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Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

Terra Newell, Part 1 - Meeting Dirty John

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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True Crime, Talk Radio, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Episode 69: Terra Newell, life coach and animal lover who survived an attack from the now-infamous con man and manipulator Dirty John, shares how her mom met John on a dating app. In part one, they discuss how he claimed to be a doctor, some of his bizarre behaviors, and how he isolated her mom from the family. Plus: the grey rock method of communication, a tool for dealing with narcissists and abusers.  If you have your own story about cults, high-control groups, manipulation, or abuse of power, shoot us an email at trustmepod@gmail.com. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM: @trustmepodcast @oohlalola @vibehigherbitch OR TWITTER: @trustmecultpod @ohlalola

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0:00.0

If you have your own story of being in a cult or a high control group or if you've had an experience with manipulation or abuse of power you'd like to share, leave us a message on our hotline number at 513-900-2955.

0:11.0

Or shoot us an email at TrustMePod at gmail.com.

0:15.0

Trust me, do you trust me?

0:18.0

Trust me, I'm like a smart person. I've never lied to you. I've never had lied.

0:24.0

If you think that one person has all the answers, don't!

0:28.0

Trust me, the podcast about cult, extreme belief, and the abuse of power from two weaklings who've actually experienced it, I am Lola Blonk.

0:37.0

And I'm Megan Elizabeth.

0:38.0

Clearly, I forgot I was weakling for a moment there.

0:41.0

This week, our guest is a very non-weekling, tarot-new-all.

0:45.0

She is a life coach, an animal lover, and survivor of the attack by the now infamous Dirty John.

0:51.0

This week, she's going to tell us about how her mom Debbie started seeing a man from a dating app who claimed to be a doctor.

0:56.0

She was always wearing scrubs for some reason, and some of the weird behaviors she engaged in that set off everyone's flags and how he loved bomb-term mom.

1:03.0

We'll also get into the Thanksgiving confrontation where things started to get really uncomfortable.

1:07.0

What the private investigator, her sister hired discovered, and we'll discuss Greyrock, a method of communicating with narcissists.

1:14.0

It's a very important one to know, might I add.

1:16.0

Ah, yeah, I'm glad to know it.

1:18.0

And next week, we will get into the knife attack that she survived that also ended John's life.

1:24.0

Tara is a badass, you guys.

1:26.0

I know that badass is like, you know, sometimes it's a term that basic bitches use, but I'm going to go ahead and say she is a badass.

1:32.0

Good shit. I agree.

1:33.0

She certainly is.

1:34.0

Should I do my cultiest thing of the day?

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