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Hello and welcome back to Cult Leader.

I'm your Cult Leader Spencer Henry and this week we're talking all things snakes and

fakes Bay.

We've talked a lot on this show about the dangerous practice of faith healing.

That's nothing new, but it will be a pretty big theme in today's episode.

We've learned about the inception of Holy Rollers, so it's only fitting that we begin

our journey into the world of snake handling.

It was an obvious next.

Thanks for referring to as serpent handling.

And uh, oh boy.

I'll just say this.

If you have a fear of snakes or a videophobia or whatever, you're probably not going to

love this episode, but that's also the only warning that you're going to get.

We're getting straight to business today because we've got a lot to cover.

From the history of how this came to be, it's ties to Christianity, as well as several

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