The Lost Children of Scientology Pt2: “Free At Last”

Was I In A Cult?

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True Crime, Comedy, Talk Radio

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🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

(Content warning: child abuse, psychological trauma, and forced labor.)

What happens when a child escapes a cult… only to be hunted, harassed, and invoiced for the “honor”?

In Part 2 of Jamie Mustard’s staggering story, we pick up with his teenage years— going deeper into the reality of life inside Scientology’s Sea Org—the labor, the fear, the indoctrination, and the slow, devastating unraveling of family.

But this is more than a story of survival. It’s about a boy who was stripped of education, family, and identity… and still found a way to outsmart the system that tried to erase him. It’s about rewriting your future when you were never taught how to read the past. It’s about the children who were trained to never speak out—and the rare few who do.

An unforgettable chapter in one of the most important cult stories we’ve ever told.

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0:00.0	The views, information, or opinions expressed by the guest appearing in this episode solely
0:05.2	belong to the guest and do not represent or reflect the views or positions of the hosts,
0:10.2	the show, podcast one, this network, or any of their respective affiliates.
0:15.5	Please note this episode includes discussions of child abuse, psychological trauma, and forced labor. Listen appropriately.
0:26.8	When I talk about lost children of Scientology, it just goes on and on. My younger brother
0:31.1	was on that camp because at 16 he had sex with his girlfriend and they put him on hard labor
0:35.5	and indoctrination for seven years.
0:38.8	He was not allowed to walk for seven years, run everywhere, wearing black, and you're only
0:43.4	allowed to speak of spoken to. You eat slop, and you live in, like, the tunnels with the rats.
0:48.4	This is why it's so important that we talk about the lost children.
1:02.4	Music talk about the lost children. Welcome to Was Ina Cold Time, Tyler Mism.
1:05.7	And I'm Liz Ayakousi, and before we hand you guys over to Scientology's version of, I don't know, the Hunger Games,
1:12.9	a little reminder that Tyler and I are going live in L.A. Los Angeles.
1:20.0	That's right. July 10th, in fact, rapidly approaching, we will be performing at the
1:25.2	little wonderful, fantastic theater known as the Dynasty Typewriter.
1:29.6	It's at 7.30 on the 10th of July.
1:32.0	And we have a special guest, Mr. Moses Storm.
1:34.8	He is a wonderful soul and hilarious comedian who grew up in what he describes as a failed doomsday cult.
1:42.6	We even have VIP tickets, in fact, where you get to hang out with us, you get to see me,
1:47.7	and you get to make fun of Liz in person instead of just yelling at your radio.
1:53.6	And I think Tyler will let you pet his hair for a dollar a minute.
1:57.7	The price might go up by then.
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