River Donaghey grew up in a cult. Or at least that’s what some people called it. His parents called it a “personal-growth seminar group.” Its leader called it “one big happy family.” But there was a dark side to the world River grew up in. One he never heard about as a kid. In the 1970s and 80s, a self-help company called Lifespring took America by storm. Hundreds of thousands of people walked out of Lifespring as true believers, convinced that the seminars had the power to change the world. ...
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Atlanta Ripper, Pt. 1 - Ep. 11
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Most of us are familiar with London’s notorious Jack the Ripper, but what about the Atlanta Ripper? The moniker may not be familiar unless you’ve taken a true crime deep dive into Atlanta, Georgia’s history during the early twentieth century. Join us in this two-parter as we talk about the series of murders that took the lives of young, black women in Atlanta during the 1900s. The murders were brutal and mimicked that of Jack the Ripper, so listener discretion is advised as we will discuss murder scene details. The majority of information obtained for this episode was gathered from a book by Jeffrey Wells titled, The Atlanta Ripper: The Unsolved Case of the Gate City's Most Infamous Murder. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/freshlybrewednoir/support
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Most of us are familiar with London’s notorious Jack the Ripper, but what about the Atlanta Ripper? The moniker may not be familiar unless you’ve taken a true crime deep dive into Atlanta, Georgia’s history during the early twentieth century. Join us in this two-parter as we talk about the series of murders that took the lives of young, black women in Atlanta during the 1900s. The murders were brutal and mimicked that of Jack the Ripper, so listener discretion is advised as we will discuss murder scene details. The majority of information obtained for this episode was gathered from a book by Jeffrey Wells titled, The Atlanta Ripper: The Unsolved Case of the Gate City's Most Infamous Murder. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/freshlybrewednoir/support
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