Happy Tuesday Cult Babes! This week we are taking a look at the wild world of Teen Mania Ministries and its whacky founder. Listen in and help me decide…is this a cult?! Cause it’s quacking like one…

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Sources:

https://wng.org/sift/warrant-issued-for-teen-mania-founder-1617251541

https://web.archive.org/web/20071224154347/http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/14021621/teenage_holy_war/3

https://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-youth-group-in-us-aims-to-reach-1-5-billion-teens-globally-changes-name-to-teen-mania-international-114035/

https://www.christianitytoday.com/2015/12/teen-mania-why-shutting-down-acquire-fire-ron-luce/

https://www.christianpost.com/news/over-700-pastors-ministers-answer-battle-cry-to-rescue-youth-13826/

https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/06/us/06evangelical.html?ei=5070&en=44bb8a8b284d999c&ex=1165899600&pagewanted=all

https://web.archive.org/web/20060610140306/http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=37734&category=34029

https://recoveringalumni.blog/true-stories/

https://recoveringalumni.blog/teachings/

https://www.reddit.com/r/RecoveringTeenMania/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7gW2YUwNRc

This week we’re getting into the Halloween spirit with a haunting story of demonic possession…maybe!

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Sources:

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2014/01/25/the-disposession-of-latoya-ammons/4892553/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammons_haunting_case

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/01/27/family-possessed-seeks-exorcism/4939953/

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/movies/the-deliverance-netflix-real-story.html

https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2024/09/03/latoya-ammons-exorcism-backstory-gary-indiana-haunting-deliverance-movie/75058008007/

https://people.com/matt-rife-is-legal-guardian-of-haunted-annabelle-doll-11783839

This week we’re discussing the absolute insanity behind the “bad vegan” saga. Trust me, you’ll be sat with your popcorn or raw carrot corn or whatever.

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Sources:

Netflix–Bad Vegan

https://www.sarmaraw.com/writing/2022/4/5/bad-vegan-is-not-a-documentary

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fugitive-restaurateur-who-championed-raw-food-caught-charged/

https://www.brooklynda.org/2016/05/12/owner-of-vegan-food-business-and-her-husband-indicted-for-allegedly-stealing-from-employees-defrauding-investors-not-paying-taxes/

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/03/sarma-melngailis-vegan-fugitive-defense

https://people.com/bad-vegan-sarma-melngailis-reveals-autism-diagnosis-exclusive-8597817

https://nypost.com/2025/07/13/lifestyle/bad-vegan-sarma-melngailis-claims-her-ex-ruined-her-life/

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/11/how-sarma-melngailis-became-a-runaway-fugitive

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/03/sarma-melngailis-netflixs-bad-vegan-stares-down-her-past-and-future

In this week’s little liter we’re discussing a currently-unfolding moidah case from South Carolina, model mayhem and dildos!

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Sources:

https://www.wbtw.com/news/pee-dee/florence-county/my-baby-trey-grandmother-of-murdered-johnsonville-teen-speaks-out/

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/over-a-female-teens-girl-drama-turns-deadly-as-16-year-old-is-gunned-down-in-street-by-friend-who-was-driven-to-shooting-scene-cops-say/

This week we’re discussing the absolute insanity behind the “bad vegan” saga. Trust me, you’ll be sat with your popcorn or raw carrot corn or whatever.

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Call the Hotline: 747-322-0273

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Sources:

Netflix–Bad Vegan

https://www.sarmaraw.com/writing/2022/4/5/bad-vegan-is-not-a-documentary

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fugitive-restaurateur-who-championed-raw-food-caught-charged/

https://www.brooklynda.org/2016/05/12/owner-of-vegan-food-business-and-her-husband-indicted-for-allegedly-stealing-from-employees-defrauding-investors-not-paying-taxes/

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/03/sarma-melngailis-vegan-fugitive-defense

https://people.com/bad-vegan-sarma-melngailis-reveals-autism-diagnosis-exclusive-8597817

https://nypost.com/2025/07/13/lifestyle/bad-vegan-sarma-melngailis-claims-her-ex-ruined-her-life/

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2016/11/how-sarma-melngailis-became-a-runaway-fugitive

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/03/sarma-melngailis-netflixs-bad-vegan-stares-down-her-past-and-future

TGIF CULT BABES! This little liter is all over the place thanks to a recent trip to Iowa, we’re talking corn and moidahs baby. OH and then an email leads me down a dark reddit AMA….

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Can you commit a murder in your sleep? Science says yes…but me? I’m not so sure..Listen and share your thoughts Cult Babes!

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Sources:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-05-28-mn-3400-story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Parks

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2006/10/27/man-acquitted-of-sleepwalking-murder-running-for-school-trustee-in-durham/

https://apnews.com/article/c7c3bc37038fdde048fd8e3caf3c84ee

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/mar/02/if-you-kill-someone-in-your-sleep-are-you-a-murderer

https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/907/index.do

https://www.scc-csc.ca/cases-dossiers/search-recherche/22073/

In this week’s little liter I’m talking about how the media lies to us, why Ghislaine Maxwell is gross and deserves her sentence and an AITA that led me to AOL…but not that one.

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Sources:

https://eastbayexpress.com/unmasking-the-art-of-living-1/