We meet with Geoffrey Wallis, author of 'A Voice From the Inside: Notes on Religious Trauma in a Captive Organization.' He shares his experience of leaving the Jehovah's Witness church, which he identifies as a captive organization, and the psychological and emotional trauma that ensued once he began to seriously question his beliefs and deconstruct from his religion.
Read moreEp: 254 - The Devil Made Me Do It: The Psychology of Demonic Possession (Preview)
February 16th, 1981. Arne Cheyene Johnson, was arrested for the murder of his 40-year-old friend and landlord, Alan Bono. He stabbed Bono over 20 times after getting into an altercation. Arne claimed to have no memory of the event, stating that he was possessed by the devil after an exorcism.
Read moreEp: 175 - (The John Frum Cult) Cults Vs. Religions - The Psychology of Cults
What are the fabled “Cargo Cults” of the pacific? Indigenous tribes that were overwhelmed by technology. So much that they began to worship the American Servicemen as gods. We explore religions vs. cults. What makes a cult?
Read moreEp: 146 - Scale of Evil (Part 7) Cornered Killers - The Psychology of Murder
In May of 1977 a sadistic Mormon cult leader Ervil Lebaron orders his cult to walk into a clinic and gun down a rival cult leader. This is where our episode on the level 12 scale of evil begins- With a warning about what it means to follow your own killer down a path of weaponized religiosity. Michael drane, true crime, forensics, killer, dr. Michael Stone, gradation of evil, scale of evil,
Read moreEp: 125 - (Stalker Preview Episode) Satanic Panic- (Part 3) False Confessions - The Psychology of Satanic Panic and False Confessions
False confessions and allegations rock the 1980's and countless lives are permanently impacted.
In this final installment, Prof. Michael Drane explores the psychology behind false claims of abuse in society and how this fuels Satanic Panic.
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Ep: 122 - (Stalker Preview Episode) Satanic Panic Panic (Part 2) Tycoons of Chaos - The Psychology of Satanic Panic
Meet The Masterchef's that brew religious paranoia in our society
Read moreEp: 121 - Satanic Panic (Part 1) We The People (Stalker Preview Episode) -The Psychology of Satanic Panic
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In this episode Michael Drane discuses how Satanic Panic can grip a community. Unpopular Culture presents The West Memphis 3. You may already know, the 3 gothic teenagers who served 18 years for murder they didn't commit. But what is the full story?
But the psychology of Satanic Panic goes far beyond this case, and impacts us throughout time and culture.
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Ep: 117 - Diagnosing Demonic Possession - The Psychology of Exorcisms
That Demons can possess your body OR That it's all in your mind? We compare demonic possession to psychological phenomenon like psychosis & Split Personality Disorder (Dissociative identity disorder).
Read moreEp: 106 - Cult Vibrations - The Psychology of Teal Swan and Cults
Teal Swan stands in the center of controversy. This is the story of a female Cult Leader/Spiritual Teacher who recruits members via YouTube & Facebook. Is she responsible for leading her followers to suicide?
Read moreEp: 90 - The Handmaid's Tale VS The FLDS Cult
A theocratic totalitarian government and a cult. What are the differences in the dystopia of the Handmaid’s Tale Vs. the oppression of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saint Cult. What are the psychological similarities between them, and how is Warren Jeffs still holding power over his followers?
Read moreEp: 48 - Top 10 Most Toxic Cults (Preview)
This episode is 2 and a half hours long and covers cult-logic, and the specific stories and qualifying factors of ten unique cults..1. Heaven's Gate Cult 2. Scientology 3. KKK 4. Aum Shinrikyo 5. ISIS 6. Branch Davidians Cult 7. Restoration of the Ten Commandments Cult 8. Vampire Clan 9. Superior Universal Alignment 10. Jehovah's Witness Cult.
Read moreEp: 45 - The Children of Thunder Cult- The Psychology of Shared Psychotic Disorder
Glenn Taylor Helzer and his small, but powerful cult known as the Children of Thunder. He was bred to be a prophet by, his faithfully Mormon family. They groomed Taylor to be the spiritual leader. This episode is a reminder that it's not the size of the cult that matters, but the purpose. A cult doesn't have to be big, to be deadly.
Read moreEp: 25 - Cult Leaders Vs. Serial Killers - Psychology of Cult Leaders, Serial Killers, & Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
We are here to answer these questions. 1: What are the differences between the infamous cult leader Jim Jones vs. Serial Killers? And our favorite serial killer? 2: Do you believe in self-diagnosis? Should we be able to diagnose ourselves or should it be done by a professional?
Read moreEp: 10 - Jim Jones And The Jonestown Massacre- The Psychology of Cults and Mass Suicide
“The Peoples Temple” cult leader Jim Jones moved his flock to South America and named the compound Jonestown. After percieved intervention from the American government a string of murder’s takes place. Jim Jones then leads ( or in some cases forces) more than 900 people to commit mass suicide by drinking poison.
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