Hey guys, our friends at Wondry have done it again, another top of the line miniseries.

So in the mid 2000s James Arthur Ray was a charismatic self-help guru who promises followers

a path to wealth and happiness, but not all who followed him finished their journey.

So this is the story that's told in a new true crime miniseries from Wondry called Guru,

the Dark Side of Enlightenment.

James Arthur Ray, it wasn't really well known until he was in this movie called The Secret,

he was a guest on the Oprah's TV show a few times.

Right after that thousands of people started attending his seminars and he was pegged to be the next great self-help guru.

But what many people didn't know was about his more, I guess we'll say extreme methods,

methods that pushed his pupils to their limits.

Now this gave some the transformative life experience that they dreamed of, but it killed others.

Alright, so I'm about to play you a brief clip from the show, but while you're listening,

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Once the doors opened, everyone headed for the same place.

It was a large auditorium with a big stage in front.

The event was called the Harmonic Wealth Weekend, a rigorous two-day seminar that promised to get

participants on the fast track to personal and professional success.

It wasn't the kind of thing Ginny Brown was normally into, but her daughter, Kirby,

had insisted that they go together.

As they walked in, she had to admit the atmosphere was exciting.

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