The Family Cult

Not Another True Crime Podcast

Betches

True Crime, Society & Culture, Comedy

3.8 • 2.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This week, Sara and Danny are back to talk all and about The Family, an Australian doomsday cult founded by Anne Hamilton-Byrne. They breakdown everything from the cult’s beginnings in yoga studios for well-to do people to the spiritual hodgepodge that made up the cult’s belief system. They also get into the dark aspects of how they operated, and Anne’s ‘adoptions’ of dozens of children that she believed would be the beginning of a master race to rule the world. To end the show, Sara and Danny make their very own cults in ‘Build A Cult!.’ Make sure to follow us @notanothertruecrime to vote for your favorite! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	For many, yoga is a spiritual practice that involves self-reflection and relaxation.
0:07.5	But for Anne Hamilton-Bern, yoga emerged as her primary vehicle to a mass followers.
0:13.0	Operating as a yoga teacher in Australia, Anne recruited wealthy professionals into her
0:17.1	own brand of new age spiritualism, which she called the family.
0:21.7	The family believed they are preparing for the apocalypse, and that Anne would lead them
0:26.4	to rule the future through her divinity.
0:28.9	Behind all this spiritual smoke screen, there were numerous reports of severe abuse and
0:33.5	mistreatment from former members who managed to break free from the cult.
0:37.9	What dark and wrongful acts is the family hiding behind their spiritual beliefs?
0:43.2	Betches media presents.
0:46.0	Not another true crime podcast.
0:49.0	It's all fun and games.
0:51.3	Until someone gets hurt.
0:55.5	What acts indeed?
0:59.8	Welcome back.
1:00.8	A lot.
1:01.8	Very shit.
1:02.8	We're going to get into it today.
1:05.8	I'm Sarah Levine.
1:06.8	And I'm Danny Murphy.
1:07.8	You know us as your partners in wine, crime, and time here on Not Another True Crime Podcast.
1:12.2	Glad to have you back, listening.
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