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In this "unflinching and wildly entertaining" investigation of the modern New Age movement in America, a journalist aims to understand how women like Amy Carlson (the leader of Love Has Won) and others become devoutly invested in their beliefs (Talia Lavin, author of Culture Warlords). Today...

In the 1960s, Don Elkins was a respected physics professor and commercial airline pilot living in Louisville, Kentucky. But behind closed doors, he was leading secretive groups who believed they were in contact with the occupants of UFOS. Decades before the term “non-human intelligence” made headlines, Elkins was recording hours of sessions with a human “instrument”—conversations he believed were real, urgent, and meant for humanity.In 1984, after years of increasingly strange behavior and growing isolation, Elkins died by suicide following a six-hour standoff with police and ...

Despite considerable press coverage and a lengthy trial, the full story of the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints has remained largely untold. Only one man can reveal the whole, astounding truth: Sam Brower, the private investigator who devoted years of his life to breaking open the secret practices of the FLDS and bringing Warren Jeffs and his inner circle to justice.

All the audio from all trial days. We remove the long silences, so you hear everything the jury hears.Full Trial Audio: Doomsday Cult Prophet Chad Daybell Murder TrialChad Daybell, the husband of "doomsday cult" mom Lori Vallow Daybell, faces trial for allegedly conspiring with his wife to murder his first wife, Tammy Daybell, as well as two of Lori's children, Tylee Ryan and Joshua Vallow. Chad Daybell faces multiple charges including first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. If convicted, Chad Daybell could be sentenced to death.This is the full audio from his trial, ...