When journalist Anke Richter moved to New Zealand, she wanted to explore more of life. So she joined an organisation that promised to help her explore sexuality. But it was a chance encounter with a cult survivor that she was writing a journalistic piece on that she realised that she was also in a cult.
Anke is now one of the worlds most respected 'cult journalists' and advocates and she's here today to tell her story.
This is REAL LIVES.
If you'd like to join me over on Patreon, you can here, thank you so much:
https://patreon.com/REALtruecrimepodcast
Anke's website with links to her book 'Cult Trip' is here, where you can find the best place to buy it in your country:
https://ankerichter.net/
To connect with Anke, please see here:
https://www.facebook.com/ankerichterwriter
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anke-richter-748a3243/
https://www.instagram.com/ankerichterwriter/
For information on Decult - see here:
https://decult.net
If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast, please see the organisations below who can help and support you:
https://www.mind.org.uk/ - Mental health support
https://www.spuk.org.uk/ - Suicide Prevention UK
https://www.samaritans.org/ - The Samaritans
https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org/ - For people who have been the victim of sexual abuse (UK)
https://www.rainn.org/ - Sexual Abuse Support USA
https://988lifeline.org/ - Suicide Prevention USA
https://www.nasasv.org.au/support-directory - Sexual Abuse Support Australia
https://www.suicidepreventionaust.org/ - Suicide Prevention Australia
https://www.rcni.ie/useful-links/ - Sexual Abuse Support Ireland
https://www.pieta.ie/ - Suicide Prevention Ireland
https://www.thefamilysurvivaltrust.org/ - Support for cult survivors (UK)
https://www.peopleleavecults.com/services/support-groups - Support for cult survivors & Intervention (global)
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