It's cult week y'all! We love a good doomsday cult story and this week is no different as Emma takes on a journey through time and space (literally) to talk about the Order of the Solar Temple.

REFERENCES -

The Order of the Solar Temple: The Temple of Death - Wikipedia

Order of the Solar Temple | Cultic Practices, Occultism & Esoteric Beliefs | Britannica

The Order of the Solar Temple | Controversial New Religions | Oxford Academic (oup.com)

Order of the Solar Temple - Cults and Sects (newreligiousmovements.org)

Inside still active 'apocalypse' Order of Solar Temple cult that 'slaughtered 53 of its own' - Daily Star

The 1994 Solar Temple cult deaths in Switzerland - SWI swissinfo.ch

Apocalyptic Millennialism in the West: (virginia.edu)

Order of the Solar Temple | History, Beliefs & Facts | Study.com

12 Disturbing Secrets Of The Order Of The Solar Temple Cult (ranker.com)

Knights Templar - Wikipedia

Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis - Wikipedia

Rosicrucianism - Wikipedia

Home - Rosicrucian Order AMORC

Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem - Wikipedia

“Our terrestrial journey is coming to an end”: the last voyage of the Solar Temple (religion.info)

OCCULT CRIMES – Season 1, episode 3

“132 – Order of the Solar Temple Doomsday Cult” - Timesuck with Dan Cummins podcast

This week we're off to Connecticut where we'll hear about a famous case involving the Warren's (of The Conjuring fame) and demonic possession.

Sources:

https://globalnews.ca/news/10026851/the-devil-on-trial-netflix-documentary-arne-cheyenne-johnson-alan-bono/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Arne_Cheyenne_Johnson

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/oct/18/netflix-documentary-devil-on-trial-murder-demon-possessed

https://eu.dispatch.com/story/lifestyle/faith/2022/10/28/curious-about-demonic-possession-and-exorcism-7-things-to-know/69593131007/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43697573

The Devil on Trial - Netflix

https://lawreview.vermontlaw.edu/the-devil-made-me-do-it-the-viability-of-demonic-possession-as-a-murder-defense/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_evidence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_and_Lorraine_Warren

This week is a hard listen as we talk about the opioid crisis in America and the family that massively contributed.

Sources:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/30/the-family-that-built-an-empire-of-pain

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20494637231160684

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65764307

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9339402/