Religious Texas Commune — Part 2: "The Least Beloved"
Was I in a Cult?
Liz Iacuzzi
4.5 • 3.5K Ratings
🗓️ 10 April 2023
⏱️ 43 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Please note this episode contains highly sensitive material, including discussions of sexual |
| 0:08.1 | assault, labor, and sex trafficking. |
| 0:12.8 | Welcome to Wasine Occult. |
| 0:23.4 | I'm Tyler Miesum, and I'm Liz Ayakuzi. |
| 0:26.4 | And today is the second half of Tamara's story. |
| 0:29.8 | If you haven't listened to part one of her story yet, guys, we do appreciate your utter |
| 0:33.6 | disregard for sequential order. |
| 0:35.8 | But you should go listen to that one first, and then come back. |
| 0:39.2 | We'll still be here. |
| 0:40.2 | Won't we, Tyler? |
| 0:41.2 | Got nothing else to do. |
| 0:43.7 | And for the rest of you, a little catch up. |
| 0:45.8 | Tamara was born to two Jewish parents. |
| 0:48.1 | But when she was five, her father was successfully recruited into a different religion that quickly |
| 0:53.5 | indoctrinated him into their world. |
| 0:55.7 | Our religion in which Tamara asked us to keep anonymous for her own safety. |
| 1:00.8 | And perhaps ours? |
| 1:03.4 | Before long Tamara was living two lives, one with her father, now stepmother, and step |
| 1:08.4 | siblings at a compound in Texas with his newfound religious family. |
| 1:13.0 | And then during the school year, she lived a quote, normal life going to public school |
| 1:16.9 | in Arizona where she lived with her mother. |
| 1:19.3 | Years go by, living like this. |
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