Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker

Cult Liter with Spencer Henry

Spencer Henry | Morbid Network

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.9 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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This week we are discussing some of the most notorious televangelists of all time, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. Listen in to hear their story of humble beginnings to their tumultuous public downfall. Buy my book: prh.com/obitchuary Come see me on tour: obitchuarypodcast.com Write me: spencer@cultliter.com Spencer Henry PO Box 18149 Long Beach CA 90807 Follow along online: instagram.com/cultliterpodcast instagram.com/spencerhenry Join our patreon: Patreon.com/cultliter Check out my other show OBITCHUARY wherever you’re listening now! Sources: Sources: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jim-Bakker https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tammy-Faye-Messner https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/16/us/for-jim-and-tammy-bakker-excess-wiped-out-a-rapid-climb-to-success.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpjH3WxlBGk&t=2235s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_PTL_Club https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/04/02/tammy-bakkers-country-crush/ec4f7963-c8b3-44fa-b3b1-bee8ce35a121/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/08/24/kevin-whittum-sues-ptl-over-eviction/24cc48af-1767-4efa-8e50-9968a0e37ebc/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/11/Disabled-youth-who-lived-in-PTLs-Kevin-House-dies/1112713505600/

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0:15.0	A bloodbath tonight in the rural town of Shinnom.
0:18.0	Everyone here is hiding a secret. Four more victims found saddam.
0:20.0	Some worse than others.
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0:34.7	contain themes of violence, occult activities, strong language, and other sensitive
0:38.7	material. With an emphasis on cult's murder and other adult matters,
0:42.0	listener discretion is advised.
0:44.0	On cult leader, I strive for telling stories in a truthful matter, though press, media, and other resources
0:48.2	cannot always be verified.
0:49.6	Sources can be found in the show notes. Oh, I'm not. Hello and welcome back to cold leader.
1:24.2	Brothers and sisters, I am your church leader, Spencer Henry,
1:28.2	and today I'm giving you some of that good old old time religion.
1:32.0	We're talking about televangelism, babes.
1:34.3	Televangelism, which is of course, a blend of television and evangelism,
1:39.5	really originated in the United States back in the early 1950s as broadcasters began to use the then new medium of television to reach wider audiences with their religious messages.
1:51.8	Of course, we've heard all about different types of
1:54.7	evangelism on the show before, specifically a lot of the preachers that we've
1:58.8	talked about who utilized radio prior to the introduction of television.
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