526: The Cult of the Soulful Journey

526: The Cult of the Soulful Journey

Author: True Crime Obsessed September 15, 2026 Duration: 1:16:06

Fam, let us ask you a question: Would you ever, say, give up your home, your job, your friends and family to move to move to Minnesota and live in a house where you sleep on the floor in sleeping bags and work FOR FREE for 18 hours a day? Yes? Yes you would? THEN DO WE HAVE THE CULT FOR YOU!!! Ugh, here we go again: sleep deprivation, free labor, AND AN INSUFFERABLE LEADER WHOSE BODY IS CONSTANTLY BEING TAKEN OVER BY SPIRITUAL ENTITIES FROM THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO. And the names. THE FREAKING NAMES, FAM! Tick Tock It's...ugh, weeeeee can't even with this one. BUCKLE UP!

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