The Cult Of Gwen Shamblin

Not Another True Crime Podcast

Betches

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

3.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Sara and Danny are back to talk all about Gwen Shamblin and her Weigh Down program, which spread all over the US as a weight loss alternative in the 90's. Then, they breakdown how she turned her TV talk show fame into a religious cult with influence all over the US with some disturbing practices.. To end the episode, they play ‘Big Hair Don’t Care’ where they try to identify a series of celebrities with iconic hairstyles from across the years! SOURCES: https://www.distractify.com/p/scott-amedure-trial-by-media https://www.ajc.com/news/national/killer-jenny-jones-gay-crush-murder-released-from-prison/CMKsybhg5nhHzggybvHdNO/ https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a32416884/jonathan-schmitz-scott-amedure-murder-trial-by-media-true-story-jenny-jones-show/ https://www.americanbar.org/groups/crsj/publications/member-features/gay-trans-panic-defense/ https://www.lambdalegal.org/blog/20140929_ending-the-panic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:26.8	found with late time plan up to 24 months 18 plus crutches
0:29.0	and between 10 times apply.
0:30.2	By the late 90s, Gwen Shamblin had become a mainstay
0:33.0	on the TV talk show circuit.
0:34.7	Her extreme religious based weight loss
0:37.0	philosophy was fascinating to people all over America.
0:40.3	And she enjoyed a meteoric rise to fame.
0:43.4	She used her cloud to even found her own church
0:46.0	with churches all over the United States and beyond.
0:49.4	However, reports started servicing of abuse
0:51.6	from within her followers and the extreme control
0:54.2	of the Shamblin exerted over them in a cult-like fashion.
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