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The Binge Crimes: Cut, Color, Kill

Mystic Mother | 5. The Charges

The Binge Crimes: Cut, Color, Kill

Sony Music

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.23.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

After a search warrant is served on the Temple, more than 30 members face daunting felony charges, and Tracy could face decades in prison. Want the full story? Unlock all episodes of Witnessed: Mystic Mother, ad-free right now by subscribing to The Binge — All Episodes. All at Once. Plus you’ll unlock brand new stories, dropping every month — that’s all episodes, all at once, all ad-free. Just click ‘Subscribe’ on the top of the Witnessed show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you listen. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I hadn't been around the temple long enough to really understand what was happening, but

0:12.7

the class is stopped.

0:15.6

This is a woman who will call Nicole.

0:18.0

She wanted to remain anonymous, so we're not using her real name.

0:21.7

Nicole worked at the temple briefly, around the time that the Phoenix New Times article

0:25.8

came out.

0:27.2

And remember, after that, things really started to change.

0:31.6

There was more tension and fewer classes.

0:34.3

I would show up at the time where the classes were supposed to be happening, and then there

0:37.8

would be no class.

0:38.9

And I'd just be sitting there at this temple just wondering what's going to happen.

0:48.9

After a few weeks, she wasn't getting the training she'd signed up for, and she decided

0:52.9

to leave.

0:54.6

Months later, she heard about the raid.

0:57.1

Her mugshots were all over the headlines in the news.

1:00.2

It was a big story, and it really scared me, but I thought I was barely involved in all

1:10.1

of that.

1:11.1

I felt at the time like I had dodged a bullet.

1:16.8

Until one night, in 2012, more than a year after the raid.

1:21.7

She and her sister got into a fight driving home from work.

1:25.2

It was late, and they were headed to pick up their kids from the sitter.

1:30.7

Instead of picking our kids up at one o'clock in the morning from the babysitter, she wanted

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