Wondery Presents GURU: The Dark Side of Enlightenment

The Murder In My Family

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4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Wondery presents GURU: The Dark Side of Enlightenment

When we face challenges in life, we seek answers from people we believe can help us. When tragedy strikes an exclusive retreat with a self-help superstar, many people are left to wonder: how far is too far? James Arthur Ray was an Oprah-endorsed self-help teacher who achieved fame, fortune, and influence. But friends and family members of his followers questioned his unorthodox methods, and tried to stop him. From Wondery, the makers of “Dirty John,” “Dr. Death,” and “The Shrink Next Door,” comes a story about the dark side of enlightenment. Hosted by journalist Matt Stroud.

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0:30.0	Hi, this is Mike Morford of the murder of my family and I want to introduce you a brand new
0:34.8	podcast from Wondery that I think you'll really enjoy. It's called Guru, The Dark Side of Enlightenment.
0:41.6	In the mid-2000s, James Arthur Ray was a charismatic self-help guru and promised
0:47.2	his followers a path of wealth and happiness. But not all who followed him finished their
0:52.2	journey.
0:53.0	This is the story told in a new true crime mini series from Wundry, called Guru,
0:59.0	The Dark Side of Enlightenment.
1:01.0	James Arthur Ray wasn't really well known until he was in that movie, The Secret, and then was a guest
1:07.1	on Oprah's TV show a few times.
1:09.7	Soon after that, thousands of people started attending his seminars and he was pegged to be the next great
1:15.7	self-help guru. But what many didn't know about were his more extreme methods, methods
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