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Sinisterhood

Episode 335: The Murder of Madalyn Murray O’Hair – Part 1

Sinisterhood

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True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.86K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Critics called her rude, blasphemous, a destroyer of beliefs and values who popped off like a chain of fireworks in a church. The progressive activism of this lawyer, veteran, mom, fighter, and fan of four-letter-words earned her the nickname The Most Hated Woman in America. This week’s episode is The Murder of Madalyn Murray O’Hair – Part 1.

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0:00.0

Critics called her rude, blasphemous, a destroyer of beliefs and values who popped off like a chain of fireworks in a church.

0:07.4

The progressive activism of this lawyer, veteran, mom, fighter, and fan of four-letter words, earned her the nickname, the most hated woman in America.

0:16.8

This week's episode is The Murder of Madeline Murray O'Hare, part one.

0:25.8

A bump in the night, your heart fills with dread, probably a murder of who wants you dead.

0:34.4

It could be a ghost, a demon or worse, Perhaps you're the victim of a witch's curse. It's hopeless, you're doomed. You'd call a priest if you could. You'd rather just listen to who. Sinisterhood. I'm going to kill you.

0:58.2

I feel like I almost fit this description.

1:02.5

Just a few differences, but it's pretty accurate.

1:06.8

I'm like RIP, Madeline Murray O'Hare.

1:08.8

You would have loved Sinisterhood.

1:10.2

You would have loved this show.

1:11.4

Oh, dude.

1:12.3

Man, watching her on the Johnny Carson show, I have never wanted to be a time traveler more than watching a woman sit in 1972 and just be like, I can say penis and scrot him all day long, but someone doesn't want me to say a four-letter word because it might offend their sensibilities. Meanwhile, I'm like, yes, get them, get them, say it.

1:32.3

Were you listening in on my conversation that I just have?

1:35.8

Speak the truth, woman. Pray. She's like, I'm Madeline Muriel and Aheurier. I'm staunchly

1:40.8

an atheist. I'll worship her. I don't care. Sorry, lady, you started a church and you

1:44.9

are our leader now. Oh, I mean, I'm an atheist, so I bow down. I don't know. I don't know if you

1:53.7

do that as an atheist, but yeah, she was a pioneer in the movement of getting a lot of things changed in schools and kind of just

2:04.6

a place where people finally could come together and talk about it instead of being shunned

2:12.4

and shamed. And treat it as if it was like, you said out loud that you're an atheist.

2:18.5

She definitely became the face.

2:20.9

I believe a famous quote of hers was, I am not an atheist.

2:23.7

I am the atheist.

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