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S8 Ep113: The Satan Seller (Mike Warnke)

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Society & Culture, Documentary, History, True Crime

4.610.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

A reformed Satanic priest becomes America's most prominent Christian comedian and authority on the occult. 

Prelude: Cassette recordings of John Todd's conspiratorial seminars spread through Evangelical communities.

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for all audiences.

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Listener discretion is advised.

0:39.3

The Lord Jesus Christ saved on Todd out of which past five years ago and I have personally talked with Johnny Todd on the base of Jack Chitch's recommendation.

0:51.0

Having known Johnny Todd now for more than four years, and my

0:54.4

having known for some six months, I believe that Johnny Todd is a genuinely

0:57.5

converted man, saved by the grace of God out of the depths of Satanism.

1:01.1

An interesting phenomenon was sweeping across American evangelical communities in the mid-1970s.

1:09.0

A series of home-recorded cassette tapes circulated among Christian homes and churches that featured the jaw-dropping spoken testimony of a late 20s recent convert named Johnny Wayne Todd.

1:21.0

Johnny Todd had re-enlisted after serving in the US Army in Vietnam.

1:25.4

He was stationed in Germany where he became addicted to drugs and ultimately ended up

1:29.7

killing his former commanding officer during a two-hour shootout.

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