn. |
| 0:22.0 | We hope you enjoy it. |
| 0:35.2 | It's a little past midnight on May 22nd, 1986. |
| 0:39.8 | Steve Bryant walked towards his van on a quiet residential street in West Los Angeles. |
| 0:45.4 | With his round glasses and soft kind eyes, Steve could be a UCLA grad student. |
| 0:51.2 | But the truth is he's a college dropout. |
| 0:53.7 | While he spent the last two years studying and writing, it's not about anything you'd |
| 0:58.1 | learn in school. |
| 0:59.8 | He's been living in his van as he crisscrosses the country, trying to get people to listen |
| 1:04.9 | to his tale of abuse, corruption, and fraud by a worldwide religious organization. |
| 1:11.6 | It's an explosive story bursting with salacious details that would blow people's minds if |
| 1:16.8 | they'll only believe him. |
| 1:19.1 | And that's the problem. |
| 1:20.6 | This talk to reporters, written a book, he's talked to anyone who would listen. |
| 1:25.1 | But most people dismiss him as a nutcase. |
| 1:27.6 | And the ones who do believe him, insiders who saw things firsthand, are afraid to speak |
| 1:32.7 | up. |
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