The international cult that has a presence in Australia
Australian True Crime
Bravecasting
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Founded in 1972, "The 12 Tribes" presents itself as a welcoming religious sect. However, the accounts from those who have managed to escape tell a very different story.
The group maintains global locations and communities, including two communities in NSW: Katoomba and Picton.
Our guest for this episode is Tim Elliiott. Tim is Walkley nominated journalist who has been investigating and reporting on their activities since 2007.
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Host: Meshel Laurie. You can find her on Instagram
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| 0:00.0 | We're bringing Australian True Crime live to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne this July, |
| 0:04.3 | and I have to tell you that Brisbane sold out already. |
| 0:07.4 | Good for you, Brisbane, so we've quickly added a second show. |
| 0:10.3 | Now we can't keep adding more shows, so please make sure you get your tickets. Our special guests, |
| 0:15.2 | our forensic criminologist Santee Mallet in Brisbane and Sydney and the one and only Charlie Bazzina in |
| 0:19.9 | Melbourne. There'll be a Q&A of course so you can ask your own burning questions on the night but you have to book quickly. |
| 0:25.8 | This is a true crime podcast as the title suggests. |
| 0:29.1 | So please consider this your warning that it's not suitable for children and it probably will |
| 0:33.8 | contain content that may be triggering to some people. Also it's an Australian |
| 0:38.4 | true crime podcast so Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander |
| 0:42.0 | listeners should be aware it may contain the voices of deceased people. |
| 0:47.0 | The producers of this podcast recognize the traditional owners of the land on which it's recorded. |
| 0:59.0 | They pay respect to the Aboriginal elders past, present and those emerging. We'll be one will crush the living and the pride we'll cast aside our lives. |
| 1:16.7 | We will be together until the end of time. |
| 1:21.1 | They not. They know what they're doing is wrong and that's why they keep it a secret. That's why they |
| 1:28.7 | keep it a secret. That's why they hide it. It's hidden. |
| 1:38.0 | They were five hours grilling and grilling and grilling. I was exhausted emotionally, spiritually, and I was thinking about my dead baby. |
| 1:44.0 | Then you would have said, oh, don't listen to them. |
| 1:47.6 | Satan's talking to you, is trying to take you away from the community and from God |
| 1:51.8 | and yeshua. |
| 1:54.8 | I lost everything. |
| 1:57.2 | My daughter was in the community. |
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