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Was I in a Cult?

Religious Texas Commune — Part 2: "The Least Beloved"

Was I in a Cult?

Liz Iacuzzi

Comedy, True Crime

4.53.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Tamara, the beloved, has just been upgraded from the commune to the big house on the hill with the leader and his multiple wives. But it isn't long before she realizes that the reason she thought she was brought to live with them is not the reason she is there at all… __ Support us on Patreon! : https://www.patreon.com/wasiinacult Follow us on Instagram: @wasiinacult Have your own story and want to be on the show? Email us: info@wasiinacult.com Follow Tamara: https://tamaramc.com Twitter: @TamaraMCPhD Instagram: @tamaramcphd __ Today's episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Visit Betterhelp.com/INACULT for 10% off your first month. This episode is also sponsored by Babbel. Purchase a Babbel subscription and get six months for the price of three. Go to Babbel.com and use code INACULT for three free months.

Transcript

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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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