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🗓️ 20 August 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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0:00.0 | Hey, it's Scott and Forrest, and we know if you love our show, you're probably looking for something else to listen to as well. |
0:06.4 | And we've got just a thing. It is a brand new podcast from Crime House called Conspiracy Theory's Cults and Crimes. |
0:13.4 | Oh, that is up our alley here. You know, each week, Vanessa Richardson will uncover the true stories behind the world's most shocking crimes, deadly ideologies, and |
0:22.6 | secret plots, from mass suicides and political assassinations to secret government experiments |
0:28.5 | and UFO cults. |
0:30.7 | UFO cults right up our alley. |
0:32.9 | That's what I was saying is, yeah, it's got everything that we love, but maybe too afraid to dive into, but she's not. |
0:38.2 | Yeah, there you go. So if you love mystery of madness and, as Forrest said, diving deep into the |
0:43.6 | world's most unbelievable true stories, you're not going to want to miss this show. |
0:47.4 | Yeah, and we have a clip here from the first episode about the Heaven's Gate cult, |
0:51.1 | which is out now. If you like what you hear, don't forget to follow |
0:55.0 | conspiracy theories, cults, and crimes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or wherever you |
1:01.5 | listen. Sometimes the most shocking stories have the most ordinary beginnings. That was certainly |
1:10.5 | the case for Heaven's Gate and its leader, |
1:12.9 | Marshall Applewhite. Born in 1932, in the small city of Spur, Texas, Marshall had a typical |
1:20.2 | all-American upbringing, and religion was a very important part of his childhood. His father was a well-known |
1:27.1 | Presbyterian minister in the area, |
1:29.2 | and he encouraged Marshall to live a life of virtue, one that his family and God would be proud of. |
1:36.8 | Marshall was eager to please. Growing up, he attended church regularly and wanted to become a |
1:42.1 | minister just like his father. But while Marshall was a |
1:45.7 | staunch Christian, he was also interested in looking elsewhere for the answers to life's |
1:51.2 | biggest questions. So when it was time for him to go to college in the late 1940s or early 50s, |
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