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They Walk Among America - US True Crime

Introducing… Devil In The Dorm

They Walk Among America - US True Crime

Fitton Benjamin

True Crime

4.1792 Ratings

🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

In late 2010, a middle-aged man moved into his daughter's college dorm and created what has all the hallmarks of a cult. Over the decade that followed, he extorted millions of dollars from vulnerable young adults through violence, psychological torture, and forced sex work. Actress and Director Elisabeth Rohm narrates Law&Crime's 6-part investigative series, which draws from thousands of pages of transcripts, exhibits, audio files, and video recordings from a federal trial and explores the actions and motives of Larry Ray. This is Law&Crime’s Devil in the Dorm. You can listen to Law&Crime’s Devil in the Dorm now exclusively on Wondery Plus. Find Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.

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0:00.0

The Law and Crime Network has a new podcast series out now exclusively on Wondery Plus called Devil in the Dorm.

0:07.8

It's about a man named Larry Ray who moved into his daughter's college dorm at Sarah Lawrence

0:13.2

and spent the next decade controlling her friends under what many have described as a sex cult.

0:19.6

The six-part podcast series was composed from thousands of pages

0:23.5

of a federal trial transcript and is hosted by an actress who went to Sarah Lawrence College,

0:29.4

Elizabeth Rome. There are no cameras or audio recordings permitted in federal court, so all of the

0:35.6

testimony has been recreated by some of the biggest

0:38.4

true crime content creators. Devil in the dorm explores how, over the course of almost 10 years,

0:45.8

Larry Ray extorted millions of dollars from the young students while abusing them physically,

0:51.5

sexually, and psychologically. During that time, Larry Ray drove several

0:56.0

members of his group to the brink of suicide, and, according to at least one account, pushed one of

1:01.8

them over the edge. You can listen to Law and Crimes Devil in the Dorm now, exclusively on Wondery

1:08.7

Plus. Find Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.

1:17.4

Everything about the Sarah Lawrence campus speaks to its uniqueness. A green lawn haven 45 minutes

1:23.6

north of glass concrete and steel New York City, its 19th century Tudor Revival architecture

1:29.0

stands in a sharp contrast to the towering skyscrapers just 15 miles south. The campus is surrounded

1:35.5

by 44 acres of lush woodland, shaded by oak, maple, and cherry trees, and wisteria vines on arbor.

1:42.7

I often call the college the land of broken toys.

1:45.0

If you struggle to function or fit in anywhere else,

1:49.0

Sarah Lawrence is the perfect place for you.

1:52.0

This is the quality of Sarah Lawrence College that Larry Ray exploited to create

1:56.0

what is all the hallmarks of a cult on campus in late 2010.

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