S306: The Prophet - Meet Cult Leader Jane Whaley Part 1

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Javier Leiva

True Crime, Society & Culture, Technology

4.7 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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As far as I know, I'm the first journalist who has ever interviewed pastor Jane Whaley. Heck, I might be the only member of the media to have attended church service. How was I able to pull this off? The short answer is, I have no idea. In fact, when the executive producer of the upcoming A&E series on Word of Faith Fellowship found out about my exclusive interview, he gave me a call. He asked me, "I just want to know one thing... how did you do it?" I told him, "I just asked nicely?" (UPDATE: A&E pulls the docu-series the night before it was scheduled to air) My first contact with Jane Whaley The last people to get an invitation to the Word of Faith Fellowship got the cops called on them. However, that didn't stop me from contacting Jane. I have Jane Whaley's email address and intend to use it. Besides, what's the worst thing that could happen? Get arrested for trespassing? True Crime Podcast Festival | Chicago 2019 Also, I am excited to announce that Pretend Radio is going to be attending the first annual True Crime Podcast Festival on July 13, 2019 in Chicago! Trust me, start planning now. It’s worth traveling to. This is your chance to mingle with podcasters you listen to regularly. There will also be live episode recordings as well as panel discussions. In fact, I’m speaking in one of them. Some of the shows registered are All Crime No Cattle, Criminology, Canadian True Crime, Mugshot, Swindled, Sword and Scale, and so many more. You won’t want to miss this. Go to the website TCPF2019.com to find information on tickets and the hotel. Prices do go up the closer we get to the event so you won’t want to wait. When you buy your ticket, make sure you mention Pretend Radio on the ticket registration survey. This is going to be a blast. I can’t wait to meet everyone at the True Crime Podcast Festival! For more information, see the show notes. Many people have been writing me and sharing their stories. If you have a story to share, shoot me an email at info@pretendradio.org or follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Our theme music was composed by Joe Basile with thechicken.net. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Creative Battle.
0:07.0	This episode is brought to you by Pepsi Max.
0:10.0	Christmas is great, but there's loads of ways to make it better, like sneaking some
0:15.9	chili into the gravy for some extra oint, or building a playlist that will even
0:20.6	get your none up on the table, Or just cracking open an ice cold Pepsi Max.
0:27.0	Christmas. Better with Pepsi Max. It's Friday night and it's getting dark. I'm laying on my back, zipped up in a sleeping bag, in a tent outside of my front yard.
0:48.8	The kids are finally asleep.
0:52.3	They were wiped out after going to the pool eating pizza and
0:55.7	roasting marshmallows over a fire pit. It's been a long day but I can't go to
1:00.6	sleep. So what does a board podcaster do when he can't sleep?
1:06.0	He starts researching ideas for pretend radio.
1:10.0	I'm on my phone digging through some documents related to the Word of Faith Fellowship,
1:14.8	and there must have been something I was missing, something I was overlooking.
1:19.6	While scanning through the documents, I stumbled upon an email I had never seen before.
1:24.4	It was from a Democratic North Carolina State Senate candidate named David Wheeler.
1:30.6	And the email was addressed to Jane Whaley.
1:33.4	In that email, David Wheeler, the Senate candidate, tells Jane Whaley that he would like to meet her.
1:39.4	And oddly enough, she responds.
1:43.0	She writes, can you meet between 3.30 and 4 this afternoon?
1:47.1	The state Senate candidate David Wheeler confirms a meeting with Jane, but what he does next
1:52.0	is kind of messed up. Instead of showing up alone, David
1:56.5	Wheeler shows up at the Word of Faith Compound with several news reporters and a cameraman. He also brought John Huddle, who is basically Jane
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