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When I decided to take on the story of the Codfather, I realized it was a

little more true crime than anything I had done before. And it was important to me that we do

true crime in a way that served a larger purpose, that there was a point to it all, besides just

people breaking the law and getting caught.

And for me, one of the models of that kind of storytelling is the CBC's Uncover. It's an ongoing

feed that has released just a stunning run of highly original and intensely engaging crime stories that also help us understand our world.

They have a new series out this spring, so we wanted to feature an episode of that here.

The series is called The Cult Queen of Canada.

It's set in a small prairie town of 120 people in Saskatchewan, which becomes the unlikely home base for a cult leader known as the Queen of Canada.

In the series, journalist Rachel Brown uncovers how online extremism bleeds into everyday life and divides this small town.

It's a story about polarization,

power vacuums, and what happens when a small community becomes the testing ground for extremism?

Here is the host, Rachel Brown.

This story takes place in the heart of the Canadian prairies.

In a tiny village barely larger than a hamlet, not even big enough to be classified as a town.

It's surrounded by farmland, so flat and so vast. They say you can see the weather coming three days away.

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