This week we are discussing some of the most notorious televangelists of all time, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. Listen in to hear their story of humble beginnings to their tumultuous public downfall.

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Sources:

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jim-Bakker

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tammy-Faye-Messner

https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/16/us/for-jim-and-tammy-bakker-excess-wiped-out-a-rapid-climb-to-success.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpjH3WxlBGk&t=2235s

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

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/04/02/tammy-bakkers-country-crush/ec4f7963-c8b3-44fa-b3b1-bee8ce35a121/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/08/24/kevin-whittum-sues-ptl-over-eviction/24cc48af-1767-4efa-8e50-9968a0e37ebc/

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/11/Disabled-youth-who-lived-in-PTLs-Kevin-House-dies/1112713505600/

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TGIF Cult Babes! This week we’ve got some headlines to get through and then we’re going down a reddit rabbit-hole…If you have a story you’d like to share with the cult send it to Spencer@cultliter.com!!

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This week we’re headed back into the archives for a new and improved telling of the horrifying true story of Mary Bell, an 11 year old robbed of her own childhood, who unfortunately ensured the same fate for others.

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Sources:

Sources:

https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/bell-mary-flora.htm

https://www.crimelibrary.org/notorious_murders/famous/bell/index_1.html

https://www.theguardian.com/observer/comment/story/0,6903,688108,00.html.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8qwasv

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8qwasw

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

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