Episode 4: Bad Grandpa
REAL
Naomi Channell
4.8 • 725 Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
It is estimated that over 100 people who were part of the Children of God have taken their own lives. The abuse they endured and the control they were placed under whilst in the cult has had tragic lasting consequences on so many people.
This is Bad Grandpa.
WARNING: This series contains descriptions of abuse against minors, sexual abuse, suicide and murder. Whilst the descriptions are not explicit, please take extra care whilst listening.
To listen to Kacey's podcast, where cult survivors share their experiences, you can do so here:
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If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast, please see the organisations below who can help and support you:
https://www.mind.org.uk/ - Mental health support
https://www.spuk.org.uk/ - Suicide Prevention UK
https://www.samaritans.org/ - The Samaritans
https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/ - For people who have been the victim of sexual abuse (UK)
https://www.rainn.org/ - Sexual Abuse Support USA
https://988lifeline.org/ - Suicide Prevention USA
https://www.nasasv.org.au/support-directory - Sexual Abuse Support Australia
https://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/ - Suicide Prevention Australia
https://www.rcni.ie/useful-links/ - Sexual Abuse Support Ireland
https://www.pieta.ie/ - Suicide Prevention Ireland
https://www.thefamilysurvivaltrust.org/ - Support for cult survivors (UK)
https://www.peopleleavecults.com/services/support-groups - Support for cult survivors & Intervention (global)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is a true crime podcast and is not suitable for all audiences. |
| 0:05.6 | Please use discretion. |
| 0:07.9 | This series contains descriptions of sexual assault against minors, murder and suicide. |
| 0:15.3 | Whilst the descriptions are not explicit, please take extra care whilst listening. This is part four of a six-part |
| 0:24.8 | series. If you haven't listened to the first episode, please go back to the beginning so you can |
| 0:29.6 | follow along. After hundreds of hours of reading and researching both the children of God |
| 0:36.6 | and other coercive controlling and abusive |
| 0:39.7 | organisations, I realise just how important it is to really listen hard when survivors share their |
| 0:47.2 | experiences. It's only by truly listening to them, reading the words they've taken so much |
| 0:53.8 | time to write, understanding the words they've taken so much time to write, understanding |
| 0:56.0 | the trauma they've revisited by recounting them, so people like me, and most of you, can begin |
| 1:03.3 | to try to comprehend what they have lived through. It's estimated by survivors of children of God |
| 1:10.0 | that at least a hundred people who are part of the cult have taken their own lives. |
| 1:16.7 | This is the very real and very raw outcome of the abuse they suffered by people who are still not yet being held accountable. |
| 1:47.0 | I'm Naomi Channel and this is episode four of Bad Grandpa. The Oh, |
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