Prayed Upon
by The Courier Mail
NEW PODCAST: Dear Rachelle
About this podcast
Religious extremism and cults are on the rise. For the last few months, three journalists have been hearing the harrowing stories of cult survivors, and have uncovered a secret and controlling cult currently operating across Australia with communes in NSW and QLD. In this six-part podcast, they reveal how cults are preying on vulnerable people, across the country. Why do people start cults? Why do people join them? And most importantly - how do they escape?
To read more about this podcast and see the documentary visit prayedupon.com.au
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Prayed Upon podcast is hosted by author and investigative journalist Kate Kyriacou. It's produced by Natalie Gregg and edited by Andrea Thiis-Evensen.
Episodes
- NEW PODCAST: Dear Rachelle · 3 minA killer is on the loose in an Australian country town. Excited for the June long weekend, bubbly 23-year-old Rachelle Childs leaves work, calls her sister, and is dead within…
- Life after | 6 · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 6Living in fear of a beating, Joe grew up in the cult known as The Children of God. He and his siblings were heavily disciplined, sexually abused and forced to busk on the streets…
- Stolen childhoods | 5 · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 5They were robbed of their innocence inside one of the world's worst cults. Alisha and Amy grew up in the Children of God, where they lived in communes in Australia and overseas…
- Escaping the tribe | 4 · 42 min · Season 1 Episode 4Matthew Klein’s baby would have died if he had listened to leaders of a cult he joined, who suggested he could pray rather than seek medical help. Matthew knew he had to get out…
- Cult brides | 3 · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 3If you've spent your life in extreme religious groups, life outside is bewildering. When Claire Ashman escaped the cult The Order of St Charbel with her eight children she had no…
- Doomsday prophets | 2 · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 2What do you do if your friend or family member joins a cult? You call Raphael Aron. He has been rescuing people from these extreme, controlling groups for more than 40 years…
- Stay, Pray, Obey | 1 · 41 min · Season 1 Episode 1Why do people start cults? Why do people join them? And most importantly - how do they escape? Investigative journalists Kate Kyriacou and Greg Stolz lift the lid on a secretive…
- Introducing - Prayed Upon · 1 minReligious extremism and cults are on the rise. For the last few months, three journalists have been hearing the harrowing stories of cult survivors, and have uncovered a secret…
