Undercover in a Cult: Inside the Zion Society Investigation
The FOX True Crime Podcast
Fox News
4.7 • 826 Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Listen up. |
| 0:00.5 | Huh? |
| 0:00.8 | That means you. |
| 0:01.6 | Yes, you. |
| 0:02.4 | We know you're pointing at yourself. |
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| 0:46.5 | but under the dirt, a monster was rooted, a soft-spoken landscaper, a retired neighbor, a divine prophet. But behind the suburban facade, a deviant cult was growing. Arvin Shreve was more than just a spiritual leader. |
| 0:56.2 | According to prosecutors, he was the head of a sexual slave ring. |
| 1:00.9 | I'm Chandley Painter, and this is the Fox True Crime podcast. |
| 1:23.5 | Thank you. It was the summer of 1991, a midday raid on seven suburban homes. |
| 1:31.6 | SWAT teams breaking doors on quiet streets, police finding stockpiled weapons and children as young as four groomed for the unthinkable. The untouchable prophet, Arvin Shreve, taken in handcuffs, |
| 1:40.6 | along with the stolen lives of over 100 followers, from the garden to a maximum security cell. |
| 1:48.0 | How did a colt hide in plain sight? And how did an investigator's secret camera finally bring |
| 1:53.8 | the walls crumbling down? Joining me today is the man who led the charge into the cul-de-sac, |
| 1:59.6 | former lead detective host of the Gardens of Evil, |
| 2:03.4 | inside the Zion Society cult podcast, and author of Deceived, Mike King. |
| 2:10.4 | Mike, thank you so much for joining me again to talk about this Zion Society cult |
| 2:16.0 | that really, it really is fascinating and the work that went into how you |
| 2:22.1 | and your colleagues were able to bring some sense of justice. Let's set the background first |
| 2:28.4 | and just explaining more about how this cult came to be and where it was at the time that you made the big arrests. |
| 2:38.9 | You know, Chandley, that's one of the things that is so incredible about this particular case, |
| 2:43.2 | having now studied ritualistic abuse for most of my professional law enforcement career. |
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