Don't you want devoted followers who leave their families for you, give their money to you, give their bodies to you, give up their lives

for you, consider you God, and will kill for you? Don't you want to become a cult leader?

Hello and welcome to serial killing a podcast where we also veer off the serial

killer path to delve into other topics within our beloved

true crime community.

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Thank you so so much. You are truly appreciated. So today's

podcast will be on the Australian cult The Family. Now I must say that when there was information available it was detailed and great

But when it was spotty it was tough to get organized in an easily understandable timeline I've done my best to get it all organized.

And as with any cult, there is a cult leader and the leader of the family was a woman named Anne Hamilton Byrne.

So let's start with her.

Anne was actually born.

Evelyn Grace Victoria Edwards on December 30th

1921 in Sale Victoria Australia which is just east of Melbourne.

But I will just continue to call her Anne to save on confusion.

So let's also get into some history for that time.

In 1921, the Irish Free State was created as Southern Ireland.

The Irish Republic issued their Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom.

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