The Curious Case of Jodi Hildebrandt-WEEK IN REVIEW
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🗓️ 23 February 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers Week in review. |
| 0:02.4 | I look back at the most prolific stories of the week. |
| 0:06.1 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski. |
| 0:11.1 | Jody Hildebrand, she built a reputation as a trusted therapist. |
| 0:16.8 | But what she actually did to her clients was anything but healing. Instead of offering guidance, |
| 0:22.5 | she controlled, manipulated, and allegedly destroyed lives under the guise of self-improvement. |
| 0:28.6 | Now, with new lawsuits and a chilling documentary, exposing her methods, we have to ask, |
| 0:35.0 | how does someone gain that much psychological control over people |
| 0:38.7 | who seek their help? And why do smart, rational individuals fall into the grip of someone like |
| 0:45.0 | Hildebrand? To break it down, we're joined by psychotherapist, Sivan Scott. |
| 0:49.0 | Chavon, when we're looking at a case like this, I mean, what sort of tactics to individuals like Hilda Bratton |
| 0:57.3 | use to gain this type of control over their victims, basically? |
| 1:03.5 | Yeah, Jody, I have my four Cs for a cult leader, charismatic, confident, coercive, and |
| 1:09.9 | controlling. |
| 1:14.0 | And she was a master at it, And she got rich. My God, her 9,000 square foot home, I mean, was just incredible the amount of money this |
| 1:20.9 | lady was raking in. And she really manipulated the vulnerable. And she was validated by the LDS Church. They were referring people to her. |
| 1:32.1 | And so she prayed on people who tended to obey authority. And she made them feel like, |
| 1:39.9 | this came out in the documentary, that they were special for having the privilege of her help. |
| 1:46.4 | And she alone had the truth. |
| 1:48.9 | And those are the classic tactics of a cult leader. |
| 1:52.6 | And then once you had this cohesive group of followers, |
| 1:57.0 | they reinforced in each other that she really is this wise leader that is going to save our families and our marriages. |
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