Cults

41: CULTS! Who are the Zizians? Plus, a look at the SovCits, AKA the Sovereign Citizen Movement

This week on Eavesdroppin’ comedy podcast, Geordie & Michelle look at a couple of cults… Have you heard of the Zizians? They’re the cult you have when you’re not having a cult because there’s apparently no leader, no organisation and no group. However, there are whole lot of deaths and a whole lotta convoluted twists…

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32: EAT, PRAY, CULT! Doomsday cults, AROPL, The Geelong Revival Centre and more!

This week on Eavesdroppin’, Geordie & Michelle look at more cults! Because why not! How many doomsday cults have you heard of? This week, Geordie rattles off a load of them including Heavens Gate, the Branch Davidians, The People’s temple… Plus she discusses the Doomsday Clock and takes a look at a new cult based…

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24: BAD CULTS: The Red House Children’s Home, plus the cult of Gloriavale

It’s a rough ride on Eavesdroppin’ comedy podcast this week, as Geordie and Michelle look at bad cults… If you were a child with scholastic issues or behavioural problems in the early 1980s in the UK, you might have been sent to a Red House alternative education facility. The brochures told of an idyllic boarding…

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18: SPECIAL COLLAB: Eavesdroppin’ X The Midlifers: Sexy hall passes, true crime, Se7en Vs Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, plus a new Charles Manson theory!

On Eavesdroppin’ comedy podcast this week, it’s Eavesdroppin’ with a twist as Geordie and Michelle join Fonz and Mez from The Midlifers podcast for a special collab! Starting with the Eavesdroppin’ duo jumping into The Midlifer’s format… Who is your sexy hall pass? As we all know, our sexy hall passes change as we get…

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14: CULTS GALORE: The cult of JACKIE, plus the Candace Silvers acting cult

On Eavesdroppin’ comedy podcast this week, Geordie and Michelle look at the cult of JACKIE (no, not from MAFS Australia 🤣) and ask the question – is Candace Silvers REALLY running an acting cult? Have you ever heard of the cult of JACKIE? If you lived in London during the early 1980s, you might have…

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8: SLAP ME UP: The killer slapping cult Paida Ladjin, plus the 12 Tribes cult & the Yellow Deli dilemma

On Eavesdroppin’ comedy podcast this week, Geordie and Michelle look at two cults with very different agendas… Can you slap yourself to health? When Hongchi Xiao quit his life as a successful banker to instead spread the word as a guru of alternative therapy, Paida Lajin, people flocked to his workshops. Essentially, you slap yourself…

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48: WHAT THE CULT: Synanon, plus Adolfo Costanzo’s black magic cult

On Eavesdroppin’ comedy podcast this week, Geordie & Michelle look at two very different cults… In 1958, Chuck Dederich founded a self-help group called Synanon, where addicts could help other addicts get clean. It was massively successful and the key to its success lay in a form of therapy called The Game. But as Synanon…

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40: CULTS & CONSPIRACIES: The Blackburn Cult, the Rhesus Negative blood-type conspiracy & more!

On Eavesdroppin’ comedy podcast this week, Geordie & Michelle look at cults and conspiracies… In 1929, the body of a woman called Willa Rhodes was found by police under the floorboards of her foster parents’ home. This gruesome discovery led police to the bizarre Blackburn cult, run by mother-daughter duo May Blackburn and Ruth Rizzio….

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27: SEXY STUFF: Annie Sprinkle plus the OneTaste cult

On Eavesdroppin’ comedy podcast this week, hosts Geordie & Michelle look at classic porn star Annie Sprinkle and the wellness-slash-sexy cult OneTaste… There was a time when porn was made in a studio. Porn stars had their own kind of Hollywood and you could become a household name. We’re talking the 70s and 80s here…

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16: SCAMMED!: The Lighthouse cult plus the shocking truth behind the McDonald’s scam

On Eavesdroppin’ comedy podcast this week, hosts Geordie & Michelle talk about a cult that masquerades as self-help mentoring, plus how an unknown caller got dozens of people to strip-search their employees… What if someone told you they could help you fulfil your dreams, achieve your career goals AND make you a better person? This…

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