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Jinjara Mitchell's says one chiIdhood punishment went far beyond anything she understood as normal. After her brother got in trouble at school, she says her mother allowed him only water for a week. When he finally ate again, Jinjara remembers him becoming sick.

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After giving birth, @lovina_zook says new mothers in her Amish community were expected to do something very different from their usual daily routine. For several weeks, women could stay in bed and recover while relatives and members of the community stepped in to help with the household.

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#amish #dating #lovinazook #c2c #cultstoconsciousness

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@AthenaGrimes_ finally tried to tell her mom the truth about who she was. After growing up in a strict Mormon household, she says one conversation was enough to trigger years of conditioning she thought she was beginning to escape.

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#mormon #mormonism #c2c #cultstoconsciousness

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THRILLED to see Elizabeth Smart started her own podcast-- The Survivor Files Podcast! . Here’s a beautiful insight she shared when we interviewed her on @CultstoCon earlier this year, while recounting her perspective on her k*dnapping.

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#elizabethsmart #c2c #cultstoconsciousness

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Mitch Cunico @CultAudit got married without his parents even knowing. He says that after joining the World Mission Society Church of God, family relationships had become increasingly distant. When church leaders introduced him to his future wife, Mitch says he was told the match had been arranged by God.

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#WMSCOG #c2c #cultstoconsciousness

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@TiaLevings says submission in her Christian marriage went far beyond being a “traditional wife.” Inside the fundamentalist patriarchal world she was part of, she says her husband was given authority to discipline her when she was considered disobedient.

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#tradwife #patriarachy #tialevings #c2c #cultstoconsciousness

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Maria Vogel was 15 when she discovered her wedding had already been arranged. After growing up around strict Amish and Mennonite communities, she says the adults around her had decided she would marry a man she didn’t want to marry, before she even knew a wedding was being planned...

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Donna Lamb helped a 17-year-old girl escape from a pimp. Then he came looking for answers. When Donna went to collect money from him, she says he suddenly picked up a heavy chain and began swinging it at her, demanding to know where the girl was.

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#aestheticrealism #elisiegel #nycstories #c2c #cultstoconsciousness

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When @nomzia_b’s crush @wendell_jeffson slid into her DMs...

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For Sonny Malvolio, gangster movies weren’t just entertainment. Raised by a professional criminal father, Sonny says certain films were used to teach him the codes and discipline of that world from childhood. At the time, he thought it was completely normal...

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#truecrime #c2c #cultstoconsciousness

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At just 12, @Nomzia_b believed being unmarried meant she was doing something wrong.
Raised in the FLDS under Warren Jeffs, she says girls were conditioned to see marriage as part of their spiritual worth, leaving her feeling undeserving when she wasn’t chosen.

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#trustme #falseprophet #sambateman #c2c #cultstoconsciousness

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Jinjara Mitchell says one date in her father’s records immediately raised questions. While investigating her dad's death, she found that his will had been changed within a day of him being airlifted to Stanford during a serious medical crisis. What she found in the new will only added to her concerns...

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@wendelljeffson, son of notorious FLDS prophet Warren Jeffs, reveals what it was really like growing up inside his father’s isolated world. From being separated from his mother and hidden away on the Texas compound to believing his father spoke for God. Wendell opens up about the extreme control, wealth, manipulation, medical neglect, family hierarchy, and disturbing practices hidden behind the compound walls.

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Justin Shoemaker was already married before he says he ever heard the word “consent.” He believes Mormon purity culture left young members with very little healthy s*x education, while also encouraging marriage at a young age.

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#mormon #missionary #mormonism #c2c #cultstoconsciousness

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@kysondana had just witnessed a man die while serving his Mormon mission in Russia. Yet going home barely felt like an option. He had been taught that this was what he was called to do, so when doubt surfaced, he says he simply pushed it away.

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#mormon #missionary #russia #cultstoconsciousness #c2c

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@lovina_zook just announced the birth of her baby girl! We are so THRILLED for her and her husband. So proud of her and thankful she got the unmedicated birth you planned for. It’s NOT an easy feat. Here’s a clip from our last interview with when she first revealed she was pregnant, and what pregnancy would have been like if she were still in the Amish.

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#amish #pregnant #pregnancy #lovinazook #c2c #cultstoconsciousness

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Athena Grimes says her mother told her God had made her responsible for her weight. She says the explanation was that Heavenly Father would make the weight disappear once Athena learned not to be “prideful”.

#mormon #mormonism #c2c #cultstoconsciousness

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@shalomshore says he couldn’t hug his wife when she needed him most. After she gave birth, he says the religious rules they followed meant no physical contact during that postpartum period. He remembers sitting beside her while she cried, feeling that everything in him wanted to comfort her, but believing God required the opposite.

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Sam Bateman’s sister Jude says there was one major part of his story she was surprised the documentary didn’t cover. Years before he became a cult leader, a serious accident left Sam in a coma.

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#flds #WarrenJeffs #polygamy #sambateman  #cultstoconsciousness

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Even going to the bathroom wasn’t something Mae Vanders could do on her own. She says her father decided when she could leave the one room she grew up in.

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#maeden #hoarder #escaping #c2c #cultstoconsciousness