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WHAT THE CULT: Synanon, plus Adolfo Costanzo's black magic cult

Season 5, Ep. 48

On Eavesdroppin’ comedy podcast this week, Geordie & Michelle look at two very different cults...

 

In 1958, Chuck Dederich founded a self-help group called Synanon, where addicts could help other addicts get clean. It was massively successful and the key to its success lay in a form of therapy called The Game. But as Synanon gained more and more attention, things began to get weirder and weirder. People without addictions started attending so they could play The Game. Charles progressively became more and more controlling and eventually, what started as a supportive, tough-love regime turned into a fully fledged cult. Listen now to hear Geordie do deep on the messed up things this cult got into and how it eventually dissolved...


Michelle follows with a look at little-known cult-slash-religion called Palo Mayombe, headed by the Narcosatanist occult leader, Adolfo Costanzo. When Texas university student Mark Killroy went missing during Spring Break in Matamoros in 1989, his disappearance was a mystery. When police dug into the case a little further, what they found was more than they bargained on: drug cartels, visions, psychics, witches cauldrons, black magic, devil’s temples, human sacrifices, murder, cult leaders, sexual assault, grave robbing, cannibalism and more… Listen now to hear more.

 

So pop on your headphones, grab a brown lemonade and join Geordie & Michelle for this week’s episode, plus chit-chat about Dan the Postie, medical mispronunciations and more, only on Eavesdroppin’ podcast. And remember, wherever you are, whatever you do, just keep Eavesdroppin’!

 

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