Well, you are back with Mystery and Murder, the podcast where we unravel notorious true crime cases and explore the minds behind them.

When I say explore the minds behind them, I mean, we like to go inside the mind

of the subject and give you some insight into why they do what they do, what makes them tick.

And on today's episode, we'll reach the shocking conclusion of the Love Has One cult story

and the demise of Amy Carlson, the cult's charismatic,

troubled, and fascinating leader.

Now, I've said all along, I definitely consider this a cult.

They deny that.

They say, no, we're not a cult.

We're just a religious organization.

We're just people that come together and

share a belief about love and life and all things good. So I'm just giving you my opinion. You

can make up your own mind when you hear the things that are indisputable. I have to warn you,

what you're going to hear today is disturbing,

and it's unlike any other case that I've ever been part of.

When I interviewed Amy on my show back in 2020,

I knew she was in severe trouble,

but I never could have imagined the grisly fate that lay in store for her.

When we left off in our last episode, I had spoken with Amy and several of her devoted followers on my show.

It was clear that these spokeswomen were completely immersed in Amy's bizarre and convoluted doctrine, unwavering in their belief.

And that was really surprising to me because it's actually hard to figure out what it was that her belief system included,

which means it's hard to commit to something that you can't really understand.

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