Encore: The Hare Krishna Murders | The Whistleblower | 4
American Scandal
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4.5 • 19.6K Ratings
🗓️ 25 January 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
When a devotee in West Virginia goes missing, his wife suspects murder. Deputy Westfall is thwarted by the DA when he tries to take action. Keith flexes his muscles and expands his power over New Vrindaban.
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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. |
| 0:35.5 | It's a warm spring day in 1983, and Kirtanananda, Keith Ham, sits in his simple home office |
| 0:42.2 | dealing with complicated problems. |
| 0:44.7 | He tugs his saffron robe over his protruding belly, a line of devotees wait to see him. |
| 0:50.0 | He brings disputes, questions, and conundrums, and he, as spiritual leader of New Vrindaban, |
| 0:56.2 | must solve them all, preferably using sage words backed up with quotations from Vedic scriptures. |
| 1:02.9 | So far today he served as a marriage counselor, a veterinarian, psychologist, and financial |
| 1:08.1 | manager, all in a day's work. |
| 1:10.9 | But nothing has prepared him for what Dan Reed is about to say. |
| 1:15.2 | Dan is a short, wiery devotee in his mid-twenties, he's got a neatly trimmed beard and a legendary |
| 1:21.3 | temper. |
| 1:22.4 | He walks in, drops to his hands and knees, and presses his forehead to the floor. |
| 1:27.5 | Then he rises and sits in front of Keith. |
| 1:29.6 | Maharaj, I've come today to tell you something. |
| 1:33.3 | Dan sits quietly for a moment, peering to collect his thoughts. |
| 1:37.2 | Finally he leans in and speaks in a firm, quiet voice. |
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